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Insurance agencies in Travis County, TX

How Travis County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,028 of 2,272 scored counties
#99 of 156 scored counties in Texas

Listings
1,056
234 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
551
+1.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.3B
On vehicle insurance · $2,239 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.1
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,389,670
+7.2% 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

Households in Travis County spend about $1.3B a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,239 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per agency, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

There are 1,056 insurance agencies on map listings in Travis County as of September 2026. 234 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.1, 16% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Travis County was 551 in 2023, up 1.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,059 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 21 SBA-backed loans worth $16.4M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Travis County.

Population estimates show Travis County grew 7.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Travis County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,028 of 2,272 scored counties and #99 of 156 scored counties in Texas.

How Travis County 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 Travis County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTravis CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.120.315.6
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,059900966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.3%+4.2%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,239$2,466$1,957
Median household income$99,611$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5358

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
544 → 551+1.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
5,322
Annual payroll, 2023
$502.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1,056234 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,041The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
21
Amount
$16.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Travis 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 Travis County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,389,670+7.2% since 2020
Households
583,747
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
994 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,338
Median household income
$99,611+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$143,003
Median home value
$523,000
Jobs located here
947,590
Daytime population
1,630,736Residents 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 counties in Texas for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Texas, with Travis County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX96116.0$4.8M+21.9%#7 of 2,272
2Bandera County, TX9577.6$3.7M+9.0%#18 of 2,272
3Chambers County, TX931911.0$2.5M+22.6%#29 of 2,272
4Grimes County, TX9287.8$3.5M+16.3%#31 of 2,272
5Caldwell County, TX92169.6$2.9M+20.0%#37 of 2,272
6Bastrop County, TX924010.8$2.6M+21.3%#39 of 2,272
7Blanco County, TX89611.6$2.4M+18.6%#77 of 2,272
8Coryell County, TX84207.4$3.4M+3.0%#138 of 2,272
9Wilson County, TX832212.1$2.5M+12.2%#165 of 2,272
10Guadalupe County, TX837611.6$2.4M+15.8%#168 of 2,272
99Travis County, TX531,05618.1$1.2M+7.2%#1,028 of 2,272

Other business types in Travis County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Travis County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,056 insurance agencies in Travis County. 234 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 551 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 1.3% from 2019.

How much do households in Travis County, TX spend on vehicle insurance?

About $1.3B a year, or $2,239 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,056 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 583,747 households in Travis County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Travis County, TX compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Travis County has 18.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.2M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Travis County would have about 1,041, against 1,056 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,059 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Travis County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Travis County at 1,389,670 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 583,747 households. Median household income in Travis County is $99,611, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.3%, 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. Travis County scores 53 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #1,028 of 2,272 scored counties.

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