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Insurance agencies in Shawnee County, KS
The insurance agencies in Shawnee County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,216 of 2,272 scored counties
#31 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 167
- 34 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 112
- −6.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $118.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,576 a household
- Spending per listing
- $712K
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.1
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 178,607
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Shawnee County has a Groundwork market score of 13 (low): #2,216 of 2,272 scored counties and #31 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 167 insurance agencies in Shawnee County. 34 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 22.1 for every 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Shawnee County comes to about $118.9M a year: $1,576 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 167 insurance agencies, that is $712K per agency, 43% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Shawnee County was 112 in 2023, down 6.7% from 2019. That is one for every 674 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Shawnee County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Shawnee County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Shawnee County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.1 | 21.8 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $712K | $798K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 674 | 603 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.7% | −3.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,576 | $1,741 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $67,104 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 15 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 120 → 112−6.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,053
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $110.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16734 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 95The 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 178,6070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 75,458
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 544 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 327
- Median household income
- $67,104+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,163
- Median home value
- $180,900
- Jobs located here
- 103,349
- Daytime population
- 200,016Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leavenworth County, KS | 57 | 35 | 11.6 | $1.6M | +3.2% | #880 of 2,272 |
| 2Wyandotte County, KS | 53 | 65 | 10.6 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #1,015 of 2,272 |
| 3Jefferson County, KS | 48 | 9 | 12.1 | $1.7M | −0.2% | #1,166 of 2,272 |
| 4Franklin County, KS | 47 | 19 | 18.3 | $1.1M | +1.1% | #1,235 of 2,272 |
| 5Harvey County, KS | 44 | 14 | 10.2 | $1.8M | −1.2% | #1,302 of 2,272 |
| 6Geary County, KS | 42 | 15 | 10.6 | $1.5M | −1.2% | #1,391 of 2,272 |
| 7Miami County, KS | 42 | 27 | 19.7 | $998K | +5.9% | #1,413 of 2,272 |
| 8Cherokee County, KS | 39 | 10 | 12.7 | $1.5M | −1.0% | #1,484 of 2,272 |
| 9Sumner County, KS | 38 | 16 | 17.8 | $1.1M | −0.1% | #1,547 of 2,272 |
| 10Douglas County, KS | 36 | 60 | 11.9 | $1.3M | +1.8% | #1,601 of 2,272 |
| 31Shawnee County, KS | 13 | 167 | 22.1 | $712K | 0.0% | #2,216 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Shawnee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Shawnee County, KS?
There are 167 insurance agencies on map listings in Shawnee County as of September 2026. 34 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 112 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 6.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Shawnee County, KS spend on vehicle insurance?
About $118.9M a year, or $1,576 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 167 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $712K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 75,458 households in Shawnee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shawnee County, KS compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Shawnee County has 22.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $712K, 43% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Shawnee County would have about 95, against 167 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 674 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Shawnee County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Shawnee County at 178,607 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 75,458 households. The median household income in Shawnee County is $67,104 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.2% 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. Shawnee County scores 13 for insurance agencies (low), #2,216 of 2,272 scored counties.
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