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Insurance agencies in Shelby County, IA
The insurance agencies in Shelby County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,199 of 2,272 scored counties
#59 of 71 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 17
- 3 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.4M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,917 a household
- Spending per listing
- $551K
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.8
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,689
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Shelby County is 14 (low), #2,199 of 2,272 scored counties and #59 of 71 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,917 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Shelby County spend about $9.4M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 17 insurance agencies, that is $551K per agency, 56% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 17 insurance agencies on map listings in Shelby County as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 18%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 34.8 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Shelby County in 2023. That is one for every 257 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show Shelby County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Shelby County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Shelby County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.8 | 17.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $551K | $984K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 257 | 660 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,917 | $1,738 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $72,738 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 52
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,689−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,882
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $72,738+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,055
- Median home value
- $164,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,366
- Daytime population
- 11,696Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, IA | 53 | 25 | 12.1 | $1.6M | +9.0% | #1,014 of 2,272 |
| 2Marion County, IA | 52 | 20 | 15.0 | $1.3M | +2.3% | #1,055 of 2,272 |
| 3Johnson County, IA | 51 | 62 | 9.8 | $1.6M | +4.6% | #1,073 of 2,272 |
| 4Madison County, IA | 48 | 7 | 10.5 | $1.9M | +3.8% | #1,165 of 2,272 |
| 5Benton County, IA | 46 | 12 | 11.8 | $1.8M | +1.8% | #1,240 of 2,272 |
| 6Mills County, IA | 45 | 7 | 13.0 | $1.5M | +2.6% | #1,277 of 2,272 |
| 7Jasper County, IA | 44 | 22 | 14.7 | $1.3M | +0.9% | #1,329 of 2,272 |
| 8Grundy County, IA | 40 | 6 | 11.7 | $1.6M | +0.2% | #1,438 of 2,272 |
| 9Story County, IA | 40 | 50 | 12.9 | $1.3M | +2.7% | #1,457 of 2,272 |
| 10Boone County, IA | 38 | 14 | 12.8 | $1.5M | +0.4% | #1,522 of 2,272 |
| 59Shelby County, IA | 14 | 17 | 34.8 | $551K | −0.2% | #2,199 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Shelby County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Shelby County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 insurance agencies in Shelby County. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Shelby County, IA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $9.4M a year, or $1,917 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $551K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,882 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, IA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Shelby County has 34.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $551K, 56% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Shelby County would have about 8, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 257 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 11,689 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,882 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $72,738, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Shelby County scores 14 for insurance agencies (low), #2,199 of 2,272 scored counties.
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