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Insurance agencies in Okaloosa County, FL

How Okaloosa County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #503 of 2,272 scored counties
#31 of 61 scored counties in Florida

Listings
110
23 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
78
+5.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$215.7M
On vehicle insurance · $2,526 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
56% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.9
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
221,810
+4.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 110 insurance agencies in Okaloosa County. Of those, 23 are chain locations, or 21%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.9, 17% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

At $2,526 per household (29% above the U.S. average), households in Okaloosa County spend about $215.7M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $2M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 56% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

In 2023, official counts showed 78 businesses with payroll in Okaloosa County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, up 5.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,095 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $164K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Okaloosa County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Okaloosa County grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Okaloosa County is 69 (upper middle), #503 of 2,272 scored counties and #31 of 61 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Okaloosa 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.

Insurance agencies in Okaloosa County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOkaloosa CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.917.115.6
Spending per listing$2M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,095808966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.4%+13.5%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,526$2,265$1,957
Median household income$81,998$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6960

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
74 → 78+5.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
421
Annual payroll, 2023
$32.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11023 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
172The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$164K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County

Population, 2025 estimate
221,810+4.6% since 2020
Households
85,411
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
930 sq. mi.
People per square mile
233
Median household income
$81,998+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,934
Median home value
$351,200
Jobs located here
91,084
Daytime population
224,037Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Florida, with Okaloosa County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wakulla County, FL9664.7$5.9M+12.3%#6 of 2,272
2Santa Rosa County, FL90659.0$3.1M+11.7%#59 of 2,272
3Nassau County, FL89389.7$2.7M+17.4%#73 of 2,272
4Suwannee County, FL88148.7$2.9M+10.6%#84 of 2,272
5Gulf County, FL8658.4$3M+11.7%#113 of 2,272
6Washington County, FL8555.4$5M+5.4%#121 of 2,272
7DeSoto County, FL85107.8$2.9M+8.8%#128 of 2,272
8Putnam County, FL84216.7$3.5M+5.9%#137 of 2,272
9Clay County, FL84809.6$2.8M+9.4%#143 of 2,272
10Sumter County, FL83446.3$3.2M+21.1%#158 of 2,272
31Okaloosa County, FL6911012.9$2M+4.6%#503 of 2,272

Other business types in Okaloosa County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Okaloosa County, FL?

There are 110 insurance agencies on map listings in Okaloosa County as of September 2026. 23 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 78 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 5.4% from 2019.

How much do households in Okaloosa County, FL spend on vehicle insurance?

About $215.7M a year, or $2,526 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 110 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 85,411 households in Okaloosa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Okaloosa County, FL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Okaloosa County has 12.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2M, 56% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Okaloosa County would have about 172, against 110 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,095 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Okaloosa County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Okaloosa County at 221,810 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,411 households. The median household income in Okaloosa County is $81,998 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Okaloosa County scores 69 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #503 of 2,272 scored counties.

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