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Insurance agencies in St. Mary’s County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in St. Mary’s County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 87 out of 100: High
Ranked #98 of 2,272 scored counties
#3 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 34
- 5 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $118M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,781 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,692
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
St. Mary’s County scores 87 (high) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #98 of 2,272 scored counties and #3 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for insurance agencies.
At $2,781 per household (42% above the U.S. average), households in St. Mary’s County spend about $118M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $3.5M per agency, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 34 insurance agencies on map listings in St. Mary’s County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in St. Mary’s County was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 1,929 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $90K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in St. Mary’s County. Population estimates show St. Mary’s County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How St. Mary’s 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 | St. Mary’s County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 12.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $1.9M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,929 | 1,274 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,781 | $2,340 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $119,446 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 87 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 119
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 345 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 94The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $90K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in St. Mary’s 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 St. Mary’s County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,692+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 42,436
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 359 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 321
- Median household income
- $119,446+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $142,976
- Median home value
- $407,600
- Jobs located here
- 35,732
- Daytime population
- 104,060Residents 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 |
Other business types in St. Mary’s County
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 St. Mary’s County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 34 insurance agencies in St. Mary’s County. 5 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in St. Mary’s County, MD spend on vehicle insurance?
About $118M a year, or $2,781 per household. That is 42% above the U.S. average (an index of 142, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 42,436 households in St. Mary’s County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Mary’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
St. Mary’s County has 8.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $3.5M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, St. Mary’s County would have about 94, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,929 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Mary’s County, MD growing?
Population estimates put St. Mary’s County at 116,692 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 42,436 households. Median household income in St. Mary’s County is $119,446, 48% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. St. Mary’s County scores 87 for insurance agencies (high), #98 of 2,272 scored counties.
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