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Insurance agencies in Howard County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Howard County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,016 of 2,272 scored counties
#22 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 199
- 35 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 135
- −4.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $308M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,544 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 339,183
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 199 insurance agencies in Howard County. Of those, 35 are chain locations, or 18%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.4, 5% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Howard County spend about $308M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,544 per household, 30% above the U.S. average. Spread across 199 insurance agencies, that is $1.5M per agency, 23% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Howard County was 135 in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019. That is one for every 897 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Howard County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Howard County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Howard County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #1,016 of 2,272 scored counties and #22 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Howard 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 | Howard County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 12.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.9M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 897 | 1,274 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.3% | −6.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,544 | $2,340 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $149,763 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 141 → 135−4.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 800
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $68.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19935 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 245The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 339,183+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 121,065
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 251 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,340
- Median household income
- $149,763+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $184,243
- Median home value
- $597,900
- Jobs located here
- 185,575
- Daytime population
- 363,145Residents 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 |
| 22Howard County, MD | 53 | 199 | 16.4 | $1.5M | +1.9% | #1,016 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Howard County, MD?
Howard County has 199 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 35 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 135 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Howard County, MD spend on vehicle insurance?
About $308M a year, or $2,544 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 199 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 121,065 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, MD compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Howard County has 16.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.5M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Howard County would have about 245, against 199 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 897 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 339,183 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 121,065 households. The median household income in Howard County is $149,763 a year, 86% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Howard County scores 53 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #1,016 of 2,272 scored counties.
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