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NAICS 52421
Insurance agencies and brokerages

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

52	Finance & insurance	440,268	2,803,854,868	377,790,172	6,578,817
524	Insurance carriers & related activities	169,520	1,380,082,817	120,630,679	2,406,089
5242	Agencies, brokerages, & other insurance related activities	138,062	106,737,257	37,075,982	827,660
52421	Insurance agencies & brokerages	125,868	80,900,667	28,218,474	627,346
524210	Insurance agencies & brokerages	125,868	80,900,667	28,218,474	627,346

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	NAICS Title	All firms		Nonemployers				Employers
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Establishments		Receipts		Establish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)

52	Finance & insurance	1,100,560	2,847,993,962	660,292	60.0	44,139,094	1.5	440,268	2,803,854,868
524	Insurance carriers & related activities	523,302	1,396,253,916	353,782	67.6	16,171,099	1.2	169,520	1,380,082,817
5242	Agencies, brokerages, & other insurance related activities	491,300	122,853,827	353,238	71.9	16,116,570	13.1	138,062	106,737,257
52421	Insurance agencies & brokerages	372,384	93,257,278	246,516	66.2	12,356,611	13.3	125,868	80,900,667
524210	Insurance agencies & brokerages	372,384	93,257,278	246,516	66.2	12,356,611	13.3	125,868	80,900,667

Definition: NAICS 52421 Insurance agencies and brokerages

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as agents (i.e., brokers) in selling annuities and insurance policies.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in underwriting annuities and insurance policies are classified in Industry Group 5241, Insurance Carriers.

Historical comparability

NAICS 52421, Insurance agencies and brokerages, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997 NAICS code	1997 NAICS Description	Year	Establishments	Revenue ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

52421	Insurance agencies & brokerages	2002	125,868	80,900,667	28,218,474	627,346
		1997	120,392	59,174,185	19,532,966	557,670
		% change	4.5	36.7	44.5	12.5

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Geographic Distribution -- Insurance agencies and brokerages: 2002

Data for the Finance & insurance sector are published for the U.S., states and metropolitan areas

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

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Description

Estab-
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ments

Revenue
($1,000)

Revenue
% of
U.S.

Revenue
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

125,868

80,900,667

100.00

281

28,218,474

627,346

California

11,793

10,414,828

12.87

297

3,712,058

69,606

New York

6,855

7,859,852

9.72

410

3,003,304

51,251

Texas

9,494

5,925,593

7.32

272

1,853,245

45,194

Florida

8,043

5,408,698

6.69

324

1,571,859

38,734

Illinois

6,453

4,175,418

5.16

332

1,553,621

32,255

Pennsylvania

4,895

3,904,767

4.83

317

1,370,152

29,172

Ohio

5,504

2,990,458

3.70

262

1,024,261

25,578

New Jersey

2,637

2,922,117

3.61

341

1,077,743

19,519

Georgia

3,583

2,373,823

2.93

276

820,196

17,807

Massachusetts

2,674

2,357,863

2.91

367

922,966

17,458

Minnesota

3,277

1,784,736

2.21

355

614,599

13,549

North Carolina

3,544

1,753,916

2.17

211

658,610

15,823

Missouri

3,346

1,694,186

2.09

298

570,757

14,584

Indiana

3,022

1,458,402

1.80

237

507,575

13,212

Washington

2,558

1,438,086

1.78

237

502,189

11,266

Virginia

3,024

1,426,316

1.76

196

525,506

12,989

Connecticut

1,373

1,422,390

1.76

411

603,158

9,947

Tennessee

2,354

1,315,243

1.63

227

464,360

10,706

Colorado

2,757

1,295,693

1.60

288

420,335

10,234

Wisconsin

2,911

1,228,420

1.52

226

442,181

12,093

Louisiana

2,006

1,078,820

1.33

241

358,558

9,226

Oregon

1,802

1,036,045

1.28

294

294,217

7,687

Iowa

2,130

974,514

1.20

332

344,071

9,481

Alabama

1,562

904,391

1.12

202

325,041

7,245

Kansas

1,967

815,760

1.01

300

245,370

7,253

Kentucky

1,680

781,771

0.97

191

268,071

7,408

South Carolina

1,586

716,126

0.89

175

258,525

6,994

Oklahoma

1,921

678,630

0.84

195

219,055

6,755

Nebraska

1,466

490,218

0.61

284

146,904

4,980

Utah

1,115

481,030

0.59

207

140,279

4,341

Arkansas

1,333

475,044

0.59

176

149,490

4,718

Mississippi

1,135

463,091

0.57

162

160,898

4,188

Nevada

818

441,093

0.55

203

136,669

3,363

New Mexico

698

342,239

0.42

184

101,504

3,325

West Virginia

764

318,612

0.39

177

90,485

2,999

Maine

507

315,406

0.39

243

113,208

2,851

Delaware

281

269,540

0.33

335

68,122

1,525

Montana

648

226,982

0.28

249

73,235

2,228

Hawaii

299

226,906

0.28

184

75,464

1,781

Idaho

681

211,623

0.26

157

63,084

2,211

South Dakota

661

192,425

0.24

253

60,140

2,015

North Dakota

591

166,687

0.21

263

48,593

1,664

Vermont

280

148,618

0.18

241

61,344

1,460

Wyoming

291

127,300

0.16

255

47,037

1,396

Alaska

190

120,418

0.15

188

43,854

1,007

All other states, including those below

9,359

5,746,573

7.10

2,106,581

48,268

Maryland

1,993

(10k-24k)

Michigan

4,066

(10k-24k)

Arizona

2,338

(5000-9999)

New Hampshire

488

(2500-4999)

Rhode Island

369

(1000-2499)

District of Columbia

105

(500-999)

Products Lines for Insurance agencies and brokerages
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
50000	Industry total	80,900,667	100.00
50834	Property & casualty insurance commissions - commercial lines	29,114,637	35.99
50833	Property & casualty insurance commissions - personal lines	21,078,350	26.05
50832	Health & medical insurance commissions	9,552,225	11.81
50831	Life & accident insurance commissions	7,666,740	9.48
	-Other	13,488,715	16.67

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Insurance agencies and brokerages
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-52SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US
EC02-52SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Revenue Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Revenue Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-52I-01	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
EC02-52A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 52421
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas