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Insurance agencies in Valencia County, NM
The insurance agencies in Valencia County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #603 of 2,272 scored counties
#3 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 43
- 16 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $59.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,173 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,013
- +7.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 43 insurance agencies in Valencia County. 16 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 15.6 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Valencia County comes to about $59.9M a year: $2,173 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 43 insurance agencies, that is $1.4M per agency, 11% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Valencia County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,839 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $275K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Valencia County.
Population estimates show Valencia County grew 7.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Valencia County is 66 (upper middle), #603 of 2,272 scored counties and #3 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Valencia 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 | Valencia County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.6 | 15.4 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,839 | 1,109 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,173 | $1,890 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $58,933 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4316 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $275K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Valencia 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 Valencia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,013+7.2% since 2020
- Households
- 27,583
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,067 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $58,933+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,665
- Median home value
- $223,000
- Jobs located here
- 16,710
- Daytime population
- 63,523Residents 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 |
Other business types in Valencia 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 Valencia County, NM?
Valencia County has 43 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Valencia County, NM spend on vehicle insurance?
About $59.9M a year, or $2,173 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,583 households in Valencia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Valencia County, NM compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Valencia County has 15.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.4M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Valencia County would have about 48, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,839 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Valencia County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Valencia County at 82,013 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,583 households. The median household income in Valencia County is $58,933 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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. Valencia County scores 66 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #603 of 2,272 scored counties.
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