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Insurance agencies in Martin County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Martin County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,136 of 2,272 scored counties
#86 of 90 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 16
- 3 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,554 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.8
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,601
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 insurance agencies in Martin County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.8, 8% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $2,554 per household (31% above the U.S. average), households in Martin County spend about $24.3M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 16 insurance agencies, that is $1.5M per agency, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Martin County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,056 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Martin County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Martin County is 49 (lower middle), #1,136 of 2,272 scored counties and #86 of 90 scored counties in North Carolina.
How Martin 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 | Martin County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.8 | 13.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,056 | 1,094 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.1% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,554 | $2,564 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $48,578 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 163 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Martin 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 Martin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,601−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 9,502
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $48,578+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,879
- Median home value
- $109,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,663
- Daytime population
- 18,494Residents 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 |
| 86Martin County, NC | 49 | 16 | 16.8 | $1.5M | −1.6% | #1,136 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Martin County
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 Martin County, NC?
Martin County has 16 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Martin County, NC spend on vehicle insurance?
About $24.3M a year, or $2,554 per household. That is 31% above the U.S. average (an index of 131, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,502 households in Martin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Martin County, NC compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Martin County has 16.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.5M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Martin County would have about 19, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,056 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Martin County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Martin County at 21,601 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,502 households. The median household income in Martin County is $48,578 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.2% 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. Martin County scores 49 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,136 of 2,272 scored counties.
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