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Insurance agencies in DeKalb County, IN
How DeKalb County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,578 of 2,272 scored counties
#33 of 81 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 28
- 8 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,855 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,535
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 insurance agencies in DeKalb County. 8 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 16.4 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in DeKalb County comes to about $31.7M a year: $1,855 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per agency, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in DeKalb County was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 855 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $580K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in DeKalb County.
Population estimates show DeKalb County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). DeKalb County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,578 of 2,272 scored counties and #33 of 81 scored counties in Indiana.
How DeKalb County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | DeKalb County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 16.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 855 | 916 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.4% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,855 | $1,648 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $74,331 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 288 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $580K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,535+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 17,096
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 363 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 121
- Median household income
- $74,331+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,977
- Median home value
- $194,100
- Jobs located here
- 21,740
- Daytime population
- 43,616Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Owen County, IN | 60 | 9 | 10.4 | $1.8M | +2.6% | #780 of 2,272 |
| 2Sullivan County, IN | 58 | 8 | 10.2 | $1.8M | +0.1% | #841 of 2,272 |
| 3Dearborn County, IN | 57 | 23 | 11.3 | $1.7M | +1.7% | #878 of 2,272 |
| 4LaGrange County, IN | 56 | 12 | 9.3 | $1.6M | +1.9% | #914 of 2,272 |
| 5Morgan County, IN | 56 | 34 | 12.0 | $1.6M | +4.4% | #918 of 2,272 |
| 6Noble County, IN | 52 | 20 | 11.0 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #1,041 of 2,272 |
| 7Clark County, IN | 49 | 65 | 12.7 | $1.3M | +7.5% | #1,155 of 2,272 |
| 8Hancock County, IN | 49 | 50 | 14.9 | $1.2M | +13.5% | #1,157 of 2,272 |
| 9Putnam County, IN | 48 | 17 | 12.0 | $1.5M | +3.2% | #1,178 of 2,272 |
| 10Washington County, IN | 48 | 15 | 13.4 | $1.5M | +0.5% | #1,179 of 2,272 |
| 33DeKalb County, IN | 37 | 28 | 16.4 | $1.1M | +2.9% | #1,578 of 2,272 |
Other business types in DeKalb County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in DeKalb County, IN?
DeKalb County has 28 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in DeKalb County, IN spend on vehicle insurance?
About $31.7M a year, or $1,855 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,096 households in DeKalb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeKalb County, IN compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
DeKalb County has 16.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, DeKalb County would have about 25, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 855 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is DeKalb County, IN growing?
Population estimates put DeKalb County at 44,535 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,096 households. The median household income in DeKalb County is $74,331 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.7% 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. DeKalb County scores 37 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,578 of 2,272 scored counties.
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