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Insurance agencies in Cabarrus County, NC

How Cabarrus 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 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #241 of 2,272 scored counties
#37 of 90 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
86
17 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
78
+11.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$226.6M
On vehicle insurance · $2,690 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.2
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
249,725
+9.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 86 insurance agencies in Cabarrus County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 10.2 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

At $2,690 per household (37% above the U.S. average), households in Cabarrus County spend about $226.6M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $2.6M per agency, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Official counts show 78 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Cabarrus County in 2023, up 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,080 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $216K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Cabarrus County.

Population estimates put the population change in Cabarrus County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Cabarrus County has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #241 of 2,272 scored counties and #37 of 90 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Cabarrus 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.

Insurance agencies in Cabarrus County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureCabarrus CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.213.015.6
Spending per listing$2.6M$2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,0801,094966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.4%+0.1%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.9%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,690$2,564$1,957
Median household income$89,005$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score7984

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
70 → 78+11.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
237
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
8617 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
181The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$216K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus County

Population, 2025 estimate
249,725+9.9% since 2020
Households
84,246
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
361 sq. mi.
People per square mile
654
Median household income
$89,005+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$115,945
Median home value
$354,800
Jobs located here
88,944
Daytime population
211,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Cabarrus County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Currituck County, NC98108.4$3.9M+16.7%#2 of 2,272
2Hoke County, NC95115.7$4.7M+9.0%#14 of 2,272
3Franklin County, NC95248.4$3.4M+18.8%#20 of 2,272
4Brunswick County, NC94476.8$3.9M+26.5%#25 of 2,272
5Chatham County, NC91267.9$3.5M+11.0%#45 of 2,272
6Pender County, NC90124.7$5.9M+19.0%#52 of 2,272
7Polk County, NC9066.7$4M+6.0%#53 of 2,272
8Johnston County, NC90809.3$3.1M+17.9%#58 of 2,272
9Madison County, NC8867.2$3.9M+5.9%#80 of 2,272
10Stokes County, NC88157.7$3.9M+3.5%#81 of 2,272
37Cabarrus County, NC798610.2$2.6M+9.9%#241 of 2,272

Other business types in Cabarrus County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Cabarrus County, NC?

There are 86 insurance agencies on map listings in Cabarrus County as of September 2026. 17 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 78 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 11.4% from 2019.

How much do households in Cabarrus County, NC spend on vehicle insurance?

About $226.6M a year, or $2,690 per household. That is 37% above the U.S. average (an index of 137, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 86 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 84,246 households in Cabarrus County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cabarrus County, NC compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Cabarrus County has 10.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.6M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Cabarrus County would have about 181, against 86 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,080 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Cabarrus County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Cabarrus County at 249,725 people in 2025, up 9.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,246 households. The median household income in Cabarrus County is $89,005 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.2% 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. Cabarrus County scores 79 for insurance agencies (high), #241 of 2,272 scored counties.

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