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Insurance agencies in Saluda County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Saluda County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 88 out of 100: High
Ranked #85 of 2,272 scored counties
#2 of 43 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 8
- 4 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,905 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,680
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Saluda County has a Groundwork market score of 88 (high): #85 of 2,272 scored counties and #2 of 43 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for insurance agencies.
Households in Saluda County spend about $22.3M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,905 per household, 48% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Saluda County has 8 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 50%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 10.4 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Saluda County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,918 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show Saluda County grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Saluda 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 | Saluda County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.4 | 13.9 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $1.8M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,918 | 1,037 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,905 | $2,491 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $51,009 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 88 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $337K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 84 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Saluda 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 Saluda County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,680+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,670
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 453 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $51,009+11.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,200
- Median home value
- $146,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,321
- Daytime population
- 16,117Residents 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 |
Other business types in Saluda 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 Saluda County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 insurance agencies in Saluda County. 4 of them (50%) are chain locations. 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 Saluda County, SC spend on vehicle insurance?
About $22.3M a year, or $2,905 per household. That is 48% above the U.S. average (an index of 148, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,670 households in Saluda County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saluda County, SC compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Saluda County has 10.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.8M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Saluda County would have about 18, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,918 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Saluda County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Saluda County at 19,680 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,670 households. Median household income in Saluda County is $51,009, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.6%, 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. Saluda County scores 88 for insurance agencies (high), #85 of 2,272 scored counties.
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