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Insurance agencies in the Natchez, MS-LA area
How the Natchez, MS-LA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #398 of 537 scored small-town markets
#16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 39
- 11 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $46.5M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,240 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.8
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,722
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 insurance agencies in the Natchez area. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 28%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.8, 21% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in the Natchez area spend about $46.5M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,240 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. Spread across 39 insurance agencies, that is $1.2M per agency, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 26 businesses with payroll in the Natchez area classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 798 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Natchez area declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For insurance agencies, the Natchez area has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #398 of 537 scored small-town markets and #16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi.
How the Natchez area compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Natchez area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.8 | 16.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 798 | 929 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +1.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,240 | $2,496 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $42,104 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 260.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 94
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3911 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 the Natchez 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 Natchez area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,722−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 20,736
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,678 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $42,104
- Average household income
- $63,809
- Median home value
- $101,500
- Jobs located here
- 16,813
- Daytime population
- 51,317Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Picayune, MS | 70 | 34 | 15.5 | $1.7M | +5.6% | #103 of 537 |
| 2Oxford, MS | 69 | 38 | 15.8 | $1.6M | +5.3% | #110 of 537 |
| 3Starkville, MS | 67 | 36 | 13.9 | $1.8M | +0.8% | #127 of 537 |
| 4Laurel, MS | 55 | 46 | 14.6 | $1.7M | −1.5% | #217 of 537 |
| 5Corinth, MS | 54 | 17 | 11.8 | $2.1M | −0.5% | #222 of 537 |
| 6McComb, MS | 54 | 26 | 12.8 | $1.9M | −2.6% | #223 of 537 |
| 7Greenville, MS | 52 | 21 | 12.3 | $1.7M | −9.4% | #244 of 537 |
| 8Columbus, MS | 52 | 42 | 15.6 | $1.6M | −2.7% | #245 of 537 |
| 9Tupelo, MS | 49 | 101 | 19.5 | $1.3M | +0.8% | #274 of 537 |
| 10Cleveland, MS | 48 | 16 | 13.4 | $1.6M | −8.3% | #277 of 537 |
| 16Natchez, MS-LA | 35 | 39 | 18.8 | $1.2M | −0.9% | #398 of 537 |
Other business types in the Natchez area
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Natchez, MS-LA area?
The Natchez area has 39 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Natchez, MS-LA area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $46.5M a year, or $2,240 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,736 households in the Natchez area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Natchez, MS-LA area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Natchez area has 18.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.2M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Natchez area would have about 37, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 798 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Natchez, MS-LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Natchez area at 54,722 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,736 households. The median household income in the Natchez area is $42,104 a year, 48% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Natchez area scores 35 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #398 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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