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Insurance agencies in Curry County, NM
The insurance agencies in Curry County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,242 of 2,272 scored counties
#14 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 21
- 7 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,829 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,655
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 insurance agencies in Curry County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.3, 28% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Curry County spend about $34M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,829 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 29% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Curry County in 2023. That is one for every 1,328 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Curry County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For insurance agencies, Curry County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,242 of 2,272 scored counties and #14 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Curry County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Curry County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 15.4 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,328 | 1,109 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,829 | $1,890 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $57,309 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 86
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Curry 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 Curry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,655−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,595
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,406 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $57,309+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,913
- Median home value
- $171,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,571
- Daytime population
- 46,183Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Taos County, NM | 73 | 10 | 6.4 | $3.1M | +0.3% | #373 of 2,272 |
| 2Otero County, NM | 66 | 28 | 11.4 | $1.7M | +3.7% | #597 of 2,272 |
| 3Valencia County, NM | 66 | 43 | 15.6 | $1.4M | +7.2% | #603 of 2,272 |
| 4Cibola County, NM | 64 | 7 | 8.2 | $2.3M | −0.6% | #647 of 2,272 |
| 5Sandoval County, NM | 64 | 77 | 13.5 | $1.5M | +6.9% | #671 of 2,272 |
| 6San Miguel County, NM | 59 | 11 | 9.2 | $2.1M | −3.2% | #795 of 2,272 |
| 7Rio Arriba County, NM | 58 | 16 | 10.2 | $2.1M | −1.0% | #830 of 2,272 |
| 8Luna County, NM | 58 | 10 | 10.8 | $1.7M | −0.2% | #843 of 2,272 |
| 9Santa Fe County, NM | 51 | 95 | 13.4 | $1.4M | +1.2% | #1,085 of 2,272 |
| 10Lincoln County, NM | 49 | 11 | 11.0 | $1.8M | −2.3% | #1,127 of 2,272 |
| 14Curry County, NM | 46 | 21 | 11.3 | $1.6M | −3.5% | #1,242 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Curry 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 Curry County, NM?
There are 21 insurance agencies on map listings in Curry County as of September 2026. 7 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Curry County, NM spend on vehicle insurance?
About $34M a year, or $1,829 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,595 households in Curry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Curry County, NM compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Curry County has 11.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.6M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Curry County would have about 27, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,328 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Curry County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Curry County at 46,655 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,595 households. The median household income in Curry County is $57,309 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.1% 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. Curry County scores 46 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,242 of 2,272 scored counties.
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