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Insurance agencies in Virginia Beach city, VA
How Virginia Beach 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,105 of 2,272 scored counties
#77 of 97 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 264
- 55 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 192
- −13.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $450.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,504 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 36% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.7
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 453,737
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 264 insurance agencies in Virginia Beach city. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 14.7 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $2,504 per household (28% above the U.S. average), households in Virginia Beach city spend about $450.3M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 264 insurance agencies, that is $1.7M per agency, 36% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 192 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Virginia Beach city in 2023, down 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 937 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 Virginia Beach city.
Population estimates put the population change in Virginia Beach city from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Virginia Beach city is 50 (upper middle), #1,105 of 2,272 scored counties and #77 of 97 scored counties in Virginia.
How Virginia Beach 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.
| Measure | Virginia Beach city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.7 | 12.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 937 | 1,234 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.5% | −7.4% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,504 | $2,545 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $92,968 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 222 → 192−13.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,088
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $74.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 26455 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 359The 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 Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 453,737−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 179,851
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 245 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,865
- Median household income
- $92,968+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,769
- Median home value
- $382,500
- Jobs located here
- 180,420
- Daytime population
- 440,196Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Louisa County, VA | 98 | 10 | 6.4 | $5M | +13.6% | #1 of 2,272 |
| 2Stafford County, VA | 97 | 26 | 5.0 | $6.1M | +8.3% | #3 of 2,272 |
| 3King William County, VA | 97 | 6 | 8.2 | $3.9M | +9.5% | #5 of 2,272 |
| 4King George County, VA | 96 | 9 | 8.9 | $3.4M | +10.5% | #10 of 2,272 |
| 5Rockingham County, VA | 95 | 16 | 4.9 | $6.2M | +6.6% | #13 of 2,272 |
| 6Frederick County, VA | 95 | 22 | 6.2 | $4.7M | +8.8% | #15 of 2,272 |
| 7Orange County, VA | 95 | 11 | 7.4 | $4M | +10.1% | #17 of 2,272 |
| 8Spotsylvania County, VA | 95 | 44 | 8.4 | $3.6M | +10.5% | #19 of 2,272 |
| 9Dinwiddie County, VA | 94 | 6 | 5.6 | $5.8M | +3.6% | #22 of 2,272 |
| 10Caroline County, VA | 94 | 7 | 5.8 | $5.3M | +11.3% | #23 of 2,272 |
| 77Virginia Beach city, VA | 50 | 264 | 14.7 | $1.7M | −1.3% | #1,105 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Virginia Beach city, VA?
There are 264 insurance agencies on map listings in Virginia Beach city as of September 2026. 55 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 192 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 13.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Virginia Beach city, VA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $450.3M a year, or $2,504 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 264 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 179,851 households in Virginia Beach city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Virginia Beach city, VA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Virginia Beach city has 14.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.7M, 36% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Virginia Beach city would have about 359, against 264 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 937 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 Virginia Beach city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Virginia Beach city at 453,737 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 179,851 households. The median household income in Virginia Beach city is $92,968 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.4% 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. Virginia Beach city scores 50 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #1,105 of 2,272 scored counties.
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