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Insurance agencies in Charlottesville city, VA
How Charlottesville city, VA 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #896 of 2,272 scored counties
#70 of 97 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 19
- 3 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- −33.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $40.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,023 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 68% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,388
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 insurance agencies in Charlottesville city. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 16%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 9.6 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Charlottesville city comes to about $40.1M a year: $2,023 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 68% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Charlottesville city in 2023, down 33.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,415 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Charlottesville city declined 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Charlottesville city is 56 (upper middle), #896 of 2,272 scored counties and #70 of 97 scored counties in Virginia.
How Charlottesville city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Charlottesville city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 12.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,415 | 1,234 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −33.3% | −7.4% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,023 | $2,545 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $74,824 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 14−33.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 131
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 193 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Charlottesville city, 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 Charlottesville city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,388−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 19,815
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 44%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 10 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4,435
- Median household income
- $74,824+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,430
- Median home value
- $486,700
- Jobs located here
- 37,763
- Daytime population
- 63,939Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Louisa County, VA | 98 | 10 | 6.4 | $5M | +13.6% | #1 of 2,272 |
| 2Stafford County, VA | 97 | 26 | 5.0 | $6.1M | +8.3% | #3 of 2,272 |
| 3King William County, VA | 97 | 6 | 8.2 | $3.9M | +9.5% | #5 of 2,272 |
| 4King George County, VA | 96 | 9 | 8.9 | $3.4M | +10.5% | #10 of 2,272 |
| 5Rockingham County, VA | 95 | 16 | 4.9 | $6.2M | +6.6% | #13 of 2,272 |
| 6Frederick County, VA | 95 | 22 | 6.2 | $4.7M | +8.8% | #15 of 2,272 |
| 7Orange County, VA | 95 | 11 | 7.4 | $4M | +10.1% | #17 of 2,272 |
| 8Spotsylvania County, VA | 95 | 44 | 8.4 | $3.6M | +10.5% | #19 of 2,272 |
| 9Dinwiddie County, VA | 94 | 6 | 5.6 | $5.8M | +3.6% | #22 of 2,272 |
| 10Caroline County, VA | 94 | 7 | 5.8 | $5.3M | +11.3% | #23 of 2,272 |
| 70Charlottesville city, VA | 56 | 19 | 9.6 | $2.1M | −4.4% | #896 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Charlottesville city, VA?
Charlottesville city has 19 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 33.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Charlottesville city, VA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $40.1M a year, or $2,023 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,815 households in Charlottesville city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Charlottesville city, VA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Charlottesville city has 9.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.1M, 68% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Charlottesville city would have about 32, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,415 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 33.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Charlottesville city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Charlottesville city at 44,388 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,815 households. The median household income in Charlottesville city is $74,824 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.8% 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. Charlottesville city scores 56 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #896 of 2,272 scored counties.
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