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Insurance agencies in Martinsville city, VA
How Martinsville 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,049 of 2,272 scored counties
#96 of 97 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 25
- 10 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,056 a household
- Spending per listing
- $470K
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.8
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,849
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Martinsville city has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #2,049 of 2,272 scored counties and #96 of 97 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 insurance agencies in Martinsville city. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 40%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 43.8, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Martinsville city spend about $11.7M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,056 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $470K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 63% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Martinsville city classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 439 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Martinsville city grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Martinsville 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 | Martinsville city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.8 | 12.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $470K | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 439 | 1,234 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.4% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,056 | $2,545 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $46,727 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2510 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Martinsville 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 Martinsville city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,849+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,711
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 11 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,247
- Median household income
- $46,727+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,985
- Median home value
- $98,400
- Jobs located here
- 8,670
- Daytime population
- 16,559Residents 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 |
| 96Martinsville city, VA | 22 | 25 | 43.8 | $470K | +2.8% | #2,049 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Martinsville city, VA?
Martinsville city has 25 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Martinsville city, VA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $11.7M a year, or $2,056 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $470K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,711 households in Martinsville city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Martinsville city, VA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Martinsville city has 43.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $470K, 63% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Martinsville city would have about 9, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 439 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Martinsville city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Martinsville city at 13,849 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,711 households. The median household income in Martinsville city is $46,727 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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. Martinsville city scores 22 for insurance agencies (low), #2,049 of 2,272 scored counties.
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