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Insurance agencies in the New Haven, CT metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in the New Haven, CT metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #253 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut

Listings
290
35 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
205
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$340.3M
On vehicle insurance · $1,475 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.6
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
578,741
+2.5% 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

Households in the New Haven metro area spend about $340.3M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,475 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The New Haven metro area has 290 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 35 are chain locations, or 12%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 12.6 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the New Haven metro area was 205 in 2023. That is one for every 1,125 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the New Haven metro area.

Population estimates show the New Haven metro area grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The New Haven metro area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #253 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut.

How the New Haven 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 New Haven, CT metro area compared with Connecticut and the U.S.
MeasureNew Haven metro areaConnecticutU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.612.815.6
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,1251,167966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.9%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,475$1,571$1,957
Median household income$88,197$95,781$80,734
Groundwork market score3949

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
205
Employees, 2023
1,534
Annual payroll, 2023
$171.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
29035 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
271The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the New Haven 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 New Haven metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
578,741+2.5% since 2020
Households
230,673
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
367 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,554
Median household income
$88,197
Average household income
$121,518
Median home value
$353,100
Jobs located here
298,580
Daytime population
597,614Residents 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 New Haven 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 New Haven metro area

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in the New Haven, CT metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 290 insurance agencies in the New Haven metro area. 35 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 205 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in the New Haven, CT metro area spend on vehicle insurance?

About $340.3M a year, or $1,475 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 290 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 230,673 households in the New Haven metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the New Haven, CT metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

The New Haven metro area has 12.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.2M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the New Haven metro area would have about 271, against 290 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,125 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is the New Haven, CT metro area growing?

Population estimates put the New Haven metro area at 578,741 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 230,673 households. Median household income in the New Haven metro area is $88,197, 9% 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 New Haven metro area scores 39 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #253 of 387 scored metro areas.

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