Industry · NAICS 5242

Insurance agencies and brokerages

The United States has 147,902 employer establishments in insurance agencies and brokerages (4.4 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,310,504 people at an average annual pay of $87,892, plus 426,892 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
147,902
426,892 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
4.4
Paid employees
1,310,504
Average annual pay
$87,892

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Insurance agencies and brokerages by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Vineland, NJ154,497227,0231.40.32×104$83,01976
2Gettysburg, PA106,945166,6841.50.34×64$65,73487
3Springfield, OH135,342255,4141.80.42×146$81,56261
4Lebanon, PA144,706275,3591.90.42×139$62,18784
5Ithaca, NY104,453205,2231.90.44×72$63,95847
6Merced, CA294,319575,1631.90.44×362$57,334191
7Clarksville, TN-KY340,083665,1531.90.44×297$56,508274
8Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,197305,10720.45×164$91,89674
9Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ124,716254,98920.46×141$123,31267
10Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC101,606214,8382.10.47×92$65,28390
11Hilo-Kailua, HI207,476444,7152.10.48×178$56,208175
12Tuscaloosa, AL279,756604,6632.10.49×276$70,551197
13Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT280,776624,5292.20.50×257$82,708191
14Vallejo, CA451,3771004,5142.20.50×345$67,974438
15Fayetteville, NC392,345874,5102.20.50×322$49,627333
16Anniston-Oxford, AL116,341264,4752.20.51×106$45,55793
17Lexington Park, MD209,995474,4682.20.51×218$68,069106
18Sevierville, TN100,410234,3662.30.52×118$86,424120
19Amherst Town-Northampton, MA165,217394,2362.40.54×306$71,47485
20Auburn-Opelika, AL202,368484,2162.40.54×197$66,802231
21Kenosha, WI167,852404,1962.40.54×136$70,029128
22Yuba City, CA184,402444,1912.40.54×166$56,422140
23Sumter, SC104,396254,1762.40.55×149$59,389146
24Pittsfield, MA129,026314,1622.40.55×146$70,64468
25Stockton-Lodi, CA806,0551944,1552.40.55×1,941$123,790857

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $1.2B on contracts under NAICS 5242 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (671 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$509.2M41%
    5 awards
  2. Anchorage, AK$288.4M23%
    12 awards
  3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$188.4M15%
    97 awards
  4. Madison, WI$51M4.1%
    3 awards
  5. Breckenridge, CO$50.2M4.0%
    3 awards
  6. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$26.3M2.1%
    39 awards
  7. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$23.1M1.9%
    7 awards
  8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$16.7M1.3%
    3 awards
  9. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$15.7M1.3%
    6 awards
  10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$15.6M1.3%
    2 awards

Counties

  1. Jefferson County, CO$508.7M41%
    4 awards
  2. Anchorage Municipality, AK$288.4M23%
    12 awards
  3. Prince William County, VA$126.4M10%
    2 awards
  4. Dane County, WI$51M4.1%
    3 awards
  5. Summit County, CO$50.2M4.0%
    3 awards
  6. Fairfax County, VA$43.5M3.5%
    3 awards
  7. Salt Lake County, UT$26.3M2.1%
    39 awards
  8. Hillsborough County, FL$23.1M1.9%
    7 awards
  9. Contra Costa County, CA$16.3M1.3%
    1 award
  10. King County, WA$15.6M1.3%
    2 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Anchorage municipality, AK$288.4M23%
    12 awards
  2. Dale City CDP, VA$94.6M7.6%
    2 awards
  3. Golden city, CO$74.7M6.0%
    4 awards
  4. Genesee CDP, CO$68.6M5.5%
    4 awards
  5. Applewood CDP, CO$41.7M3.4%
    4 awards
  6. Madison city, WI$28.2M2.3%
    3 awards
  7. Draper city, UT$26.4M2.1%
    45 awards
  8. Tampa city, FL$22.6M1.8%
    2 awards
  9. West Falls Church CDP, VA$21.5M1.7%
    1 award
  10. Lakewood city, CO$18M1.5%
    4 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)