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Insurance agencies in Talbot County, MD
The insurance agencies in Talbot County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #910 of 2,272 scored counties
#20 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 23
- 5 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.4M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,395 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 36% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.0
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,238
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 insurance agencies in Talbot County. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.0, 10% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Talbot County spend about $39.4M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,395 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 36% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Talbot County in 2023. That is one for every 967 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Talbot County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Talbot County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #910 of 2,272 scored counties and #20 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Talbot 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 | Talbot County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.0 | 12.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 967 | 1,274 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,395 | $2,340 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $84,811 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 143
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 235 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Talbot 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 Talbot County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,238+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 16,433
- Median age
- 50.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 141
- Median household income
- $84,811+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,276
- Median home value
- $409,700
- Jobs located here
- 17,017
- Daytime population
- 37,878Residents 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 |
| 20Talbot County, MD | 56 | 23 | 14.0 | $1.7M | +2.0% | #910 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Talbot 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 Talbot County, MD?
Talbot County has 23 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Talbot County, MD spend on vehicle insurance?
About $39.4M a year, or $2,395 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,433 households in Talbot County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Talbot County, MD compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Talbot County has 14.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.7M, 36% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Talbot County would have about 31, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 967 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Talbot County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Talbot County at 38,238 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,433 households. The median household income in Talbot County is $84,811 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.3% 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. Talbot County scores 56 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #910 of 2,272 scored counties.
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