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Insurance agencies in Will County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Will County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,464 of 2,272 scored counties
#3 of 87 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
372
87 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
237
−5.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$443.9M
On vehicle insurance · $1,817 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.2
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
712,253
+2.2% 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 372 insurance agencies in Will County. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.2, 3% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Households in Will County spend about $443.9M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,817 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Will County was 237 in 2023, down 5.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,031 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $243K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Will County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Will County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Will County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,464 of 2,272 scored counties and #3 of 87 scored counties in Illinois.

How Will 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 Will County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureWill CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.218.215.6
Spending per listing$1.2M$795K$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,031887966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.6%−7.0%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,817$1,450$1,957
Median household income$109,984$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score4011

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
251 → 237−5.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,201
Annual payroll, 2023
$90.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
37287 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
354The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$243K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Will 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 Will County

Population, 2025 estimate
712,253+2.2% since 2020
Households
244,273
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
836 sq. mi.
People per square mile
839
Median household income
$109,984+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$134,183
Median home value
$319,600
Jobs located here
272,349
Daytime population
615,002Residents 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 Will 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

Other business types in Will County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Will County, IL?

There are 372 insurance agencies on map listings in Will County as of September 2026. 87 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 237 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 5.6% from 2019.

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

About $443.9M a year, or $1,817 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 372 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 244,273 households in Will County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Will County has 15.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.2M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Will County would have about 354, against 372 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,031 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Will County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Will County at 712,253 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 244,273 households. The median household income in Will County is $109,984 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Will County scores 40 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,464 of 2,272 scored counties.

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