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Insurance agencies in Muskegon County, MI

How Muskegon 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,146 of 2,272 scored counties
#22 of 73 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
79
25 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
41
−8.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$107.6M
On vehicle insurance · $1,589 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.7
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
177,901
+1.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on vehicle insurance in Muskegon County comes to about $107.6M a year: $1,589 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 79 insurance agencies, that is $1.4M per agency, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Muskegon County has 79 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 25 are chain locations, or 32%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.7, 25% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Muskegon County was 41 in 2023, down 8.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,652 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Muskegon County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Muskegon County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,146 of 2,272 scored counties and #22 of 73 scored counties in Michigan.

How Muskegon 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.

Insurance agencies in Muskegon County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureMuskegon CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.713.515.6
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,6521,108966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−8.9%−3.9%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,589$1,558$1,957
Median household income$65,024$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score4933

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
45 → 41−8.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
198
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
7925 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
86The 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 Muskegon 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 Muskegon County

Population, 2025 estimate
177,901+1.8% since 2020
Households
67,732
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
504 sq. mi.
People per square mile
349
Median household income
$65,024+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,950
Median home value
$198,300
Jobs located here
56,600
Daytime population
160,507Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Michigan

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The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Muskegon County marked.

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oceana County, MI7365.8$3.1M+1.7%#374 of 2,272
2Antrim County, MI6998.1$2.1M+5.3%#498 of 2,272
3Manistee County, MI6865.7$3M+2.3%#516 of 2,272
4Kalkaska County, MI6756.4$2.7M+4.3%#541 of 2,272
5Gladwin County, MI6787.1$2.3M+2.8%#553 of 2,272
6Allegan County, MI63429.2$2M+2.1%#686 of 2,272
7Newaygo County, MI632010.2$1.7M+3.1%#699 of 2,272
8Barry County, MI61249.8$1.9M+2.2%#755 of 2,272
9Missaukee County, MI6058.5$2M+1.4%#774 of 2,272
10Cass County, MI58188.5$2.1M+0.2%#831 of 2,272
22Muskegon County, MI497911.7$1.4M+1.8%#1,146 of 2,272

Other business types in Muskegon County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Muskegon County, MI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 79 insurance agencies in Muskegon County. 25 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 8.9% from 2019.

How much do households in Muskegon County, MI spend on vehicle insurance?

About $107.6M a year, or $1,589 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 79 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,732 households in Muskegon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Muskegon County, MI compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Muskegon County has 11.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.4M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Muskegon County would have about 86, against 79 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,652 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Muskegon County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Muskegon County at 177,901 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,732 households. Median household income in Muskegon County is $65,024, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Muskegon County scores 49 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,146 of 2,272 scored counties.

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