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Insurance agencies in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
The insurance agencies in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #720 of 2,272 scored counties
#2 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut
- Listings
- 91
- 15 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $184.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,592 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 61% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 284,015
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region comes to about $184.3M a year: $1,592 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per agency, 61% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 91 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 16%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.9, 49% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 58 businesses with payroll in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,996 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #720 of 2,272 scored counties and #2 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut.
How the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region 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.
| Measure | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 12.8 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,996 | 1,167 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.9% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,592 | $1,571 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $86,586 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58
- Employees, 2023
- 235
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9115 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 147The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 284,015+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 115,768
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 468
- Median household income
- $86,586
- Average household income
- $111,769
- Median home value
- $323,400
- Jobs located here
- 118,380
- Daytime population
- 270,328Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 78 | 18 | 4.6 | $4M | +3.0% | #258 of 2,272 |
| 2Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 62 | 91 | 7.9 | $2M | +2.0% | #720 of 2,272 |
| 3Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT | 59 | 71 | 9.6 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #806 of 2,272 |
| 4Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT | 57 | 46 | 9.6 | $1.8M | +2.2% | #873 of 2,272 |
| 5Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT | 56 | 176 | 9.8 | $1.6M | +3.2% | #916 of 2,272 |
| 6Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 41 | 153 | 12.8 | $1.2M | +4.1% | #1,426 of 2,272 |
| 7South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 37 | 290 | 12.6 | $1.2M | +2.5% | #1,576 of 2,272 |
| 8Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 35 | 352 | 15.0 | $1.1M | +3.5% | #1,649 of 2,272 |
| 9Capitol Planning Region, CT | 30 | 641 | 16.4 | $932K | +3.1% | #1,816 of 2,272 |
Other business types in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 91 insurance agencies in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. 15 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT spend on vehicle insurance?
About $184.3M a year, or $1,592 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 91 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 115,768 households in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 7.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2M, 61% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region would have about 147, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,996 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT growing?
Population estimates put the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region at 284,015 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 115,768 households. Median household income in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region is $86,586, 7% 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region scores 62 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #720 of 2,272 scored counties.
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