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Insurance agencies in Clare County, MI
How Clare County, MI 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,254 of 2,272 scored counties
#29 of 73 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.4M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,473 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.2
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,543
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Clare County comes to about $18.4M a year: $1,473 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 14 insurance agencies on map listings in Clare County as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.2, 28% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Clare County in 2023. That is one for every 1,565 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Clare County.
Population estimates put the population change in Clare County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Clare County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,254 of 2,272 scored counties and #29 of 73 scored counties in Michigan.
How Clare County 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 | Clare County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.2 | 13.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,565 | 1,108 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.9% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,473 | $1,558 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $49,384 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Clare 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 Clare County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,543+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,521
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 564 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $49,384+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,316
- Median home value
- $133,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,145
- Daytime population
- 27,541Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oceana County, MI | 73 | 6 | 5.8 | $3.1M | +1.7% | #374 of 2,272 |
| 2Antrim County, MI | 69 | 9 | 8.1 | $2.1M | +5.3% | #498 of 2,272 |
| 3Manistee County, MI | 68 | 6 | 5.7 | $3M | +2.3% | #516 of 2,272 |
| 4Kalkaska County, MI | 67 | 5 | 6.4 | $2.7M | +4.3% | #541 of 2,272 |
| 5Gladwin County, MI | 67 | 8 | 7.1 | $2.3M | +2.8% | #553 of 2,272 |
| 6Allegan County, MI | 63 | 42 | 9.2 | $2M | +2.1% | #686 of 2,272 |
| 7Newaygo County, MI | 63 | 20 | 10.2 | $1.7M | +3.1% | #699 of 2,272 |
| 8Barry County, MI | 61 | 24 | 9.8 | $1.9M | +2.2% | #755 of 2,272 |
| 9Missaukee County, MI | 60 | 5 | 8.5 | $2M | +1.4% | #774 of 2,272 |
| 10Cass County, MI | 58 | 18 | 8.5 | $2.1M | +0.2% | #831 of 2,272 |
| 29Clare County, MI | 46 | 14 | 11.2 | $1.3M | +2.3% | #1,254 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Clare 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 Clare County, MI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 insurance agencies in Clare County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Clare County, MI spend on vehicle insurance?
About $18.4M a year, or $1,473 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,521 households in Clare County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clare County, MI compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Clare County has 11.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Clare County would have about 15, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,565 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Clare County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Clare County at 31,543 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,521 households. Median household income in Clare County is $49,384, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. Clare County scores 46 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,254 of 2,272 scored counties.
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