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Insurance agencies in Champaign County, IL
The insurance agencies in Champaign County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,985 of 2,272 scored counties
#23 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 126
- 30 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 91
- +7.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $114M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,334 a household
- Spending per listing
- $905K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.7
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 209,972
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Champaign County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #1,985 of 2,272 scored counties and #23 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Champaign County spend about $114M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,334 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. Spread across 126 insurance agencies, that is $905K per agency, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Champaign County has 126 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 14.7 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 91 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Champaign County in 2023, up 7.1% from 2019. That is one for every 939 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $338K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Champaign County. Population estimates show Champaign County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Champaign 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.
| Measure | Champaign County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.7 | 18.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $905K | $795K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 939 | 887 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.1% | −7.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,334 | $1,450 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $63,683 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 85 → 91+7.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 419
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12630 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $338K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Champaign 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 Champaign County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 209,972+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 85,472
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 996 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 210
- Median household income
- $63,683+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,413
- Median home value
- $211,500
- Jobs located here
- 92,426
- Daytime population
- 220,386Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 59 | 56 | 12.3 | $1.5M | +9.9% | #816 of 2,272 |
| 2Boone County, IL | 48 | 21 | 10.8 | $1.7M | +0.4% | #1,169 of 2,272 |
| 3Will County, IL | 40 | 372 | 15.2 | $1.2M | +2.2% | #1,464 of 2,272 |
| 4DeKalb County, IL | 39 | 47 | 11.9 | $1.3M | +1.5% | #1,499 of 2,272 |
| 5Piatt County, IL | 36 | 10 | 14.4 | $1.3M | +0.6% | #1,598 of 2,272 |
| 6Mercer County, IL | 35 | 7 | 10.7 | $1.8M | −2.6% | #1,630 of 2,272 |
| 7Grundy County, IL | 35 | 35 | 17.0 | $1.1M | +2.9% | #1,654 of 2,272 |
| 8McHenry County, IL | 35 | 209 | 17.8 | $1M | +2.5% | #1,660 of 2,272 |
| 9Menard County, IL | 34 | 5 | 9.6 | $1.8M | −3.3% | #1,667 of 2,272 |
| 10Jo Daviess County, IL | 33 | 11 | 10.6 | $1.6M | −2.2% | #1,698 of 2,272 |
| 23Champaign County, IL | 24 | 126 | 14.7 | $905K | +1.8% | #1,985 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Champaign County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Champaign County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 126 insurance agencies in Champaign County. 30 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 91 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 7.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Champaign County, IL spend on vehicle insurance?
About $114M a year, or $1,334 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 126 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $905K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 85,472 households in Champaign County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Champaign County, IL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Champaign County has 14.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $905K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Champaign County would have about 91, against 126 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 939 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Champaign County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Champaign County at 209,972 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,472 households. Median household income in Champaign County is $63,683, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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. Champaign County scores 24 for insurance agencies (low), #1,985 of 2,272 scored counties.
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