Gj Garton Insurance Agency INC

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Independent agency

Offices: Weston & Parsons & Grantsville · West Virginia

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Gj Garton Insurance Agency INC is an independent insurance agency licensed in Weston, WV. Its website lists offices in Weston, Parsons, Grantsville. Lines listed: home insurance, auto insurance, business insurance, employee benefits. Founding or history: 1958. Agency Match assessments based on public information: Business Partnerships high; Looking to Buy low; Mentorship & Peer Connections low. 51 publicly sourced facts with links.

How we determined the info on this profile

License record: taken from the state license roster.
Offices: based on offices listed on the agency's website. More than one office can count toward the Looking to Buy score.
Lines of business: based on text on the agency's website. They can count toward the Strategic Partnership score.
Carrier partnerships: based on carriers named on the agency's website.
Looking to Buy: scored from documented acquisitions, growth and offices on the public record.
Open to Selling: not enough public facts for a score.
Mentorship & Peer Connections: scored from public signs of leadership, teaching and association ties.
Business Partnerships: scored from specialties, markets and carriers published on the agency's website.

Research

Detailed profile

Geography

3 documented offices

Ownership events

None documented

Ownership

Not confirmed

Agency Match assessments

Agency Match uses public information and a proprietary scoring model to identify possible business opportunities. Ratings indicate potential, not confirmed interest, unless explicitly noted.

Looking to Buy

Low · 30

Public signs the agency buys or absorbs other agencies: past acquisitions, growth by acquisition, added offices and the depth to integrate a book.

Agency Match score: 30/100 · Medium confidence: 3+ public facts

Why: Two or more documented offices; serves more than one state or a wide region; public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry

Two or more documented offices · Weston, WV - 400 US Highway 33 E, Weston, WV 26452gartoninsurance.com
Serves more than one state or a wide region · West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, Indianagartoninsurance.com
Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry · 1958gartoninsurance.com

What this rating was based on (3 factors)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Two or more documented offices+15 pts
- Weston, WV - 400 US Highway 33 E, Weston, WV 26452gartoninsurance.com
- Parsons, WV - 303 First Street, Parsons, WV 26287gartoninsurance.com
- Grantsville, WV - Calhoun Insurance, PO Box 520, Grantsville, WV 26147gartoninsurance.com
Serves more than one state or a wide region (supporting)+10 pts
- West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, Indianagartoninsurance.com
Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+5 pts
- 1958gartoninsurance.com

Total: 30 points → Agency Match score 30/100, rated Low (High at 60+, Medium at 35+).

Confidence (separate from the rating): Medium confidence: 3+ public facts · 5 facts from 1 website.

Not known publicly: Whether the agency is buying now and at what size; Financing and integration capacity.

Open to Selling

Acquisition Research Fit

Low · 11

Acquisition Research Fit is low. Formation year 1958 is on a verified record (68 years in operation). 3 documented office cities. Market segment C is descriptive context. The rating stays Low because years in operation and size are a business profile, not a transition. This is not a statement that the agency wants to sell.

Formation year 1958 is on a verified record (68 years in operation). Verified · +8 ptsgartoninsurance.com
3 documented office cities. Market segment C is descriptive context. Verified · +3 ptsgartoninsurance.com

Confidence: low. Separate from the rating.

Not on file: Owner tenure is not established; No internal succession document; Confirmed sale interest is unknown.

Confirmed sale interest: Unknown

Mentorship & Peer Connections

Low · 30

Public signs of industry standing and willingness to share know-how: association leadership, teaching, memberships, recognition and tenure.

