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Insurance agencies in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #294 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut

Listings
712
109 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
432
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$722.7M
On vehicle insurance · $1,554 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.3
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,171,426
+3.0% 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

For insurance agencies, the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #294 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 712 insurance agencies in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area. Of those, 109 are chain locations, or 15%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 15.3 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Households in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area spend about $722.7M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,554 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per agency, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area was 432 in 2023. That is one for every 1,077 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area compares

The same measures for Connecticut 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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area compared with Connecticut and the U.S.
MeasureHartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro areaConnecticutU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.312.815.6
Spending per listing$1M$1.2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,0771,167966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.9%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,554$1,571$1,957
Median household income$95,118$95,781$80,734
Groundwork market score3349

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
432
Employees, 2023
3,479
Annual payroll, 2023
$381.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
712109 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
576The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
10
Amount
$2.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area, 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 the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,171,426+3.0% since 2020
Households
465,181
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,452 sq. mi.
People per square mile
794
Median household income
$95,118
Average household income
$127,867
Median home value
$333,500
Jobs located here
597,826
Daytime population
1,193,128Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Connecticut

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Connecticut for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Connecticut

Metro areas in Connecticut ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT69917.9$2M+2.0%#81 of 387
2Waterbury-Shelton, CT631769.8$1.6M+3.2%#115 of 387
3New Haven, CT3929012.6$1.2M+2.5%#253 of 387
4Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT3950514.2$1.1M+3.7%#254 of 387
5Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT3371215.3$1M+3.0%#294 of 387

Other business types in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area?

There are 712 insurance agencies on map listings in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area as of September 2026. 109 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 432 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area spend on vehicle insurance?

About $722.7M a year, or $1,554 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 712 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 465,181 households in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area has 15.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area would have about 576, against 712 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,077 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area at 1,171,426 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 465,181 households. The median household income in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area is $95,118 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area scores 33 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #294 of 387 scored metro areas.

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