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Insurance agencies in Manatee County, FL
The insurance agencies in Manatee County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #501 of 2,272 scored counties
#30 of 61 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 203
- 34 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 169
- +30.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $403.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,282 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 58% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 468,200
- +16.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,282 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in Manatee County spend about $403.3M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $2M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 58% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Manatee County has 203 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.5, 26% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Manatee County was 169 in 2023, up 30.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,046 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $6.4M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Manatee County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Manatee County grew 16.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Manatee County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #501 of 2,272 scored counties and #30 of 61 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Manatee County compares
The same measures for Florida and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle insurance by the insurance agencies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Manatee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 17.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,046 | 808 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +30.0% | +13.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.6% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,282 | $2,265 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $78,457 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 130 → 169+30.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 841
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $67.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20334 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 321The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $6.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Manatee County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Manatee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 468,200+16.6% since 2020
- Households
- 176,747
- Median age
- 48.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 743 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 579
- Median household income
- $78,457+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,837
- Median home value
- $391,400
- Jobs located here
- 145,644
- Daytime population
- 393,187Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wakulla County, FL | 96 | 6 | 4.7 | $5.9M | +12.3% | #6 of 2,272 |
| 2Santa Rosa County, FL | 90 | 65 | 9.0 | $3.1M | +11.7% | #59 of 2,272 |
| 3Nassau County, FL | 89 | 38 | 9.7 | $2.7M | +17.4% | #73 of 2,272 |
| 4Suwannee County, FL | 88 | 14 | 8.7 | $2.9M | +10.6% | #84 of 2,272 |
| 5Gulf County, FL | 86 | 5 | 8.4 | $3M | +11.7% | #113 of 2,272 |
| 6Washington County, FL | 85 | 5 | 5.4 | $5M | +5.4% | #121 of 2,272 |
| 7DeSoto County, FL | 85 | 10 | 7.8 | $2.9M | +8.8% | #128 of 2,272 |
| 8Putnam County, FL | 84 | 21 | 6.7 | $3.5M | +5.9% | #137 of 2,272 |
| 9Clay County, FL | 84 | 80 | 9.6 | $2.8M | +9.4% | #143 of 2,272 |
| 10Sumter County, FL | 83 | 44 | 6.3 | $3.2M | +21.1% | #158 of 2,272 |
| 30Manatee County, FL | 69 | 203 | 11.5 | $2M | +16.6% | #501 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Manatee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Manatee County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 203 insurance agencies in Manatee County. 34 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 169 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 30.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Manatee County, FL spend on vehicle insurance?
About $403.3M a year, or $2,282 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 203 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 176,747 households in Manatee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Manatee County, FL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Manatee County has 11.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2M, 58% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Manatee County would have about 321, against 203 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,046 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Manatee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Manatee County at 468,200 people in 2025, up 16.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 176,747 households. Median household income in Manatee County is $78,457, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Manatee County scores 69 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #501 of 2,272 scored counties.
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