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Insurance agencies in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area

How the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #305 of 387 scored metro areas
#24 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
339
84 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
183
−2.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$351.8M
On vehicle insurance · $2,353 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.7
46% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
399,310
+0.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #305 of 387 scored metro areas and #24 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

At $2,353 per household (20% above the U.S. average), households in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area spend about $351.8M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 339 insurance agencies, that is $1M per agency, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

There are 339 insurance agencies on map listings in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area as of September 2026. 84 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 22.7 per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Official counts show 183 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area in 2023, down 2.7% from 2019. That is one for every 817 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area. Population estimates show the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Beaumont-Port Arthur 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.

Insurance agencies in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBeaumont-Port Arthur metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.720.315.6
Spending per listing$1M$1.2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment817900966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.7%+4.2%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,353$2,466$1,957
Median household income$64,659$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3158

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
183−2.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
922
Annual payroll, 2023
$54M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
33984 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
280The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Beaumont-Port Arthur 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
399,310+0.5% since 2020
Households
149,466
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,101 sq. mi.
People per square mile
189
Median household income
$64,659+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,951
Median home value
$173,600
Jobs located here
151,181
Daytime population
386,011Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Killeen-Temple, TX8821211.9$2.1M+7.2%#11 of 387
2College Station-Bryan, TX7913713.0$1.9M+6.9%#41 of 387
3Midland, TX6911616.7$1.5M+9.8%#88 of 387
4Sherman-Denison, TX6810118.3$1.4M+12.8%#94 of 387
5Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX681,67917.0$1.4M+14.0%#95 of 387
6Odessa, TX5911217.3$1.4M+5.0%#134 of 387
7San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX581,88819.5$1.3M+9.5%#142 of 387
8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX565,39520.3$1.2M+10.3%#158 of 387
9Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX536,33521.9$1.1M+10.6%#174 of 387
10Longview, TX4822320.6$1.2M+3.8%#197 of 387
24Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX3133922.7$1M+0.5%#305 of 387

Other business types in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area

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Questions

How many insurance agencies are in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 339 insurance agencies in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area. 84 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 183 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 2.7% from 2019.

How much do households in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area spend on vehicle insurance?

About $351.8M a year, or $2,353 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 339 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 149,466 households in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

The Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area has 22.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area would have about 280, against 339 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 817 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area at 399,310 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 149,466 households. Median household income in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area is $64,659, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area scores 31 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #305 of 387 scored metro areas.

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