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Insurance agencies in Emporia city, VA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Emporia city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

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Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
6
3 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.3M
On vehicle insurance · $2,441 a household
Spending per listing
$877K
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
27.8
78% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,447
−4.4% 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 6 insurance agencies in Emporia city. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 27.8 for every 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

At $2,441 per household (25% above the U.S. average), households in Emporia city spend about $5.3M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $877K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Emporia city was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 431 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Emporia city declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Emporia 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.

Insurance agencies in Emporia city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureEmporia cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households27.812.515.6
Spending per listing$877K$2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment4311,234966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.4%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.4%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,441$2,545$1,957
Median household income$51,899$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored83

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$613K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
63 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Emporia 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 Emporia city

Population, 2025 estimate
5,447−4.4% since 2020
Households
2,157
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
38%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
7 sq. mi.
People per square mile
837
Median household income
$51,899
Average household income
$71,067
Median home value
$148,500
Jobs located here
4,395
Daytime population
7,108Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Emporia city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Louisa County, VA98106.4$5M+13.6%#1 of 2,272
2Stafford County, VA97265.0$6.1M+8.3%#3 of 2,272
3King William County, VA9768.2$3.9M+9.5%#5 of 2,272
4King George County, VA9698.9$3.4M+10.5%#10 of 2,272
5Rockingham County, VA95164.9$6.2M+6.6%#13 of 2,272
6Frederick County, VA95226.2$4.7M+8.8%#15 of 2,272
7Orange County, VA95117.4$4M+10.1%#17 of 2,272
8Spotsylvania County, VA95448.4$3.6M+10.5%#19 of 2,272
9Dinwiddie County, VA9465.6$5.8M+3.6%#22 of 2,272
10Caroline County, VA9475.8$5.3M+11.3%#23 of 2,272
Emporia city, VANot scored627.8$877K−4.4%

Other business types in Emporia city

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Emporia city, VA?

There are 6 insurance agencies on map listings in Emporia city as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in Emporia city, VA spend on vehicle insurance?

About $5.3M a year, or $2,441 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $877K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,157 households in Emporia city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Emporia city, VA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Emporia city has 27.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $877K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Emporia city would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 431 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Emporia city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Emporia city at 5,447 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,157 households. The median household income in Emporia city is $51,899 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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