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Insurance agencies in Palm Beach County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Palm Beach County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,659 of 2,272 scored counties
#58 of 61 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 1,286
- 204 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 1,077
- +14.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On vehicle insurance · $2,194 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.2
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,575,726
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,286 insurance agencies in Palm Beach County. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.2, 36% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Palm Beach County spend about $1.3B a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,194 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Spread across 1,286 insurance agencies, that is $1M per agency, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 1,077 businesses with payroll in Palm Beach County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, up 14.5% from 2019. That is one for every 562 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 34 SBA-backed loans worth $15M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Palm Beach County.
Population estimates put the population change in Palm Beach County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Palm Beach County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,659 of 2,272 scored counties and #58 of 61 scored counties in Florida.
How Palm Beach 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 | Palm Beach County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.2 | 17.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 562 | 808 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.5% | +13.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,194 | $2,265 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $83,581 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 941 → 1,077+14.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,910
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $491.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,286204 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,058The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 34
- Amount
- $15M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,575,726+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 605,430
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,964 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 781
- Median household income
- $83,581+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,577
- Median home value
- $447,300
- Jobs located here
- 678,049
- Daytime population
- 1,576,309Residents 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 |
| 58Palm Beach County, FL | 35 | 1,286 | 21.2 | $1M | +5.5% | #1,659 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Palm Beach County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Palm Beach County, FL?
There are 1,286 insurance agencies on map listings in Palm Beach County as of September 2026. 204 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 1,077 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 14.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Palm Beach County, FL spend on vehicle insurance?
About $1.3B a year, or $2,194 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,286 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 605,430 households in Palm Beach County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Palm Beach County, FL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Palm Beach County has 21.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Palm Beach County would have about 1,058, against 1,286 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 562 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Palm Beach County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Palm Beach County at 1,575,726 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 605,430 households. The median household income in Palm Beach County is $83,581 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Palm Beach County scores 35 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,659 of 2,272 scored counties.
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