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Insurance agencies in Richmond city, VA

How Richmond 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #437 of 2,272 scored counties
#52 of 97 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
98
13 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
64
−13.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$200.3M
On vehicle insurance · $1,920 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
63% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.4
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
237,257
+4.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 98 insurance agencies in Richmond city. 13 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Households in Richmond city spend about $200.3M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,920 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per agency, 63% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

In 2023, official counts showed 64 businesses with payroll in Richmond city classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,630 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $350K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Richmond city.

Population estimates put the population change in Richmond city from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Richmond city has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #437 of 2,272 scored counties and #52 of 97 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Richmond 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 Richmond city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureRichmond cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.412.515.6
Spending per listing$2M$2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,6301,234966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−13.5%−7.4%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,920$2,545$1,957
Median household income$64,587$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score7183

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
74 → 64−13.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
463
Annual payroll, 2023
$45.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
9813 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
160The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$350K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
237,257+4.6% since 2020
Households
104,321
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
44%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
60 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3,827
Median household income
$64,587+36.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,266
Median home value
$353,000
Jobs located here
174,706
Daytime population
296,295Residents 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 Richmond 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
52Richmond city, VA71989.4$2M+4.6%#437 of 2,272

Other business types in Richmond city

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Richmond city, VA?

Richmond city has 98 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 13.5% from 2019.

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

About $200.3M a year, or $1,920 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 98 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 104,321 households in Richmond city and national spending patterns by income.

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

Richmond city has 9.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2M, 63% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Richmond city would have about 160, against 98 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,630 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Richmond city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Richmond city at 237,257 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,321 households. The median household income in Richmond city is $64,587 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.7% 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. Richmond city scores 71 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #437 of 2,272 scored counties.

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