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Insurance agencies in Ada County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Ada County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,585 of 2,272 scored counties
#25 of 26 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 410
- 79 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 312
- +4.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $407.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,013 a household
- Spending per listing
- $994K
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.2
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 546,141
- +9.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Ada County spend about $407.7M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,013 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $994K per agency, 21% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Ada County has 410 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.2, 29% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 312 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Ada County in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019. That is one for every 649 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Ada County.
Population estimates put the population change in Ada County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Ada County is 37 (lower middle), #1,585 of 2,272 scored counties and #25 of 26 scored counties in Idaho.
How Ada County compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Ada County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.2 | 17.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $994K | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 649 | 756 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.4% | +5.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.6% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,013 | $2,175 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $91,502 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 299 → 312+4.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,119
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $75.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41079 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 325The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Ada County, 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 Ada County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 546,141+9.6% since 2020
- Households
- 202,543
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,052 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 493
- Median household income
- $91,502+38.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,631
- Median home value
- $512,300
- Jobs located here
- 294,737
- Daytime population
- 566,160Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jerome County, ID | 73 | 12 | 14.5 | $1.7M | +8.6% | #398 of 2,272 |
| 2Benewah County, ID | 71 | 5 | 12.3 | $1.8M | +9.7% | #444 of 2,272 |
| 3Fremont County, ID | 69 | 5 | 10.7 | $2.3M | +5.9% | #494 of 2,272 |
| 4Boundary County, ID | 69 | 6 | 11.9 | $2M | +15.3% | #500 of 2,272 |
| 5Canyon County, ID | 65 | 107 | 12.4 | $1.9M | +18.1% | #620 of 2,272 |
| 6Elmore County, ID | 64 | 11 | 9.9 | $2.1M | +2.8% | #650 of 2,272 |
| 7Valley County, ID | 64 | 6 | 13.9 | $1.5M | +8.4% | #673 of 2,272 |
| 8Latah County, ID | 63 | 17 | 10.4 | $1.9M | +5.6% | #690 of 2,272 |
| 9Gem County, ID | 58 | 14 | 18.3 | $1.3M | +13.0% | #857 of 2,272 |
| 10Blaine County, ID | 57 | 11 | 10.6 | $2.1M | +4.8% | #863 of 2,272 |
| 25Ada County, ID | 37 | 410 | 20.2 | $994K | +9.6% | #1,585 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Ada County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Ada County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 410 insurance agencies in Ada County. 79 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 312 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Ada County, ID spend on vehicle insurance?
About $407.7M a year, or $2,013 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 410 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $994K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 202,543 households in Ada County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ada County, ID compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Ada County has 20.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $994K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Ada County would have about 325, against 410 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 649 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Ada County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Ada County at 546,141 people in 2025, up 9.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 202,543 households. Median household income in Ada County is $91,502, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.0%, 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. Ada County scores 37 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,585 of 2,272 scored counties.
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