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Insurance agencies in Barnstable County, MA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Barnstable County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #943 of 2,272 scored counties
#6 of 13 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 94
- 8 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 81
- −1.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $173M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,636 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 233,539
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,636 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Barnstable County spend about $173M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 94 insurance agencies, that is $1.8M per agency, 47% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 94 insurance agencies on map listings in Barnstable County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 8.9 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Barnstable County was 81 in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,306 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $475K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Barnstable County.
Population estimates put the population change in Barnstable County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Barnstable County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #943 of 2,272 scored counties and #6 of 13 scored counties in Massachusetts.
How Barnstable County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Barnstable County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 10.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,306 | 1,349 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.2% | −7.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,636 | $1,445 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $95,241 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 82 → 81−1.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 399
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $33.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 948 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 138The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $475K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Barnstable 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 Barnstable County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 233,539+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 105,777
- Median age
- 53.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 394 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 588
- Median household income
- $95,241+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $134,349
- Median home value
- $629,000
- Jobs located here
- 87,424
- Daytime population
- 221,377Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hampshire County, MA | 75 | 28 | 4.5 | $3.4M | +10.4% | #329 of 2,272 |
| 2Franklin County, MA | 66 | 12 | 3.8 | $4.1M | −0.3% | #576 of 2,272 |
| 3Dukes County, MA | 65 | 5 | 6.6 | $2.8M | +3.1% | #607 of 2,272 |
| 4Bristol County, MA | 60 | 193 | 8.3 | $1.9M | +2.9% | #778 of 2,272 |
| 5Worcester County, MA | 59 | 286 | 8.5 | $1.9M | +3.7% | #803 of 2,272 |
| 6Barnstable County, MA | 55 | 94 | 8.9 | $1.8M | +2.4% | #943 of 2,272 |
| 7Berkshire County, MA | 53 | 41 | 7.1 | $2M | −1.2% | #1,004 of 2,272 |
| 8Essex County, MA | 48 | 321 | 10.3 | $1.5M | +2.3% | #1,180 of 2,272 |
| 9Plymouth County, MA | 48 | 242 | 11.9 | $1.4M | +3.5% | #1,184 of 2,272 |
| 10Middlesex County, MA | 46 | 673 | 10.6 | $1.4M | +2.8% | #1,250 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Barnstable 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 Barnstable County, MA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 94 insurance agencies in Barnstable County. 8 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 81 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Barnstable County, MA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $173M a year, or $1,636 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 94 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,777 households in Barnstable County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barnstable County, MA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Barnstable County has 8.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 43% 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, Barnstable County would have about 138, against 94 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,306 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Barnstable County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Barnstable County at 233,539 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,777 households. Median household income in Barnstable County is $95,241, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Barnstable County scores 55 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #943 of 2,272 scored counties.
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