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Insurance agencies in the Springfield, MA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in the Springfield, MA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #189 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 186
- 22 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 119
- −9.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $263.5M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,428 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 464,338
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in the Springfield metro area comes to about $263.5M a year: $1,428 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 186 insurance agencies on map listings in the Springfield metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 10.1 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Springfield metro area was 119 in 2023, down 9.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,550 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $70K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Springfield metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Springfield metro area grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Springfield metro area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #189 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts.
How the Springfield metro area 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 | Springfield metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 10.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,550 | 1,349 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.8% | −7.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,428 | $1,445 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $71,306 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 119−9.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,825
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $183.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18622 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 210The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $70K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Springfield metro area, 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 the Springfield metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 464,338+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 184,471
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 617 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 750
- Median household income
- $71,306
- Average household income
- $94,828
- Median home value
- $298,800
- Jobs located here
- 204,758
- Daytime population
- 449,264Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 79 | 28 | 4.5 | $3.4M | +10.4% | #38 of 387 |
| 2Worcester, MA | 67 | 286 | 8.5 | $1.9M | +3.7% | #97 of 387 |
| 3Barnstable Town, MA | 63 | 94 | 8.9 | $1.8M | +2.4% | #114 of 387 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 59 | 615 | 9.1 | $1.7M | +2.1% | #130 of 387 |
| 4Pittsfield, MA | 58 | 41 | 7.1 | $2M | −1.2% | #135 of 387 |
| 5Springfield, MA | 49 | 186 | 10.1 | $1.4M | +0.2% | #189 of 387 |
| 6Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 45 | 2,129 | 11.0 | $1.3M | +2.3% | #217 of 387 |
Other business types in the Springfield metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Springfield, MA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 186 insurance agencies in the Springfield metro area. 22 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 119 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 9.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Springfield, MA metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $263.5M a year, or $1,428 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 186 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 184,471 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Springfield, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Springfield metro area has 10.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.4M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Springfield metro area would have about 210, against 186 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,550 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Springfield, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 464,338 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 184,471 households. Median household income in the Springfield metro area is $71,306, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Springfield metro area scores 49 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #189 of 387 scored metro areas.
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