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Insurance agencies in Avery County, NC
The insurance agencies in Avery County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #379 of 2,272 scored counties
#52 of 90 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,622 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,110
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,622 per household (34% above the U.S. average), households in Avery County spend about $17.8M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 7 insurance agencies, that is $2.5M per agency, twice the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 7 insurance agencies on map listings in Avery County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 10.3 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Avery County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,358 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Avery County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Avery County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #379 of 2,272 scored counties and #52 of 90 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Avery 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 | Avery County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 13.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,358 | 1,094 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.1% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,622 | $2,564 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $61,428 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $610K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Avery 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 Avery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,110+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,791
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 247 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $61,428+52.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,834
- Median home value
- $265,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,802
- Daytime population
- 18,343Residents 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 |
| 52Avery County, NC | 73 | 7 | 10.3 | $2.5M | +1.1% | #379 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Avery County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Avery County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 insurance agencies in Avery County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Avery County, NC spend on vehicle insurance?
About $17.8M a year, or $2,622 per household. That is 34% above the U.S. average (an index of 134, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,791 households in Avery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Avery County, NC compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Avery County has 10.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.5M, twice the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Avery County would have about 14, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,358 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Avery County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Avery County at 18,110 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,791 households. Median household income in Avery County is $61,428, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 52.3%, 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. Avery County scores 73 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #379 of 2,272 scored counties.
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