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Insurance agencies in the Syracuse, NY metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in the Syracuse, NY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #322 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 340
- 76 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 257
- −3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $388.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,431 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 652,273
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in the Syracuse metro area is 27 (lower middle), #322 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $1,431 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in the Syracuse metro area spend about $388.2M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 340 insurance agencies on map listings in the Syracuse metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 12.5 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 257 businesses with payroll in the Syracuse metro area classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,055 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Syracuse metro area. Population estimates show the Syracuse metro area declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Syracuse 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.
| Measure | Syracuse metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 10.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,055 | 1,216 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.0% | −4.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,431 | $1,132 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $75,492 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 257−3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,529
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $132.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 34076 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 309The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Syracuse 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 Syracuse metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 652,273−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 271,251
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 275
- Median household income
- $75,492+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,360
- Median home value
- $187,700
- Jobs located here
- 309,260
- Daytime population
- 669,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 55 | 33 | 6.9 | $2.1M | −3.9% | #159 of 387 |
| 2Glens Falls, NY | 53 | 50 | 9.2 | $1.7M | −1.9% | #166 of 387 |
| 3Kingston, NY | 51 | 74 | 10.0 | $1.6M | +1.1% | #178 of 387 |
| 4Ithaca, NY | 49 | 41 | 9.5 | $1.5M | −1.4% | #188 of 387 |
| 5Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 47 | 311 | 12.2 | $1.3M | +3.0% | #205 of 387 |
| 6Elmira, NY | 46 | 34 | 9.6 | $1.5M | −3.9% | #209 of 387 |
| 7Binghamton, NY | 43 | 108 | 10.6 | $1.3M | −1.3% | #232 of 387 |
| 8Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 42 | 470 | 12.3 | $1.2M | +1.9% | #239 of 387 |
| 9Rochester, NY | 37 | 536 | 12.0 | $1.2M | −0.7% | #268 of 387 |
| 10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 33 | 7,483 | 10.1 | $1.1M | +0.6% | #291 of 387 |
| 12Syracuse, NY | 27 | 340 | 12.5 | $1.1M | −1.3% | #322 of 387 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Syracuse, NY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 340 insurance agencies in the Syracuse metro area. 76 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 257 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Syracuse, NY metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $388.2M a year, or $1,431 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 340 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 271,251 households in the Syracuse metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Syracuse, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Syracuse metro area has 12.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Syracuse metro area would have about 309, against 340 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,055 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Syracuse, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Syracuse metro area at 652,273 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 271,251 households. Median household income in the Syracuse metro area is $75,492, 6% 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. The Syracuse metro area scores 27 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #322 of 387 scored metro areas.
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