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Insurance agencies in Allegany County, MD
How Allegany County, MD 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,109 of 2,272 scored counties
#23 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 40
- 14 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- −4.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $62.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,294 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.6
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,848
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 40 insurance agencies in Allegany County. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 14.6 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Allegany County spend about $62.8M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,294 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Spread across 40 insurance agencies, that is $1.6M per agency, 25% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Allegany County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,191 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $206K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Allegany County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Allegany County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Allegany County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,109 of 2,272 scored counties and #23 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Allegany County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Allegany County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.6 | 12.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.9M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,191 | 1,274 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.2% | −6.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,294 | $2,340 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $59,603 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 23−4.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 174
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4014 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $206K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Allegany 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 Allegany County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,848−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 27,382
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 422 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $59,603+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,712
- Median home value
- $154,900
- Jobs located here
- 25,839
- Daytime population
- 68,730Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Queen Anne’s County, MD | 92 | 16 | 8.0 | $3.6M | +8.8% | #30 of 2,272 |
| 2Charles County, MD | 88 | 59 | 9.7 | $2.9M | +5.9% | #83 of 2,272 |
| 3St. Mary’s County, MD | 87 | 34 | 8.0 | $3.5M | +2.4% | #98 of 2,272 |
| 4Calvert County, MD | 85 | 29 | 8.7 | $3.6M | +1.7% | #124 of 2,272 |
| 5Cecil County, MD | 85 | 38 | 9.4 | $2.9M | +3.2% | #126 of 2,272 |
| 6Caroline County, MD | 82 | 11 | 8.8 | $3.1M | +2.5% | #178 of 2,272 |
| 7Frederick County, MD | 80 | 135 | 12.9 | $2.1M | +11.0% | #229 of 2,272 |
| 8Somerset County, MD | 76 | 6 | 7.2 | $3.4M | +1.7% | #304 of 2,272 |
| 9Worcester County, MD | 74 | 25 | 10.4 | $2.4M | +3.7% | #354 of 2,272 |
| 10Prince George’s County, MD | 72 | 327 | 9.4 | $2.4M | +0.5% | #410 of 2,272 |
| 23Allegany County, MD | 50 | 40 | 14.6 | $1.6M | −1.6% | #1,109 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Allegany County, MD?
Allegany County has 40 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 4.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Allegany County, MD spend on vehicle insurance?
About $62.8M a year, or $2,294 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,382 households in Allegany County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Allegany County, MD compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Allegany County has 14.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.6M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Allegany County would have about 50, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,191 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Allegany County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Allegany County at 66,848 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 27,382 households. The median household income in Allegany County is $59,603 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Allegany County scores 50 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #1,109 of 2,272 scored counties.
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