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Insurance agencies in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK

The insurance agencies in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #900 of 2,272 scored counties
#3 of 6 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
35
9 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
26
−10.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$69.5M
On vehicle insurance · $1,913 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
58% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.6
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
93,972
−1.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 insurance agencies in Fairbanks North Star Borough. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.6, 38% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

At $1,913 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Fairbanks North Star Borough spend about $69.5M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 35 insurance agencies, that is $2M per agency, 58% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Fairbanks North Star Borough was 26 in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,398 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $200K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fairbanks North Star Borough declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For insurance agencies, Fairbanks North Star Borough has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #900 of 2,272 scored counties and #3 of 6 scored counties in Alaska.

How Fairbanks North Star Borough compares

The same measures for Alaska 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.

Insurance agencies in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureFairbanks North Star BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.69.215.6
Spending per listing$2M$2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,3981,528966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−10.3%−6.3%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,913$1,832$1,957
Median household income$88,267$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score5671

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
29 → 26−10.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
114
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
359 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$200K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
93,972−1.4% since 2020
Households
36,359
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
7,335 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,548
Median home value
$298,200
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Fairbanks North Star Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK724611.5$1.9M+10.4%#418 of 2,272
2Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK71229.0$2.3M+5.1%#431 of 2,272
3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK56359.6$2M−1.4%#900 of 2,272
4Juneau City and Borough, AK5596.8$2.6M−1.8%#937 of 2,272
5Anchorage Municipality, AK4912111.1$1.6M−1.3%#1,134 of 2,272
6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK36610.5$1.6M−2.6%#1,591 of 2,272

Other business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?

There are 35 insurance agencies on map listings in Fairbanks North Star Borough as of September 2026. 9 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019.

How much do households in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on vehicle insurance?

About $69.5M a year, or $1,913 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Fairbanks North Star Borough has 9.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2M, 58% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 55, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,398 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 56 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #900 of 2,272 scored counties.

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