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Insurance agencies in Cook County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Cook County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,146 of 2,272 scored counties
#47 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 3,486
- 808 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 2,054
- −6.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.5B
- On vehicle insurance · $1,179 a household
- Spending per listing
- $710K
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.6
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,194,625
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Cook County scores 17 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #2,146 of 2,272 scored counties and #47 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,179 per household (40% below the U.S. average), households in Cook County spend about $2.5B a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $710K per agency, 43% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 3,486 insurance agencies on map listings in Cook County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 16.6 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 2,054 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Cook County in 2023, down 6.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,023 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 50 SBA-backed loans worth $12M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Cook County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cook County declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Cook 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 | Cook County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.6 | 18.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $710K | $795K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,023 | 887 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.9% | −7.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,179 | $1,450 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $83,498 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2,207 → 2,054−6.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 23,006
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3,486808 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,972The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 50
- Amount
- $12M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Cook 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 Cook County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,194,625−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,100,230
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.4
- Land area
- 945 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5,484
- Median household income
- $83,498+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,729
- Median home value
- $324,500
- Jobs located here
- 2,683,238
- Daytime population
- 5,468,881Residents 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 |
| 47Cook County, IL | 17 | 3,486 | 16.6 | $710K | −1.3% | #2,146 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Cook County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Cook County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3,486 insurance agencies in Cook County. 808 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 2,054 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 6.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Cook County, IL spend on vehicle insurance?
About $2.5B a year, or $1,179 per household. That is 40% below the U.S. average (an index of 60, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3,486 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $710K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,100,230 households in Cook County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cook County, IL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Cook County has 16.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $710K, 43% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Cook County would have about 1,972, against 3,486 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,023 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Cook County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Cook County at 5,194,625 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,100,230 households. Median household income in Cook County is $83,498, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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. Cook County scores 17 for insurance agencies (low), #2,146 of 2,272 scored counties.
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