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Insurance agencies in DeKalb County, GA
How DeKalb County, GA 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,247 of 2,272 scored counties
#92 of 114 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 449
- 74 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 288
- +8.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $621.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,164 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 774,394
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 449 insurance agencies in DeKalb County. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 15.6 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in DeKalb County spend about $621.7M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,164 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 449 insurance agencies, that is $1.4M per agency, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 288 businesses with payroll in DeKalb County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, up 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 997 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 17 SBA-backed loans worth $7.6M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in DeKalb County.
Population estimates show DeKalb County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in DeKalb County is 46 (lower middle), #1,247 of 2,272 scored counties and #92 of 114 scored counties in Georgia.
How DeKalb County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | DeKalb County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.6 | 17.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 997 | 879 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.7% | +4.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,164 | $2,494 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $80,644 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 265 → 288+8.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,425
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $121.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 44974 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 495The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 17
- Amount
- $7.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 774,394+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 287,239
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 268 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,860
- Median household income
- $80,644+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $119,811
- Median home value
- $357,800
- Jobs located here
- 346,946
- Daytime population
- 767,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harris County, GA | 96 | 9 | 6.9 | $4.4M | +6.8% | #9 of 2,272 |
| 2Pike County, GA | 95 | 5 | 7.4 | $4.5M | +10.5% | #16 of 2,272 |
| 3Murray County, GA | 94 | 7 | 4.6 | $6.5M | +4.0% | #21 of 2,272 |
| 4Newton County, GA | 92 | 37 | 9.0 | $3.1M | +11.2% | #35 of 2,272 |
| 5Pierce County, GA | 90 | 6 | 7.9 | $3.4M | +5.1% | #57 of 2,272 |
| 6Lamar County, GA | 90 | 8 | 11.2 | $2.5M | +12.9% | #62 of 2,272 |
| 7Jasper County, GA | 90 | 8 | 13.4 | $2.2M | +20.2% | #64 of 2,272 |
| 8Gilmer County, GA | 89 | 15 | 11.5 | $2.4M | +7.9% | #76 of 2,272 |
| 9Liberty County, GA | 88 | 20 | 8.3 | $3M | +7.6% | #82 of 2,272 |
| 10Monroe County, GA | 88 | 12 | 11.4 | $2.8M | +14.1% | #86 of 2,272 |
| 92DeKalb County, GA | 46 | 449 | 15.6 | $1.4M | +1.3% | #1,247 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in DeKalb County, GA?
There are 449 insurance agencies on map listings in DeKalb County as of September 2026. 74 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 288 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019.
How much do households in DeKalb County, GA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $621.7M a year, or $2,164 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 449 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 287,239 households in DeKalb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeKalb County, GA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
DeKalb County has 15.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.4M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, DeKalb County would have about 495, against 449 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 997 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is DeKalb County, GA growing?
Population estimates put DeKalb County at 774,394 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 287,239 households. The median household income in DeKalb County is $80,644 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. DeKalb County scores 46 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,247 of 2,272 scored counties.
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