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Insurance agencies in Aiken County, SC
How Aiken 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 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #213 of 2,272 scored counties
#11 of 43 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 85
- 24 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 49
- +8.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $185.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,657 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 74% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.2
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,515
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
Aiken County scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #213 of 2,272 scored counties and #11 of 43 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for insurance agencies.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Aiken County comes to about $185.8M a year: $2,657 per household, 36% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 74% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 85 insurance agencies on map listings in Aiken County as of September 2026. 24 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 12.2 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Aiken County in 2023, up 8.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,427 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $300K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Aiken County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Aiken County grew 7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Aiken 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 | Aiken County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.2 | 13.9 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.8M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,427 | 1,037 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.9% | +3.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,657 | $2,491 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $70,609 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45 → 49+8.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 213
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8524 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 148The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Aiken 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 Aiken County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,515+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 69,916
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,071 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 163
- Median household income
- $70,609+37.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,371
- Median home value
- $218,000
- Jobs located here
- 65,453
- Daytime population
- 171,299Residents 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 |
| 11Aiken County, SC | 81 | 85 | 12.2 | $2.2M | +7.3% | #213 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Aiken County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 85 insurance agencies in Aiken County. 24 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 8.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Aiken County, SC spend on vehicle insurance?
About $185.8M a year, or $2,657 per household. That is 36% above the U.S. average (an index of 136, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 69,916 households in Aiken County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aiken County, SC compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Aiken County has 12.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.2M, 74% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Aiken County would have about 148, against 85 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,427 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Aiken County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Aiken County at 181,515 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,916 households. Median household income in Aiken County is $70,609, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.4%, 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. Aiken County scores 81 for insurance agencies (high), #213 of 2,272 scored counties.
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