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Insurance agencies in the Glens Falls, NY metro area

How the Glens Falls, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #166 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
50
13 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
36
+2.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$85M
On vehicle insurance · $1,556 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
35% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
124,373
−1.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 insurance agencies in the Glens Falls metro area. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 26%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 9.2 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Household spending on vehicle insurance in the Glens Falls metro area comes to about $85M a year: $1,556 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per agency, 35% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Glens Falls metro area was 36 in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,517 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $543K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Glens Falls metro area.

Population estimates show the Glens Falls metro area declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Glens Falls metro area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #166 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.

How the Glens Falls metro area 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.

Insurance agencies in Glens Falls, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureGlens Falls metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.210.715.6
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,5171,216966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.9%−4.7%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,556$1,132$1,957
Median household income$75,836$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5328

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
36+2.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
209
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5013 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
68The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$543K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Glens Falls metro area, 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 the Glens Falls metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
124,373−1.9% since 2020
Households
54,602
Median age
46.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,698 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$75,836+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,103
Median home value
$232,500
Jobs located here
49,038
Daytime population
117,382Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across New York

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in New York, with the Glens Falls metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Watertown-Fort Drum, NY55336.9$2.1M−3.9%#159 of 387
2Glens Falls, NY53509.2$1.7M−1.9%#166 of 387
3Kingston, NY517410.0$1.6M+1.1%#178 of 387
4Ithaca, NY49419.5$1.5M−1.4%#188 of 387
5Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY4731112.2$1.3M+3.0%#205 of 387
6Elmira, NY46349.6$1.5M−3.9%#209 of 387
7Binghamton, NY4310810.6$1.3M−1.3%#232 of 387
8Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY4247012.3$1.2M+1.9%#239 of 387
9Rochester, NY3753612.0$1.2M−0.7%#268 of 387
10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ337,48310.1$1.1M+0.6%#291 of 387

Other business types in the Glens Falls metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in the Glens Falls, NY metro area?

There are 50 insurance agencies on map listings in the Glens Falls metro area as of September 2026. 13 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Glens Falls, NY metro area spend on vehicle insurance?

About $85M a year, or $1,556 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,602 households in the Glens Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Glens Falls, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

The Glens Falls metro area has 9.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.7M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Glens Falls metro area would have about 68, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,517 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Glens Falls, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Glens Falls metro area at 124,373 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 54,602 households. The median household income in the Glens Falls metro area is $75,836 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. The Glens Falls metro area scores 53 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #166 of 387 scored metro areas.

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