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Insurance agencies in the Ann Arbor, MI metro area
The insurance agencies in the Ann Arbor, MI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #194 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 155
- 35 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 105
- −1.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $224.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,494 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 370,214
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 155 insurance agencies in the Ann Arbor metro area. 35 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.3, 34% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $1,494 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in the Ann Arbor metro area spend about $224.9M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 155 insurance agencies, that is $1.5M per agency, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 105 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Ann Arbor metro area in 2023, down 1.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,434 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $605K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Ann Arbor metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ann Arbor metro area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Ann Arbor metro area scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #194 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.
How the Ann Arbor metro area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Ann Arbor metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 13.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,434 | 1,108 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.9% | −3.9% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,494 | $1,558 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $89,180 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 105−1.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 597
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $43.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15535 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 179The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $605K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Ann Arbor metro area, 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 the Ann Arbor metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 370,214−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 150,550
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 706 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 524
- Median household income
- $89,180+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,750
- Median home value
- $374,100
- Jobs located here
- 186,868
- Daytime population
- 409,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monroe, MI | 59 | 65 | 10.3 | $1.7M | +0.7% | #131 of 387 |
| 2Midland, MI | 58 | 38 | 10.9 | $1.5M | +0.3% | #138 of 387 |
| 3Jackson, MI | 56 | 57 | 9.1 | $1.7M | −0.4% | #149 of 387 |
| 4Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 55 | 79 | 11.7 | $1.4M | +1.8% | #160 of 387 |
| 5Ann Arbor, MI | 48 | 155 | 10.3 | $1.5M | −0.4% | #194 of 387 |
| 6Flint, MI | 43 | 188 | 11.2 | $1.4M | −1.1% | #231 of 387 |
| 7Traverse City, MI | 35 | 96 | 14.7 | $1.1M | +2.2% | #275 of 387 |
| 8Niles, MI | 34 | 85 | 13.3 | $1.2M | −1.3% | #278 of 387 |
| 9Bay City, MI | 33 | 63 | 14.0 | $1.1M | −1.6% | #287 of 387 |
| 10Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 33 | 2,359 | 13.3 | $1.1M | +0.1% | #288 of 387 |
Other business types in the Ann Arbor metro area
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 the Ann Arbor, MI metro area?
There are 155 insurance agencies on map listings in the Ann Arbor metro area as of September 2026. 35 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 105 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 1.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Ann Arbor, MI metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $224.9M a year, or $1,494 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 155 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 150,550 households in the Ann Arbor metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ann Arbor, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Ann Arbor metro area has 10.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.5M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Ann Arbor metro area would have about 179, against 155 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,434 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Ann Arbor, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ann Arbor metro area at 370,214 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 150,550 households. The median household income in the Ann Arbor metro area is $89,180 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. The Ann Arbor metro area scores 48 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #194 of 387 scored metro areas.
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