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Insurance agencies in the Wilson, NC area
The insurance agencies in the Wilson, NC area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #132 of 537 scored small-town markets
#21 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 42
- 12 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 38
- +8.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $83.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,529 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 81,150
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in the Wilson area comes to about $83.6M a year: $2,529 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per agency, 59% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 42 insurance agencies on map listings in the Wilson area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 12.7 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Wilson area was 38 in 2023, up 8.6% from 2019. That is one for every 870 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $125K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Wilson area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Wilson area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in the Wilson area is 66 (upper middle), #132 of 537 scored small-town markets and #21 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Wilson 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 | Wilson area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 13.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 870 | 1,094 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.6% | +0.1% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,529 | $2,564 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $56,423 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38+8.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 117
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4212 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $125K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Wilson 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 Wilson area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 81,150+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 33,068
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 368 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 216
- Median household income
- $56,423+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,415
- Median home value
- $186,000
- Jobs located here
- 36,414
- Daytime population
- 81,523Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 91 | 48 | 9.6 | $2.9M | +12.3% | #10 of 537 |
| 2Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 91 | 40 | 10.3 | $2.7M | +3.4% | #11 of 537 |
| 3Morehead City, NC | 89 | 28 | 8.8 | $2.9M | +4.1% | #14 of 537 |
| 4Forest City, NC | 89 | 25 | 9.4 | $2.9M | +2.1% | #15 of 537 |
| 5Marion, NC | 88 | 17 | 9.1 | $3M | +1.5% | #19 of 537 |
| 6Albemarle, NC | 87 | 26 | 10.3 | $2.8M | +9.8% | #24 of 537 |
| 7North Wilkesboro, NC | 83 | 25 | 9.2 | $3M | +0.6% | #38 of 537 |
| 8Lumberton, NC | 81 | 55 | 12.8 | $2M | +3.4% | #47 of 537 |
| 9Boone, NC | 80 | 18 | 8.5 | $3M | +0.6% | #49 of 537 |
| 10New Bern, NC | 80 | 63 | 12.0 | $2.1M | +3.6% | #51 of 537 |
| 21Wilson, NC | 66 | 42 | 12.7 | $2M | +1.7% | #132 of 537 |
Other business types in the Wilson 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 Wilson, NC area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 42 insurance agencies in the Wilson area. 12 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 8.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Wilson, NC area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $83.6M a year, or $2,529 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,068 households in the Wilson area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wilson, NC area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Wilson area has 12.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2M, 59% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Wilson area would have about 67, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 870 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Wilson, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Wilson area at 81,150 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,068 households. Median household income in the Wilson area is $56,423, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Wilson area scores 66 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #132 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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