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Insurance agencies in the Marquette, MI area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in the Marquette, MI area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #163 of 537 scored small-town markets
#2 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 25
- 5 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- −4.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $45.4M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,606 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 45% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 68,064
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 insurance agencies in the Marquette area. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 20%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 8.8 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in the Marquette area comes to about $45.4M a year: $1,606 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 25 insurance agencies, that is $1.8M per agency, 45% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in the Marquette area classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,413 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $80K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Marquette area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Marquette area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in the Marquette area is 62 (upper middle), #163 of 537 scored small-town markets and #2 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Marquette 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 | Marquette area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 13.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,413 | 1,108 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.8% | −3.9% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,606 | $1,558 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $65,429 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20−4.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 162
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 255 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $80K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Marquette 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 Marquette area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,064+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 28,255
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,809 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $65,429+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,058
- Median home value
- $216,500
- Jobs located here
- 24,514
- Daytime population
- 66,266Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holland, MI | 71 | 42 | 9.2 | $2M | +2.1% | #93 of 537 |
| 2Marquette, MI | 62 | 25 | 8.8 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #163 of 537 |
| 3Alpena, MI | 53 | 11 | 8.4 | $1.7M | −0.1% | #229 of 537 |
| 4Big Rapids, MI | 52 | 18 | 10.8 | $1.5M | +4.7% | #247 of 537 |
| 5Hillsdale, MI | 46 | 21 | 11.8 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #294 of 537 |
| 6Mount Pleasant, MI | 46 | 29 | 11.6 | $1.4M | +0.3% | #295 of 537 |
| 7Escanaba, MI | 44 | 14 | 8.8 | $1.7M | −0.8% | #311 of 537 |
| 8Houghton, MI | 42 | 16 | 10.4 | $1.5M | +1.8% | #330 of 537 |
| 9Ludington, MI | 40 | 17 | 13.3 | $1.2M | 0.0% | #354 of 537 |
| 10Alma, MI | 39 | 18 | 12.2 | $1.4M | −1.1% | #358 of 537 |
Other business types in the Marquette 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 Marquette, MI area?
There are 25 insurance agencies on map listings in the Marquette area as of September 2026. 5 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Marquette, MI area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $45.4M a year, or $1,606 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,255 households in the Marquette area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Marquette, MI area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Marquette area has 8.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.8M, 45% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Marquette area would have about 36, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,413 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Marquette, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Marquette area at 68,064 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,255 households. The median household income in the Marquette area is $65,429 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.2% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Marquette area scores 62 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #163 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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