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Insurance agencies in Brown County, IL

The insurance agencies in Brown County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.2M
On vehicle insurance · $1,573 a household
Spending per listing
$642K
49% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.5
57% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,401
+2.7% 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 5 insurance agencies in Brown County. None of them are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 24.5 for every 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Household spending on vehicle insurance in Brown County comes to about $3.2M a year: $1,573 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $642K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 49% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Brown County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 510 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Brown County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Brown County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Brown County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureBrown CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.518.215.6
Spending per listing$642K$795K$1.3M
Households per official establishment510887966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.0%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,573$1,450$1,957
Median household income$67,917$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored11

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$503K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Brown 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 Brown County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,401+2.7% since 2020
Households
2,041
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
306 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$67,917
Average household income
$81,732
Median home value
$150,300
Jobs located here
4,933
Daytime population
8,809Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Brown County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL595612.3$1.5M+9.9%#816 of 2,272
2Boone County, IL482110.8$1.7M+0.4%#1,169 of 2,272
3Will County, IL4037215.2$1.2M+2.2%#1,464 of 2,272
4DeKalb County, IL394711.9$1.3M+1.5%#1,499 of 2,272
5Piatt County, IL361014.4$1.3M+0.6%#1,598 of 2,272
6Mercer County, IL35710.7$1.8M−2.6%#1,630 of 2,272
7Grundy County, IL353517.0$1.1M+2.9%#1,654 of 2,272
8McHenry County, IL3520917.8$1M+2.5%#1,660 of 2,272
9Menard County, IL3459.6$1.8M−3.3%#1,667 of 2,272
10Jo Daviess County, IL331110.6$1.6M−2.2%#1,698 of 2,272
Brown County, ILNot scored524.5$642K+2.7%

Other business types in Brown County

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 Brown County, IL?

There are 5 insurance agencies on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in Brown County, IL spend on vehicle insurance?

About $3.2M a year, or $1,573 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $642K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,041 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Brown County, IL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Brown County has 24.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $642K, 49% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Brown County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 510 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Brown County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Brown County at 6,401 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,041 households. The median household income in Brown County is $67,917 a year, 16% 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.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for insurance agencies · All 56 business types in Brown County

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