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Insurance agencies in Gates County, NC
The insurance agencies in Gates County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $3,048 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 3.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,234
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Gates County spend about $12.8M a year on vehicle insurance, or $3,048 per household, 56% above the U.S. average. Spread across 3 insurance agencies, that is $4.3M per agency, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 3 insurance agencies on map listings in Gates County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 54% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Gates County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,397 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gates County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 insurance agencies on map listings, Gates County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Gates 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 | Gates County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 13.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,397 | 1,094 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.1% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $3,048 | $2,564 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $66,333 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $369K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Gates 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 Gates County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,234−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,192
- Median age
- 47.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $66,333+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,387
- Median home value
- $170,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,439
- Daytime population
- 7,594Residents 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 |
| Gates County, NC | Not scored | 3 | 7.2 | $4.3M | −2.1% |
Other business types in Gates 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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Funeral services
Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Gates County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 insurance agencies in Gates County. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Gates County, NC spend on vehicle insurance?
About $12.8M a year, or $3,048 per household. That is 56% above the U.S. average (an index of 156, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,192 households in Gates County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gates County, NC compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Gates County has 7.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $4.3M, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Gates County would have about 10, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,397 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Gates County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Gates County at 10,234 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,192 households. Median household income in Gates County is $66,333, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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. Gates County has no market score for insurance agencies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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