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Insurance agencies in Alexandria city, VA

How Alexandria city, VA 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #777 of 2,272 scored counties
#66 of 97 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
69
15 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
38
−11.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$130.1M
On vehicle insurance · $1,710 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
50% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.1
42% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
160,662
+1.0% 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

At $1,710 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Alexandria city spend about $130.1M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 69 insurance agencies, that is $1.9M per agency, 50% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

There are 69 insurance agencies on map listings in Alexandria city as of September 2026. 15 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 9.1 per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Alexandria city in 2023, down 11.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,003 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $302K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Alexandria city.

Population estimates put the population change in Alexandria city from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Alexandria city has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #777 of 2,272 scored counties and #66 of 97 scored counties in Virginia.

How Alexandria city compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Alexandria city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureAlexandria cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.112.515.6
Spending per listing$1.9M$2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,0031,234966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−11.6%−7.4%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,710$2,545$1,957
Median household income$119,681$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score6083

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
43 → 38−11.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
340
Annual payroll, 2023
$33.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6915 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
104The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$302K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Alexandria city, 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 Alexandria city

Population, 2025 estimate
160,662+1.0% since 2020
Households
76,096
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
42%
Vehicles per household
1.3
Land area
15 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10,509
Median household income
$119,681+18.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$161,240
Median home value
$735,100
Jobs located here
79,808
Daytime population
161,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Alexandria city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Louisa County, VA98106.4$5M+13.6%#1 of 2,272
2Stafford County, VA97265.0$6.1M+8.3%#3 of 2,272
3King William County, VA9768.2$3.9M+9.5%#5 of 2,272
4King George County, VA9698.9$3.4M+10.5%#10 of 2,272
5Rockingham County, VA95164.9$6.2M+6.6%#13 of 2,272
6Frederick County, VA95226.2$4.7M+8.8%#15 of 2,272
7Orange County, VA95117.4$4M+10.1%#17 of 2,272
8Spotsylvania County, VA95448.4$3.6M+10.5%#19 of 2,272
9Dinwiddie County, VA9465.6$5.8M+3.6%#22 of 2,272
10Caroline County, VA9475.8$5.3M+11.3%#23 of 2,272
66Alexandria city, VA60699.1$1.9M+1.0%#777 of 2,272

Other business types in Alexandria city

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Alexandria city, VA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 69 insurance agencies in Alexandria city. 15 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 11.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Alexandria city, VA spend on vehicle insurance?

About $130.1M a year, or $1,710 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 76,096 households in Alexandria city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Alexandria city, VA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Alexandria city has 9.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.9M, 50% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Alexandria city would have about 104, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,003 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Alexandria city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Alexandria city at 160,662 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,096 households. Median household income in Alexandria city is $119,681, 48% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.6%, 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. Alexandria city scores 60 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #777 of 2,272 scored counties.

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