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Insurance agencies in the Amarillo, TX metro area
The insurance agencies in the Amarillo, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #273 of 387 scored metro areas
#21 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 248
- 64 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 147
- −6.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $256.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,486 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.1
- 54% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 276,235
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Amarillo metro area spend about $256.2M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,486 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. Spread across 248 insurance agencies, that is $1M per agency, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The Amarillo metro area has 248 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 64 are chain locations, or 26%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 24.1 for every 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 147 businesses with payroll in the Amarillo metro area classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 6.0% from 2019. That is one for every 701 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Amarillo metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Amarillo metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Amarillo metro area scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #273 of 387 scored metro areas and #21 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Amarillo metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Amarillo metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.1 | 20.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 701 | 900 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.0% | +4.2% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,486 | $2,466 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $69,611 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 147−6.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 767
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $60.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 24864 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 204The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Amarillo 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 Amarillo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 276,235+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 103,062
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 5,151 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $69,611+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,771
- Median home value
- $208,700
- Jobs located here
- 124,760
- Daytime population
- 274,340Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Killeen-Temple, TX | 88 | 212 | 11.9 | $2.1M | +7.2% | #11 of 387 |
| 2College Station-Bryan, TX | 79 | 137 | 13.0 | $1.9M | +6.9% | #41 of 387 |
| 3Midland, TX | 69 | 116 | 16.7 | $1.5M | +9.8% | #88 of 387 |
| 4Sherman-Denison, TX | 68 | 101 | 18.3 | $1.4M | +12.8% | #94 of 387 |
| 5Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 68 | 1,679 | 17.0 | $1.4M | +14.0% | #95 of 387 |
| 6Odessa, TX | 59 | 112 | 17.3 | $1.4M | +5.0% | #134 of 387 |
| 7San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 58 | 1,888 | 19.5 | $1.3M | +9.5% | #142 of 387 |
| 8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 56 | 5,395 | 20.3 | $1.2M | +10.3% | #158 of 387 |
| 9Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 53 | 6,335 | 21.9 | $1.1M | +10.6% | #174 of 387 |
| 10Longview, TX | 48 | 223 | 20.6 | $1.2M | +3.8% | #197 of 387 |
| 21Amarillo, TX | 36 | 248 | 24.1 | $1M | +2.7% | #273 of 387 |
Other business types in the Amarillo 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 Amarillo, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 248 insurance agencies in the Amarillo metro area. 64 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 147 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 6.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Amarillo, TX metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $256.2M a year, or $2,486 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 248 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 103,062 households in the Amarillo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Amarillo, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Amarillo metro area has 24.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Amarillo metro area would have about 204, against 248 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 701 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Amarillo, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Amarillo metro area at 276,235 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 103,062 households. Median household income in the Amarillo metro area is $69,611, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. The Amarillo metro area scores 36 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #273 of 387 scored metro areas.
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