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Insurance agencies in Bennington County, VT
How Bennington County, VT 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,486 of 2,272 scored counties
#8 of 11 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,519 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.0
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,630
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,519 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Bennington County spend about $22.8M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 15 insurance agencies, that is $1.5M per agency, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Bennington County has 15 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 21% across the U.S. That is 10.0 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Bennington County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,249 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bennington County declined 1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For insurance agencies, Bennington County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,486 of 2,272 scored counties and #8 of 11 scored counties in Vermont.
How Bennington County compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Bennington County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.0 | 9.8 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,249 | 1,315 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −11.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,519 | $1,570 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $73,325 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- 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 Bennington 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 Bennington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,630−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 14,987
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 674 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $73,325+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,853
- Median home value
- $279,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,869
- Daytime population
- 38,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Orange County, VT | 70 | 8 | 6.3 | $2.7M | +2.4% | #454 of 2,272 |
| 2Addison County, VT | 59 | 15 | 10.0 | $1.7M | +1.8% | #808 of 2,272 |
| 3Windsor County, VT | 54 | 17 | 6.7 | $2.4M | −0.7% | #972 of 2,272 |
| 4Windham County, VT | 54 | 15 | 7.6 | $2M | −1.4% | #974 of 2,272 |
| 5Orleans County, VT | 53 | 8 | 6.6 | $2.4M | +0.7% | #1,000 of 2,272 |
| 6Franklin County, VT | 51 | 20 | 10.0 | $1.6M | +2.3% | #1,067 of 2,272 |
| 7Caledonia County, VT | 45 | 13 | 9.9 | $1.6M | +0.8% | #1,273 of 2,272 |
| 8Bennington County, VT | 39 | 15 | 10.0 | $1.5M | −1.8% | #1,486 of 2,272 |
| 9Washington County, VT | 38 | 32 | 12.4 | $1.2M | −0.2% | #1,533 of 2,272 |
| 10Chittenden County, VT | 37 | 88 | 12.3 | $1.2M | +0.4% | #1,570 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Bennington County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Bennington County, VT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 insurance agencies in Bennington County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Bennington County, VT spend on vehicle insurance?
About $22.8M a year, or $1,519 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,987 households in Bennington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bennington County, VT compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Bennington County has 10.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.5M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Bennington County would have about 18, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,249 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Bennington County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Bennington County at 36,630 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,987 households. Median household income in Bennington County is $73,325, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.5%, 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. Bennington County scores 39 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,486 of 2,272 scored counties.
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