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Insurance agencies in Grand Traverse County, MI
How Grand Traverse 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,038 of 2,272 scored counties
#66 of 73 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 73
- 9 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- +4.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $65.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,634 a household
- Spending per listing
- $902K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.1
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 96,729
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Grand Traverse County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #2,038 of 2,272 scored counties and #66 of 73 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Grand Traverse County comes to about $65.8M a year: $1,634 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 73 insurance agencies, that is $902K per agency, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Grand Traverse County has 73 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 12%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 18.1 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 52 businesses with payroll in Grand Traverse County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, up 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 775 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $291K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Grand Traverse County. Population estimates show Grand Traverse County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Grand Traverse 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 | Grand Traverse County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.1 | 13.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $902K | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 775 | 1,108 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.0% | −3.9% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,634 | $1,558 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $81,647 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 50 → 52+4.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,105
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $199.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 739 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $291K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 96,729+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 40,287
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 464 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 207
- Median household income
- $81,647+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,300
- Median home value
- $339,400
- Jobs located here
- 46,591
- Daytime population
- 102,841Residents 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 |
| 66Grand Traverse County, MI | 22 | 73 | 18.1 | $902K | +1.4% | #2,038 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Grand Traverse County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 73 insurance agencies in Grand Traverse County. 9 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Grand Traverse County, MI spend on vehicle insurance?
About $65.8M a year, or $1,634 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 73 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $902K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,287 households in Grand Traverse County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grand Traverse County, MI compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Grand Traverse County has 18.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $902K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Grand Traverse County would have about 52, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 775 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Grand Traverse County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Grand Traverse County at 96,729 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,287 households. Median household income in Grand Traverse County is $81,647, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.4%, 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. Grand Traverse County scores 22 for insurance agencies (low), #2,038 of 2,272 scored counties.
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