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Insurance agencies in Lewis County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Lewis County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,071 of 2,272 scored counties
#15 of 60 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 12
- 4 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,715 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,479
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,715 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Lewis County spend about $19.1M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $1.6M per agency, 26% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 12 insurance agencies on map listings in Lewis County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.8, 31% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Lewis County in 2023. That is one for every 1,587 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Lewis County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Lewis County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,071 of 2,272 scored counties and #15 of 60 scored counties in New York.
How Lewis 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 | Lewis County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 10.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,587 | 1,216 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,715 | $1,132 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $68,182 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 124 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Lewis 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 Lewis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,479−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,110
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,276 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $68,182+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,901
- Median home value
- $166,100
- Jobs located here
- 6,520
- Daytime population
- 23,754Residents 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 |
| 15Lewis County, NY | 51 | 12 | 10.8 | $1.6M | −0.3% | #1,071 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Lewis 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 Lewis County, NY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 insurance agencies in Lewis County. 4 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Lewis County, NY spend on vehicle insurance?
About $19.1M a year, or $1,715 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,110 households in Lewis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lewis County, NY compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Lewis County has 10.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.6M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Lewis County would have about 15, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,587 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Lewis County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Lewis County at 26,479 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,110 households. Median household income in Lewis County is $68,182, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. Lewis County scores 51 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #1,071 of 2,272 scored counties.
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