Agency Match score: 30/100 · Medium confidence: 3+ public facts

Why: Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry; insurance industry or carrier recognition; public history of 30+ years in business or in the industry

Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry · 1958gartoninsurance.com
Insurance industry or carrier recognition · 2017 Giving Network Agency of the Year Awardgartoninsurance.com
Public history of 30+ years in business or in the industry · 1958gartoninsurance.com
Community recognition · Award: Multi-Year Award Winnergartoninsurance.com

What this rating was based on (4 factors)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+10 pts
- 1958gartoninsurance.com
Insurance industry or carrier recognition+10 pts
- 2017 Giving Network Agency of the Year Awardgartoninsurance.com
Public history of 30+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+5 pts
- 1958gartoninsurance.com
Community recognition (supporting)+5 pts
- Award: Multi-Year Award Winnergartoninsurance.com

Total: 30 points → Agency Match score 30/100, rated Low (High at 60+, Medium at 35+).

Confidence (separate from the rating): Medium confidence: 3+ public facts · 4 facts from 1 website.

Not known publicly: Whether the principals want to mentor or be mentored.

Business Partnerships

High · 60

Public signs the agency would complement others: niche specialties, referral or partner relationships, broad carrier access, both personal and commercial lines, and regional reach.

Agency Match score: 60/100 · Medium confidence: 3+ public facts

Why: Niche specialty line documented; three or more carriers named; serves more than one state or a wide region

Niche specialty line documented · Lines of business: Cyber Liability Insurancegartoninsurance.com
Three or more carriers named · Eriegartoninsurance.com
Serves more than one state or a wide region · West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, Indianagartoninsurance.com
Several documented lines of business · home insurance, auto insurance, business insurance, employee benefitsgartoninsurance.com

What this rating was based on (5 factors)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Niche specialty line documented+20 pts
- Lines of business: Cyber Liability Insurancegartoninsurance.com
Three or more carriers named+15 pts
- Eriegartoninsurance.com
- Aflacgartoninsurance.com
- Allstategartoninsurance.com
- Celinagartoninsurance.com
- Farmers Mutualgartoninsurance.com
- Foremostgartoninsurance.com
- Hagertygartoninsurance.com
- Highmarkgartoninsurance.com
- Liberty Mutualgartoninsurance.com
- Progressivegartoninsurance.com
Serves more than one state or a wide region+10 pts
- West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, Indianagartoninsurance.com
Several documented lines of business (supporting)+10 pts
- home insurance, auto insurance, business insurance, employee benefitsgartoninsurance.com
- Home, Auto, Business Insurance, Employee Benefitsgartoninsurance.com
- Personal Insurance, Business Insurance, Employee Benefitsgartoninsurance.com
- Lines of business: Business Owners Insurance (BOP)gartoninsurance.com
- Lines of business: General Liability Insurancegartoninsurance.com
- Lines of business: Business Auto Insurancegartoninsurance.com
- Lines of business: Commercial Property Insurancegartoninsurance.com
- Lines of business: Commercial Umbrella Insurancegartoninsurance.com
- Lines of business: Errors & Omissions Liability Insurance (E&O)gartoninsurance.com
- Lines of business: Flood Insurancegartoninsurance.com
- Lines of business: Liquor Liability Insurancegartoninsurance.com
- Lines of business: Surety Bondsgartoninsurance.com
Two or more documented offices (supporting)+5 pts
- Weston, WV - 400 US Highway 33 E, Weston, WV 26452gartoninsurance.com
- Parsons, WV - 303 First Street, Parsons, WV 26287gartoninsurance.com
- Grantsville, WV - Calhoun Insurance, PO Box 520, Grantsville, WV 26147gartoninsurance.com

Total: 60 points → Agency Match score 60/100, rated High (High at 60+, Medium at 35+).

Confidence (separate from the rating): Medium confidence: 3+ public facts · 27 facts from 1 website.

Not known publicly: Which partnerships the agency would welcome; Carrier appointments not published online.

Record & channel

License recordPublicly sourced

West Virginia resident business-entity license #100111770 (NPN 8629074), licensed at Weston, WV

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ChannelPublicly sourced

Independent agency

“GJ Garton Insurance Agency - Independent Agency - Weston, WV”

Gj Garton Insurance Agency INC

Agency Match assessments

Looking to Buy

Open to Selling

Mentorship & Peer Connections

Business Partnerships

Record & channel

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Names & entities

Facts from published sources (51 verified)