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Insurance agencies in Abbeville County, SC
How Abbeville County, SC 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 86 out of 100: High
Ranked #111 of 2,272 scored counties
#4 of 43 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,689 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,836
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Abbeville County is 86 (high), #111 of 2,272 scored counties and #4 of 43 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for insurance agencies.
Households in Abbeville County spend about $26.2M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,689 per household, 37% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Abbeville County has 8 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.2, 47% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Abbeville County in 2023. That is one for every 2,441 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Abbeville County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Abbeville County compares
The same measures for South 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 | Abbeville County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 13.9 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $1.8M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,441 | 1,037 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,689 | $2,491 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $52,935 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 86 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $701K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Abbeville 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 Abbeville County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,836+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 9,762
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 491 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $52,935+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,228
- Median home value
- $178,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,595
- Daytime population
- 19,493Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Edgefield County, SC | 96 | 8 | 8.2 | $3.4M | +16.1% | #11 of 2,272 |
| 2Saluda County, SC | 88 | 8 | 10.4 | $2.8M | +4.1% | #85 of 2,272 |
| 3Laurens County, SC | 88 | 26 | 9.6 | $2.8M | +6.2% | #87 of 2,272 |
| 4Abbeville County, SC | 86 | 8 | 8.2 | $3.3M | +2.3% | #111 of 2,272 |
| 5Berkeley County, SC | 86 | 86 | 9.2 | $2.8M | +18.7% | #114 of 2,272 |
| 6Lancaster County, SC | 83 | 42 | 10.5 | $2.4M | +18.3% | #167 of 2,272 |
| 7Oconee County, SC | 81 | 32 | 9.3 | $2.9M | +6.3% | #196 of 2,272 |
| 8Chester County, SC | 81 | 12 | 9.1 | $2.8M | +2.2% | #198 of 2,272 |
| 9Pickens County, SC | 81 | 51 | 9.7 | $2.7M | +5.7% | #201 of 2,272 |
| 10Cherokee County, SC | 81 | 21 | 9.5 | $2.7M | +3.7% | #203 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Abbeville County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 insurance agencies in Abbeville County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Abbeville County, SC spend on vehicle insurance?
About $26.2M a year, or $2,689 per household. That is 37% above the U.S. average (an index of 137, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,762 households in Abbeville County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Abbeville County, SC compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Abbeville County has 8.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $3.3M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Abbeville County would have about 21, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,441 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Abbeville County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Abbeville County at 24,836 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,762 households. Median household income in Abbeville County is $52,935, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.6%, 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. 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. Abbeville County scores 86 for insurance agencies (high), #111 of 2,272 scored counties.
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