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Insurance agencies in Sarasota County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Sarasota County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #991 of 2,272 scored counties
#48 of 61 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 316
- 39 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 256
- +2.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $474.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,237 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.9
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 479,958
- +10.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Sarasota County comes to about $474.7M a year: $2,237 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 316 insurance agencies on map listings in Sarasota County as of September 2026. Of those, 39 are chain locations, or 12%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.9, 4% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Sarasota County was 256 in 2023, up 2.8% from 2019. That is one for every 829 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $9M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Sarasota County.
Population estimates show Sarasota County grew 10.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Sarasota County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #991 of 2,272 scored counties and #48 of 61 scored counties in Florida.
How Sarasota 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 | Sarasota County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.9 | 17.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 829 | 808 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.8% | +13.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.0% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,237 | $2,265 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $83,416 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 249 → 256+2.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,399
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $117.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31639 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 378The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Sarasota 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 Sarasota County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 479,958+10.0% since 2020
- Households
- 212,204
- Median age
- 54.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 556 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 826
- Median household income
- $83,416+34.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,732
- Median home value
- $411,800
- Jobs located here
- 194,397
- Daytime population
- 481,661Residents 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 |
| 48Sarasota County, FL | 54 | 316 | 14.9 | $1.5M | +10.0% | #991 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Sarasota County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Sarasota County, FL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 316 insurance agencies in Sarasota County. 39 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 256 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 2.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Sarasota County, FL spend on vehicle insurance?
About $474.7M a year, or $2,237 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 316 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 212,204 households in Sarasota County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sarasota County, FL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Sarasota County has 14.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.5M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Sarasota County would have about 378, against 316 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 829 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Sarasota County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Sarasota County at 479,958 people in 2025, up 10.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 212,204 households. Median household income in Sarasota County is $83,416, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.0%, 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. Sarasota County scores 54 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #991 of 2,272 scored counties.
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