Evaluate Competitors

Before you open an insurance agency in your area, it's essential to determine how you will fit in the competitive landscape. Use the link below to find competitors in your city. Simply enter your city, state and zip code to get a list of an insurance agencies in your town.

• Find Competing Insurance Agencies

Is the local market large enough to support another an insurance agency? If not, you had better be sure that you are doing things much better than the competition.

Talk to People Who Are Already in the Business

After you've evaluated your local competitors, be sure to learn as much as you can from somebody who is already in the business. If you think owners of nearby an insurance agencies will give you advice, think again. What's in it for them?

However, a fellow entrepreneur who has started an insurance agency in another town may be willing to share their entrepreneurial wisdom with you, provided that you won't be directly competing with them. Many business owners are happy to give advice to new entrepreneurs If you are persistent, you can find a business mentor who is willing to help you out.

Where can you find somebody who runs an insurance agency in another community?

We can help. Follow the link below, try a few city/state combos or zipcodes, and then start calling!

• Find Your How to Open an Insurance Agency Mentor

Don't Rule Out Franchising

Your odds of becoming a successful entrepreneur zoom upwards if you buy a franchise in lieu of doing everything yourself.

If you planning on starting an insurance agency, you would be wise to determine whether buying a franchise could be the right move for you.

The link below gives you access to our franchise directory so you can see if there's a franchise opportunity for you. You might even find something that points you in a completely different direction.

• Purchasing a Franchise