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Insurance agencies in Franklin County, VT

How Franklin 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,067 of 2,272 scored counties
#6 of 11 scored counties in Vermont

Listings
20
4 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$33M
On vehicle insurance · $1,651 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.0
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,177
+2.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 20 insurance agencies in Franklin County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 10.0 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

At $1,651 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Franklin County spend about $33M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 20 insurance agencies, that is $1.6M per agency, 31% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,248 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $40K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Franklin County.

Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Franklin County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,067 of 2,272 scored counties and #6 of 11 scored counties in Vermont.

How Franklin 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.

Insurance agencies in Franklin County, VT compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.09.815.6
Spending per listing$1.6M$1.6M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,2481,315966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−11.5%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,651$1,570$1,957
Median household income$81,313$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score5156

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 16
Employees, 2023
65
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
204 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$40K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
51,177+2.3% since 2020
Households
19,963
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
631 sq. mi.
People per square mile
80
Median household income
$81,313+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,753
Median home value
$306,700
Jobs located here
17,183
Daytime population
43,124Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Vermont

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

Top counties in Vermont

Counties in Vermont ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Orange County, VT7086.3$2.7M+2.4%#454 of 2,272
2Addison County, VT591510.0$1.7M+1.8%#808 of 2,272
3Windsor County, VT54176.7$2.4M−0.7%#972 of 2,272
4Windham County, VT54157.6$2M−1.4%#974 of 2,272
5Orleans County, VT5386.6$2.4M+0.7%#1,000 of 2,272
6Franklin County, VT512010.0$1.6M+2.3%#1,067 of 2,272
7Caledonia County, VT45139.9$1.6M+0.8%#1,273 of 2,272
8Bennington County, VT391510.0$1.5M−1.8%#1,486 of 2,272
9Washington County, VT383212.4$1.2M−0.2%#1,533 of 2,272
10Chittenden County, VT378812.3$1.2M+0.4%#1,570 of 2,272

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Franklin County, VT?

Franklin County has 20 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in Franklin County, VT spend on vehicle insurance?

About $33M a year, or $1,651 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,963 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, VT compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Franklin County has 10.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.6M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Franklin County would have about 26, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,248 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, VT growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 51,177 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,963 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $81,313 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Franklin County scores 51 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #1,067 of 2,272 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for insurance agencies · All 56 business types in Franklin County

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