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Insurance agencies in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area

How the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #193 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia

Listings
61
14 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
41
+5.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$90.5M
On vehicle insurance · $1,823 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.3
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
112,468
−3.6% 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 61 insurance agencies in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 23%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 12.3 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Household spending on vehicle insurance in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area comes to about $90.5M a year: $1,823 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 18% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area was 41 in 2023, up 5.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,211 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For insurance agencies, the Weirton-Steubenville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #193 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia.

How the Weirton-Steubenville metro area compares

The same measures for West 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 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureWeirton-Steubenville metro areaWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.314.215.6
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.6M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,2111,144966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.1%−0.9%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,823$2,331$1,957
Median household income$58,784$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score4861

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
41+5.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
139
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6114 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
72The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area, 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 the Weirton-Steubenville metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
112,468−3.6% since 2020
Households
49,642
Median age
45.1
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
580 sq. mi.
People per square mile
198
Median household income
$58,784+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,835
Median home value
$131,300
Jobs located here
36,596
Daytime population
102,743Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Weirton-Steubenville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in West Virginia

Metro areas in West Virginia ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV9213311.3$2.3M+7.1%#4 of 387
Winchester, VA-WV876411.5$2.4M+6.5%#16 of 387
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV802,51810.6$2.1M+3.3%#35 of 387
1Morgantown, WV726912.0$1.9M+1.3%#67 of 387
2Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH5321814.3$1.6M−2.6%#167 of 387
3Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH486112.3$1.5M−3.6%#193 of 387
4Beckley, WV436213.8$1.7M−4.3%#227 of 387
5Parkersburg-Vienna, WV416818.0$1.3M−2.3%#242 of 387
6Charleston, WV4014316.4$1.3M−4.7%#247 of 387
7Wheeling, WV-OH359917.1$1.1M−3.6%#276 of 387

Other business types in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area?

There are 61 insurance agencies on map listings in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area as of September 2026. 14 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 5.1% from 2019.

How much do households in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area spend on vehicle insurance?

About $90.5M a year, or $1,823 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,642 households in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

The Weirton-Steubenville metro area has 12.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.5M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Weirton-Steubenville metro area would have about 72, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,211 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Weirton-Steubenville metro area at 112,468 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 49,642 households. The median household income in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area is $58,784 a year, 27% below 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. The Weirton-Steubenville metro area scores 48 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #193 of 387 scored metro areas.

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