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Insurance agencies in the Fayetteville, NC metro area
The insurance agencies in the Fayetteville, NC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #26 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 143
- 40 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 83
- −10.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $358.4M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,405 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 395,412
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in the Fayetteville metro area is 82 (high), #26 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for insurance agencies.
At $2,405 per household (23% above the U.S. average), households in the Fayetteville metro area spend about $358.4M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each agency on map listings, twice the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 143 insurance agencies on map listings in the Fayetteville metro area as of September 2026. 40 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 9.6 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Fayetteville metro area in 2023, down 10.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,795 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Fayetteville metro area grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Fayetteville metro area 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 | Fayetteville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 13.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,795 | 1,094 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.7% | +0.1% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,405 | $2,564 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $61,763 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 83−10.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 317
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14340 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 286The 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 the Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 395,412+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 149,016
- Median age
- 34.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 376
- Median household income
- $61,763
- Average household income
- $81,373
- Median home value
- $202,700
- Jobs located here
- 124,855
- Daytime population
- 386,104Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacksonville, NC | 92 | 53 | 7.0 | $3.6M | +6.0% | #3 of 387 |
| 2Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 91 | 46 | 10.5 | $2.5M | +10.3% | #5 of 387 |
| 3Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 88 | 269 | 10.8 | $2.2M | +7.5% | #10 of 387 |
| 4Rocky Mount, NC | 87 | 59 | 10.1 | $2.6M | +2.8% | #15 of 387 |
| 5Fayetteville, NC | 82 | 143 | 9.6 | $2.5M | +1.6% | #26 of 387 |
| 6Burlington, NC | 81 | 95 | 13.6 | $1.9M | +8.5% | #33 of 387 |
| 7Wilmington, NC | 81 | 264 | 13.2 | $1.9M | +15.9% | #34 of 387 |
| 8Winston-Salem, NC | 80 | 354 | 12.6 | $2.1M | +5.3% | #36 of 387 |
| 9Asheville, NC | 80 | 195 | 12.1 | $2.1M | +3.6% | #37 of 387 |
| 10Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 76 | 201 | 13.4 | $2.1M | +3.2% | #56 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fayetteville metro area
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 the Fayetteville, NC metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 143 insurance agencies in the Fayetteville metro area. 40 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 10.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Fayetteville, NC metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $358.4M a year, or $2,405 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 143 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 149,016 households in the Fayetteville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fayetteville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Fayetteville metro area has 9.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 38% 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, the Fayetteville metro area would have about 286, against 143 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,795 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fayetteville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fayetteville metro area at 395,412 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 149,016 households. Median household income in the Fayetteville metro area is $61,763, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Fayetteville metro area scores 82 for insurance agencies (high), #26 of 387 scored metro areas.
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