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Insurance agencies in Sussex County, NJ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Sussex County, NJ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #259 of 2,272 scored counties
#1 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 28
- 6 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $106.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,851 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 148,063
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 insurance agencies in Sussex County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 21%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $1,851 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Sussex County spend about $106.9M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 28 insurance agencies, that is $3.8M per agency, 3 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Sussex County in 2023. That is one for every 2,311 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Sussex County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Sussex County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #259 of 2,272 scored counties and #1 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Sussex 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 | Sussex County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 9.8 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,311 | 1,355 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,851 | $1,491 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $116,186 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 25
- Employees, 2023
- 142
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 286 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 85The 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 Sussex 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 Sussex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 148,063+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 57,767
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 519 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 281
- Median household income
- $116,186+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $144,531
- Median home value
- $369,400
- Jobs located here
- 36,880
- Daytime population
- 105,437Residents 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 Sussex 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 Sussex County, NJ?
There are 28 insurance agencies on map listings in Sussex County as of September 2026. 6 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Sussex County, NJ spend on vehicle insurance?
About $106.9M a year, or $1,851 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 57,767 households in Sussex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sussex County, NJ compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Sussex County has 4.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $3.8M, 3 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Sussex County would have about 85, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,311 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Sussex County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Sussex County at 148,063 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,767 households. The median household income in Sussex County is $116,186 a year, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Sussex County scores 78 for insurance agencies (high), #259 of 2,272 scored counties.
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