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Insurance agencies in Alexander County, NC
How Alexander County, NC 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #352 of 2,272 scored counties
#48 of 90 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 16
- 4 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $43.4M
- On vehicle insurance · $3,072 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,958
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 insurance agencies in Alexander County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 11.3 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Alexander County spend about $43.4M a year on vehicle insurance, or $3,072 per household, 57% above the U.S. average. Spread across 16 insurance agencies, that is $2.7M per agency, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Alexander County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,087 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Alexander County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Alexander County is 74 (upper middle), #352 of 2,272 scored counties and #48 of 90 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Alexander County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Alexander County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 13.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,087 | 1,094 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.1% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $3,072 | $2,564 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $65,354 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 164 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Alexander 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 Alexander County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,958+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 14,126
- Median age
- 45.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 260 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 140
- Median household income
- $65,354+34.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,653
- Median home value
- $211,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,726
- Daytime population
- 31,047Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Currituck County, NC | 98 | 10 | 8.4 | $3.9M | +16.7% | #2 of 2,272 |
| 2Hoke County, NC | 95 | 11 | 5.7 | $4.7M | +9.0% | #14 of 2,272 |
| 3Franklin County, NC | 95 | 24 | 8.4 | $3.4M | +18.8% | #20 of 2,272 |
| 4Brunswick County, NC | 94 | 47 | 6.8 | $3.9M | +26.5% | #25 of 2,272 |
| 5Chatham County, NC | 91 | 26 | 7.9 | $3.5M | +11.0% | #45 of 2,272 |
| 6Pender County, NC | 90 | 12 | 4.7 | $5.9M | +19.0% | #52 of 2,272 |
| 7Polk County, NC | 90 | 6 | 6.7 | $4M | +6.0% | #53 of 2,272 |
| 8Johnston County, NC | 90 | 80 | 9.3 | $3.1M | +17.9% | #58 of 2,272 |
| 9Madison County, NC | 88 | 6 | 7.2 | $3.9M | +5.9% | #80 of 2,272 |
| 10Stokes County, NC | 88 | 15 | 7.7 | $3.9M | +3.5% | #81 of 2,272 |
| 48Alexander County, NC | 74 | 16 | 11.3 | $2.7M | +1.5% | #352 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Alexander County, NC?
There are 16 insurance agencies on map listings in Alexander County as of September 2026. 4 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Alexander County, NC spend on vehicle insurance?
About $43.4M a year, or $3,072 per household. That is 57% above the U.S. average (an index of 157, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,126 households in Alexander County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alexander County, NC compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Alexander County has 11.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.7M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Alexander County would have about 35, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,087 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Alexander County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Alexander County at 36,958 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,126 households. The median household income in Alexander County is $65,354 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.0% 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. Alexander County scores 74 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #352 of 2,272 scored counties.
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