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Insurance agencies in Allegheny County, PA
The insurance agencies in Allegheny County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,118 of 2,272 scored counties
#62 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 817
- 174 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 559
- −5.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $735.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,347 a household
- Spending per listing
- $900K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.0
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,225,035
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Allegheny County scores 18 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #2,118 of 2,272 scored counties and #62 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 817 insurance agencies in Allegheny County. 174 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 15.0 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $1,347 per household (31% below the U.S. average), households in Allegheny County spend about $735.3M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 817 insurance agencies, that is $900K per agency, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 559 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Allegheny County in 2023, down 5.4% from 2019. That is one for every 976 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $8.6M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Allegheny County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Allegheny County declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Allegheny County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Allegheny County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.0 | 13.4 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $900K | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 976 | 1,105 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.4% | −5.1% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,347 | $1,514 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $78,548 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 591 → 559−5.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,737
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $382M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 817174 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 586The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $8.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Allegheny 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 Allegheny County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,225,035−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 545,802
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 730 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,696
- Median household income
- $78,548+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,072
- Median home value
- $227,600
- Jobs located here
- 728,045
- Daytime population
- 1,373,985Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adams County, PA | 80 | 23 | 5.6 | $3.4M | +3.6% | #218 of 2,272 |
| 2Pike County, PA | 71 | 17 | 7.0 | $2.4M | +7.2% | #428 of 2,272 |
| 3Perry County, PA | 66 | 17 | 9.3 | $2.1M | +2.1% | #587 of 2,272 |
| 4Fulton County, PA | 65 | 5 | 7.9 | $2.5M | −0.6% | #611 of 2,272 |
| 5Lebanon County, PA | 64 | 47 | 8.3 | $2M | +2.2% | #653 of 2,272 |
| 6Carbon County, PA | 64 | 24 | 8.8 | $1.9M | +1.7% | #656 of 2,272 |
| 7Franklin County, PA | 63 | 67 | 10.5 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #698 of 2,272 |
| 8York County, PA | 58 | 193 | 10.6 | $1.7M | +3.6% | #846 of 2,272 |
| 9Schuylkill County, PA | 57 | 53 | 9.1 | $1.8M | +1.5% | #870 of 2,272 |
| 10Juniata County, PA | 55 | 10 | 11.1 | $1.7M | −0.3% | #946 of 2,272 |
| 62Allegheny County, PA | 18 | 817 | 15.0 | $900K | −2.0% | #2,118 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Allegheny County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Allegheny County, PA?
There are 817 insurance agencies on map listings in Allegheny County as of September 2026. 174 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 559 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 5.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Allegheny County, PA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $735.3M a year, or $1,347 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 817 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $900K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 545,802 households in Allegheny County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Allegheny County, PA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Allegheny County has 15.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $900K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Allegheny County would have about 586, against 817 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 976 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Allegheny County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Allegheny County at 1,225,035 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 545,802 households. The median household income in Allegheny County is $78,548 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Allegheny County scores 18 for insurance agencies (low), #2,118 of 2,272 scored counties.
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