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Insurance agencies in Carroll County, AR

How Carroll County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #560 of 2,272 scored counties
#7 of 59 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
16
6 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$31.4M
On vehicle insurance · $2,763 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
56% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.1
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,263
+3.6% 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 16 insurance agencies in Carroll County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 14.1 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Household spending on vehicle insurance in Carroll County comes to about $31.4M a year: $2,763 per household, 41% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per agency, 56% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Carroll County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 946 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $75K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Carroll County.

Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Carroll County is 67 (upper middle), #560 of 2,272 scored counties and #7 of 59 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Carroll County compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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 Carroll County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureCarroll CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.117.915.6
Spending per listing$2M$1.4M$1.3M
Households per official establishment946795966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.7%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,763$2,473$1,957
Median household income$54,230$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score6756

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 12
Employees, 2023
35
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
166 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$75K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Carroll County, 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 Carroll County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,263+3.6% since 2020
Households
11,347
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
630 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$54,230+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,165
Median home value
$210,400
Jobs located here
11,469
Daytime population
28,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Carroll County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Madison County, AR9369.3$3.2M+11.2%#27 of 2,272
2Marion County, AR9156.5$4.2M+4.3%#43 of 2,272
3Logan County, AR761011.7$2.4M+2.5%#316 of 2,272
4Conway County, AR70910.9$2.4M+3.2%#459 of 2,272
5Sevier County, AR70712.5$2.1M−0.1%#467 of 2,272
6Johnson County, AR6998.7$3M+2.0%#489 of 2,272
7Carroll County, AR671614.1$2M+3.6%#560 of 2,272
8Lawrence County, AR67913.6$1.8M+0.3%#565 of 2,272
9Hot Spring County, AR66129.7$2.7M+1.1%#578 of 2,272
10Polk County, AR66911.4$2.2M+1.6%#585 of 2,272

Other business types in Carroll County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Carroll County, AR?

There are 16 insurance agencies on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. 6 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in Carroll County, AR spend on vehicle insurance?

About $31.4M a year, or $2,763 per household. That is 41% above the U.S. average (an index of 141, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,347 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Carroll County, AR compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Carroll County has 14.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2M, 56% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Carroll County would have about 25, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 946 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Carroll County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Carroll County at 29,263 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,347 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $54,230 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.6% 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. Carroll County scores 67 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #560 of 2,272 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for insurance agencies · All 56 business types in Carroll County

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