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Insurance agencies in the Bend, OR metro area
The insurance agencies in the Bend, OR metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #128 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 150
- 37 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 105
- −7.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $221.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,120 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 266,376
- +7.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 150 insurance agencies in the Bend metro area. 37 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.4, 8% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in the Bend metro area spend about $221.6M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,120 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 18% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 105 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Bend metro area in 2023, down 7.9% from 2019. That is one for every 996 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Bend metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Bend metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Bend metro area scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #128 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon.
How the Bend metro area compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Bend metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 14.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 996 | 1,045 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.9% | −8.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.0% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,120 | $1,871 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $89,788 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 105−7.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 360
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15037 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 177The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Bend 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 Bend metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 266,376+7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 104,529
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 7,778 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $89,788
- Average household income
- $121,236
- Median home value
- $602,600
- Jobs located here
- 104,129
- Daytime population
- 248,315Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany, OR | 69 | 66 | 13.0 | $1.6M | +3.0% | #86 of 387 |
| 2Corvallis, OR | 64 | 51 | 13.2 | $1.4M | +4.4% | #112 of 387 |
| 3Grants Pass, OR | 61 | 46 | 12.5 | $1.7M | −0.4% | #126 of 387 |
| 4Bend, OR | 61 | 150 | 14.4 | $1.5M | +7.0% | #128 of 387 |
| 5Salem, OR | 50 | 212 | 13.3 | $1.5M | +2.7% | #182 of 387 |
| 6Medford, OR | 45 | 120 | 13.0 | $1.5M | −0.9% | #215 of 387 |
| 7Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 39 | 1,534 | 15.2 | $1.2M | +1.0% | #252 of 387 |
| 8Eugene-Springfield, OR | 38 | 224 | 14.0 | $1.3M | −0.7% | #260 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bend 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 Bend, OR metro area?
The Bend metro area has 150 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 37 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 105 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 7.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Bend, OR metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $221.6M a year, or $2,120 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 150 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 104,529 households in the Bend metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bend, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Bend metro area has 14.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.5M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Bend metro area would have about 177, against 150 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 996 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bend, OR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bend metro area at 266,376 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,529 households. The median household income in the Bend metro area is $89,788 a year, 11% above 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 Bend metro area scores 61 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #128 of 387 scored metro areas.
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