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How many insurance agencies are there in Texas
14,119 agencies with a Texas address hold a general lines or personal lines property and casualty agency licence from the Texas Department of Insurance. Counting every agency and business-entity licence type, including life, title, surplus lines and adjusting firms, the total is 17,031.
12,793 of the 14,119 property and casualty agencies list at least one licensed principal, and 10,295 list exactly one.
1,162 agencies have a single principal who was first licensed in 1995 or earlier. For 132 of them the principal was first licensed before 1980.
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Texas Department of Insurance agency, individual and agency-person licence files (data.texas.gov), downloaded 2 October 2026.
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Texas Department of Insurance agency, individual and agency-person licence files (data.texas.gov), downloaded 2 October 2026.
Texas agencies by licence type
| Licence type | Agencies |
|---|---|
| General Lines Agency | 14,039 |
| Specialty Insurance Agency | 1,331 |
| Title Agency | 797 |
| Life Agency | 439 |
| Surplus Lines Agency | 428 |
| Managing General Agency | 338 |
| Public Insurance Adjuster | 254 |
| Pers Lines Prop and Cas Agency | 168 |
| Adjuster | 150 |
| Limited Lines Agency | 74 |
| Risk Manager Agency | 40 |
| Pre-Need Agency | 29 |
| Reinsurance Broker | 19 |
| Life Stlmnt Broker | 16 |
| County Mutual Agency | 13 |
| Discount Hthcare Prgm Oper Reg | 12 |
| Reinsurance Manager | 9 |
| Title Direct Operations | 5 |
An agency holding two licence types is counted under each. Types with fewer than 5 agencies are left out.
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Texas Department of Insurance agency, individual and agency-person licence files (data.texas.gov), downloaded 2 October 2026.
Property and casualty agencies by number of licensed principals
| Principals | Agencies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,295 | 80.5% |
| 2 | 2,054 | 16.1% |
| 3 | 323 | 2.5% |
| 4-5 | 84 | 0.7% |
| 6-10 | 28 | 0.2% |
| more than 10 | 9 | 0.1% |
A principal is a licensed person linked to the agency as designated responsible person, owner, officer or director, member, partner or qualifying active officer. Share is of the 12,793 agencies with at least one principal.
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Texas Department of Insurance agency, individual and agency-person licence files (data.texas.gov), downloaded 2 October 2026.
Single-principal agencies by the decade the principal was first licensed
| First licensed | Agencies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| before 1970 | <5 | 0.0% |
| 1970s | 131 | 1.3% |
| 1980s | 580 | 5.6% |
| 1990s | 932 | 9.1% |
| 2000s | 2,593 | 25.2% |
| 2010s | 3,538 | 34.4% |
| 2020s | 2,520 | 24.5% |
First licensed is the earliest issue date on any of the person's Texas licence rows.
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Texas Department of Insurance agency, individual and agency-person licence files (data.texas.gov), downloaded 2 October 2026.
The 25 Texas cities with the most property and casualty agencies
| City | Agencies with a principal | One principal | One principal, licensed 1995 or earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 1,649 | 1,348 | 149 |
| Dallas | 722 | 557 | 94 |
| San Antonio | 687 | 560 | 73 |
| Austin | 578 | 458 | 39 |
| Fort Worth | 327 | 251 | 25 |
| El Paso | 301 | 250 | 12 |
| Katy | 284 | 229 | 13 |
| Plano | 260 | 201 | 19 |
| Frisco | 174 | 135 | 12 |
| Arlington | 172 | 127 | 23 |
| Mckinney | 161 | 131 | 14 |
| Sugar Land | 160 | 133 | 13 |
| Spring | 149 | 130 | 15 |
| Irving | 148 | 122 | 7 |
| Mcallen | 128 | 99 | 8 |
| Lubbock | 127 | 95 | 23 |
| Richardson | 116 | 83 | 16 |
| Corpus Christi | 114 | 91 | 12 |
| Richmond | 112 | 95 | <5 |
| The Woodlands | 104 | 80 | <5 |
| Cypress | 98 | 83 | 6 |
| Garland | 95 | 85 | 9 |
| Brownsville | 91 | 70 | 5 |
| Amarillo | 86 | 63 | 7 |
| Carrollton | 82 | 70 | 5 |
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Texas Department of Insurance agency, individual and agency-person licence files (data.texas.gov), downloaded 2 October 2026.
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ProfessionLens, How many insurance agencies are there in Texas, September 2026, https://professionlens.com/insurance-agencies/texas.