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Insurance agencies in Putnam County, TN

How Putnam County, TN 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #571 of 2,272 scored counties
#60 of 81 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
53
16 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
32
+6.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$88.5M
On vehicle insurance · $2,634 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
33% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.8
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
86,612
+8.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 53 insurance agencies in Putnam County. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 15.8 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Households in Putnam County spend about $88.5M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,634 per household, 35% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 33% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Putnam County was 32 in 2023, up 6.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,050 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Putnam County grew 8.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Putnam County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #571 of 2,272 scored counties and #60 of 81 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Putnam County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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.

Insurance agencies in Putnam County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasurePutnam CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.816.215.6
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.6M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,0501,101966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.7%+0.2%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,634$2,597$1,957
Median household income$58,912$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6778

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
30 → 32+6.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
182
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5316 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
71The 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 Putnam 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 Putnam County

Population, 2025 estimate
86,612+8.1% since 2020
Households
33,601
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
401 sq. mi.
People per square mile
206
Median household income
$58,912+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,922
Median home value
$282,500
Jobs located here
40,531
Daytime population
91,089Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Putnam County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, TN9756.3$4.9M+8.1%#4 of 2,272
2Grainger County, TN9666.2$4.7M+9.2%#8 of 2,272
3Marshall County, TN9564.4$6.6M+10.5%#12 of 2,272
4Hickman County, TN9477.4$4.2M+5.0%#24 of 2,272
5Smith County, TN9356.3$4.7M+5.1%#26 of 2,272
6Loudon County, TN932410.0$3M+15.6%#28 of 2,272
7Jefferson County, TN92209.2$3.1M+9.3%#34 of 2,272
8Marion County, TN9186.7$4.3M+3.2%#41 of 2,272
9Cheatham County, TN91127.4$4.2M+4.1%#42 of 2,272
10Hawkins County, TN91198.1$3.5M+5.0%#46 of 2,272
60Putnam County, TN675315.8$1.7M+8.1%#571 of 2,272

Other business types in Putnam County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Putnam County, TN?

There are 53 insurance agencies on map listings in Putnam County as of September 2026. 16 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 6.7% from 2019.

How much do households in Putnam County, TN spend on vehicle insurance?

About $88.5M a year, or $2,634 per household. That is 35% above the U.S. average (an index of 135, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,601 households in Putnam County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Putnam County, TN compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Putnam County has 15.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.7M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Putnam County would have about 71, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,050 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Putnam County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Putnam County at 86,612 people in 2025, up 8.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,601 households. The median household income in Putnam County is $58,912 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.1% 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. Putnam County scores 67 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #571 of 2,272 scored counties.

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