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Insurance agencies in Columbia County, NY
How Columbia County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,311 of 2,272 scored counties
#26 of 60 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 27
- 6 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,579 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 60,168
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,579 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Columbia County spend about $42M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 27 insurance agencies, that is $1.6M per agency, 24% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Columbia County has 27 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.1, 35% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Columbia County in 2023. That is one for every 1,566 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Columbia County declined 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Columbia County scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,311 of 2,272 scored counties and #26 of 60 scored counties in New York.
How Columbia County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Columbia County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 10.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,566 | 1,216 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,579 | $1,132 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $81,528 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 92
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 276 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Columbia 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 Columbia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 60,168−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 26,627
- Median age
- 49.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $81,528+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,394
- Median home value
- $347,100
- Jobs located here
- 20,215
- Daytime population
- 54,169Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tioga County, NY | 63 | 10 | 4.9 | $3.3M | −1.9% | #677 of 2,272 |
| 2Allegany County, NY | 62 | 12 | 6.8 | $2.3M | +0.9% | #714 of 2,272 |
| 3Seneca County, NY | 61 | 7 | 5.1 | $3M | −1.7% | #742 of 2,272 |
| 4Wayne County, NY | 61 | 23 | 6.0 | $2.7M | +0.1% | #744 of 2,272 |
| 5Washington County, NY | 60 | 12 | 4.9 | $3.3M | −2.9% | #770 of 2,272 |
| 6Orleans County, NY | 59 | 11 | 6.8 | $2.4M | −0.5% | #792 of 2,272 |
| 7Richmond County, NY | 58 | 112 | 6.6 | $2M | +1.3% | #835 of 2,272 |
| 8Chenango County, NY | 57 | 13 | 6.5 | $2.4M | −2.9% | #858 of 2,272 |
| 9Yates County, NY | 57 | 6 | 6.3 | $2.3M | −0.8% | #860 of 2,272 |
| 10Rensselaer County, NY | 57 | 49 | 7.3 | $2M | −0.2% | #866 of 2,272 |
| 26Columbia County, NY | 44 | 27 | 10.1 | $1.6M | −2.1% | #1,311 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Columbia County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 insurance agencies in Columbia County. 6 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Columbia County, NY spend on vehicle insurance?
About $42M a year, or $1,579 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,627 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Columbia County, NY compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Columbia County has 10.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.6M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Columbia County would have about 34, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,566 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Columbia County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Columbia County at 60,168 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,627 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $81,528, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. Columbia County scores 44 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,311 of 2,272 scored counties.
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