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Insurance agencies in the Monroe, LA metro area
How the Monroe, LA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #308 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 160
- 39 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 114
- −9.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $191.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,203 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.4
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 222,390
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, the Monroe metro area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #308 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Monroe metro area spend about $191.7M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,203 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 160 insurance agencies, that is $1.2M per agency, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 160 insurance agencies on map listings in the Monroe metro area as of September 2026. 39 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 18.4 per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Monroe metro area was 114 in 2023, down 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 763 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Monroe metro area declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Monroe metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Monroe metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.4 | 17.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 763 | 845 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.5% | −0.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,203 | $2,215 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $51,660 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 114−9.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 518
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $33.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16039 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 153The 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 Monroe 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 Monroe metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 222,390−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 87,006
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,838 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $51,660
- Average household income
- $76,607
- Median home value
- $170,300
- Jobs located here
- 86,435
- Daytime population
- 221,924Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hammond, LA | 65 | 78 | 15.0 | $1.6M | +5.8% | #104 of 387 |
| 2Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 46 | 224 | 21.3 | $1.2M | +5.3% | #213 of 387 |
| 3Lake Charles, LA | 45 | 162 | 17.6 | $1.3M | −3.8% | #216 of 387 |
| 4Lafayette, LA | 43 | 295 | 17.9 | $1.2M | +3.8% | #235 of 387 |
| 5Baton Rouge, LA | 43 | 628 | 18.9 | $1.2M | +2.1% | #236 of 387 |
| 6Alexandria, LA | 41 | 95 | 16.8 | $1.3M | −2.5% | #241 of 387 |
| 7Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 36 | 140 | 17.5 | $1.3M | −3.5% | #271 of 387 |
| 8Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 33 | 280 | 17.8 | $1.2M | −2.3% | #285 of 387 |
| 9Monroe, LA | 30 | 160 | 18.4 | $1.2M | −1.9% | #308 of 387 |
| 10New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 27 | 695 | 17.4 | $1.1M | −3.4% | #321 of 387 |
Other business types in the Monroe metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Monroe, LA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 160 insurance agencies in the Monroe metro area. 39 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 114 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 9.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Monroe, LA metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $191.7M a year, or $2,203 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 160 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 87,006 households in the Monroe metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Monroe, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Monroe metro area has 18.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.2M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Monroe metro area would have about 153, against 160 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 763 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Monroe, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Monroe metro area at 222,390 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 87,006 households. Median household income in the Monroe metro area is $51,660, 36% 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 Monroe metro area scores 30 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #308 of 387 scored metro areas.
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