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Insurance agencies in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area

The insurance agencies in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 82 out of 100: High

Ranked #28 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
110
24 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
74
−2.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$214.6M
On vehicle insurance · $2,437 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
55% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.5
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
231,174
+15.7% 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

The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is 82 (high), #28 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for insurance agencies.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 110 insurance agencies in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 12.5 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

At $2,437 per household (25% above the U.S. average), households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area spend about $214.6M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $2M per agency, 55% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

In 2023, official counts showed 74 businesses with payroll in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,190 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area grew 15.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePanama City-Panama City Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.517.115.6
Spending per listing$2M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,190808966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.6%+13.5%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,437$2,265$1,957
Median household income$71,514$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score8260

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
74−2.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
390
Annual payroll, 2023
$28.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11024 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
171The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area, 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 the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
231,174+15.7% since 2020
Households
88,065
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,343 sq. mi.
People per square mile
158
Median household income
$71,514
Average household income
$94,187
Median home value
$294,300
Jobs located here
85,476
Daytime population
211,363Residents 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 metro areas in Florida for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL87446.3$3.2M+21.1%#14 of 387
2Sebring, FL86429.0$2.4M+9.7%#17 of 387
3Homosassa Springs, FL837510.5$2.2M+11.1%#23 of 387
4Punta Gorda, FL8311012.1$1.9M+15.5%#25 of 387
5Ocala, FL8219511.8$2M+17.3%#27 of 387
6Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL8211012.5$2M+15.7%#28 of 387
7Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL7815012.5$2M+9.4%#44 of 387
8Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL7825212.5$2M+6.5%#47 of 387
9Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL7734311.6$2M+11.2%#51 of 387
10Gainesville, FL7716911.9$1.9M+5.4%#52 of 387

Other business types in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area?

There are 110 insurance agencies on map listings in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area as of September 2026. 24 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 2.6% from 2019.

How much do households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area spend on vehicle insurance?

About $214.6M a year, or $2,437 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, 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 88,065 households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has 12.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area would have about 171, against 110 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,190 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area at 231,174 people in 2025, up 15.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,065 households. The median household income in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is $71,514 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area scores 82 for insurance agencies (high), #28 of 387 scored metro areas.

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