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Insurance agencies in Ocean County, NJ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Ocean County, NJ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #554 of 2,272 scored counties
#4 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 175
- 28 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 161
- +20.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $393.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,614 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 79% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 673,746
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Ocean County comes to about $393.6M a year: $1,614 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 79% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 175 insurance agencies on map listings in Ocean County as of September 2026. Of those, 28 are chain locations, or 16%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 7.2 for every 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 161 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Ocean County in 2023, up 20.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,515 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Ocean County.
Population estimates put the population change in Ocean County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Ocean County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #554 of 2,272 scored counties and #4 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Ocean County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Ocean County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 9.8 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,515 | 1,355 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.2% | −2.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,614 | $1,491 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $89,863 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 134 → 161+20.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 762
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $65.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17528 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 314The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Ocean 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 Ocean County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 673,746+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 243,843
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 628 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,042
- Median household income
- $89,863+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,774
- Median home value
- $398,400
- Jobs located here
- 183,196
- Daytime population
- 568,313Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sussex County, NJ | 78 | 28 | 4.8 | $3.8M | +2.9% | #259 of 2,272 |
| 2Warren County, NJ | 76 | 25 | 5.5 | $3.2M | +3.2% | #307 of 2,272 |
| 3Gloucester County, NJ | 68 | 88 | 7.8 | $2.2M | +3.3% | #520 of 2,272 |
| 4Ocean County, NJ | 67 | 175 | 7.2 | $2.2M | +5.6% | #554 of 2,272 |
| 5Salem County, NJ | 64 | 18 | 7.2 | $2.3M | +2.3% | #648 of 2,272 |
| 6Cumberland County, NJ | 64 | 43 | 8.0 | $2M | +2.2% | #654 of 2,272 |
| 7Middlesex County, NJ | 58 | 284 | 9.2 | $1.7M | +2.6% | #845 of 2,272 |
| 8Hudson County, NJ | 57 | 147 | 4.9 | $1.7M | +1.8% | #875 of 2,272 |
| 9Passaic County, NJ | 54 | 136 | 7.6 | $1.9M | +1.6% | #980 of 2,272 |
| 10Somerset County, NJ | 53 | 130 | 9.9 | $1.7M | +3.5% | #1,008 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Ocean County
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 Ocean County, NJ?
As of September 2026, map listings count 175 insurance agencies in Ocean County. 28 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 161 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 20.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Ocean County, NJ spend on vehicle insurance?
About $393.6M a year, or $1,614 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 175 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 243,843 households in Ocean County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ocean County, NJ compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Ocean County has 7.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.2M, 79% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Ocean County would have about 314, against 175 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,515 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Ocean County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Ocean County at 673,746 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 243,843 households. Median household income in Ocean County is $89,863, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.7%, 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. Ocean County scores 67 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #554 of 2,272 scored counties.
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