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Insurance agencies in the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #111 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 163
- 35 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 90
- −1.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $228.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,120 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.1
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 324,334
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 163 insurance agencies in the Kennewick-Richland metro area. 35 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.1, 3% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in the Kennewick-Richland metro area comes to about $228.8M a year: $2,120 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 163 insurance agencies, that is $1.4M per agency, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Kennewick-Richland metro area was 90 in 2023, down 1.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,199 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $575K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Kennewick-Richland metro area.
Population estimates show the Kennewick-Richland metro area grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, the Kennewick-Richland metro area has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #111 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington.
How the Kennewick-Richland metro area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Kennewick-Richland metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.1 | 12.6 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,199 | 1,180 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.1% | −4.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,120 | $1,917 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $89,010 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 90−1.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 357
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16335 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 182The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $575K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Kennewick-Richland 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 Kennewick-Richland metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 324,334+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 107,936
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,942 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 106
- Median household income
- $89,010+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,562
- Median home value
- $397,900
- Jobs located here
- 130,459
- Daytime population
- 304,924Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 77 | 105 | 9.7 | $2.1M | +2.7% | #48 of 387 |
| 2Longview-Kelso, WA | 77 | 46 | 10.5 | $2M | +3.5% | #50 of 387 |
| 3Bellingham, WA | 71 | 104 | 11.1 | $1.8M | +3.9% | #72 of 387 |
| 4Walla Walla, WA | 70 | 21 | 9.0 | $2.2M | −0.4% | #75 of 387 |
| 5Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 64 | 158 | 13.3 | $1.5M | +2.8% | #110 of 387 |
| 6Kennewick-Richland, WA | 64 | 163 | 15.1 | $1.4M | +6.5% | #111 of 387 |
| 7Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 63 | 72 | 13.8 | $1.6M | +2.4% | #116 of 387 |
| 8Yakima, WA | 61 | 114 | 13.0 | $1.7M | +1.0% | #125 of 387 |
| 9Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 56 | 2,039 | 12.7 | $1.4M | +3.3% | #154 of 387 |
| Lewiston, ID-WA | 53 | 39 | 14.6 | $1.5M | +1.5% | #169 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kennewick-Richland metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area?
There are 163 insurance agencies on map listings in the Kennewick-Richland metro area as of September 2026. 35 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 1.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $228.8M a year, or $2,120 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 163 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 107,936 households in the Kennewick-Richland metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Kennewick-Richland metro area has 15.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.4M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Kennewick-Richland metro area would have about 182, against 163 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,199 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kennewick-Richland metro area at 324,334 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 107,936 households. The median household income in the Kennewick-Richland metro area is $89,010 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.2% 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. The Kennewick-Richland metro area scores 64 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #111 of 387 scored metro areas.
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