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Insurance agencies in Kings County, NY
How Kings 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,571 of 2,272 scored counties
#42 of 60 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 435
- 42 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 462
- +5.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $528.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $523 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 72% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,653,963
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $523 per household (73% below the U.S. average), households in Kings County spend about $528.6M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $1.2M per agency, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Kings County has 435 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Kings County was 462 in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,186 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 26 SBA-backed loans worth $11.1M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Kings County.
Population estimates put the population change in Kings County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Kings County is 37 (lower middle), #1,571 of 2,272 scored counties and #42 of 60 scored counties in New York.
How Kings 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 | Kings County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 10.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,186 | 1,216 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.5% | −4.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $523 | $1,132 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $80,263 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 438 → 462+5.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,077
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $138.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 43542 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 421The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 26
- Amount
- $11.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Kings 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 Kings County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,653,963−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 1,009,927
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 30%
- Vehicles per household
- 0.6
- Land area
- 69 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37,927
- Median household income
- $80,263+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,376
- Median home value
- $905,000
- Jobs located here
- 883,599
- Daytime population
- 2,304,140Residents 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 |
| 42Kings County, NY | 37 | 435 | 4.3 | $1.2M | −2.5% | #1,571 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Kings County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 435 insurance agencies in Kings County. 42 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 462 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Kings County, NY spend on vehicle insurance?
About $528.6M a year, or $523 per household. That is 73% below the U.S. average (an index of 27, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 435 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,009,927 households in Kings County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kings County, NY compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Kings County has 4.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.2M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Kings County would have about 421, against 435 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,186 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Kings County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Kings County at 2,653,963 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,009,927 households. Median household income in Kings County is $80,263, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.3%, 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. Kings County scores 37 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,571 of 2,272 scored counties.
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