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Insurance agencies in Franklin County, ME
The insurance agencies in Franklin County, ME, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,062 of 2,272 scored counties
#9 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,602 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,824
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Franklin County spend about $20.3M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,602 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 47% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 11 insurance agencies on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 975 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #1,062 of 2,272 scored counties and #9 of 16 scored counties in Maine.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Franklin County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 9.8 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 975 | 1,301 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,602 | $1,609 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $58,675 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,824+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,675
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,697 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $58,675+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,999
- Median home value
- $194,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,591
- Daytime population
- 27,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Somerset County, ME | 74 | 8 | 3.4 | $4.8M | +2.3% | #349 of 2,272 |
| 2Waldo County, ME | 74 | 8 | 4.6 | $3.7M | +2.6% | #350 of 2,272 |
| 3Sagadahoc County, ME | 72 | 6 | 3.6 | $4.7M | +3.4% | #404 of 2,272 |
| 4York County, ME | 70 | 66 | 7.2 | $2.4M | +4.8% | #461 of 2,272 |
| 5Washington County, ME | 69 | 5 | 3.5 | $4.5M | +0.8% | #484 of 2,272 |
| 6Lincoln County, ME | 66 | 12 | 7.2 | $2.3M | +3.8% | #582 of 2,272 |
| 7Oxford County, ME | 66 | 21 | 8.7 | $1.9M | +4.2% | #589 of 2,272 |
| 8Hancock County, ME | 63 | 16 | 6.3 | $2.6M | +3.0% | #681 of 2,272 |
| 9Franklin County, ME | 51 | 11 | 8.7 | $1.8M | +4.6% | #1,062 of 2,272 |
| 10Knox County, ME | 51 | 18 | 9.7 | $1.7M | +1.1% | #1,065 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Franklin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Funeral services
Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Franklin County, ME?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 insurance agencies in Franklin County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Franklin County, ME spend on vehicle insurance?
About $20.3M a year, or $1,602 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,675 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, ME compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Franklin County has 8.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.8M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Franklin County would have about 16, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 975 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 30,824 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,675 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $58,675, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Franklin County scores 51 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #1,062 of 2,272 scored counties.
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