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Insurance agencies in Shiawassee County, MI
How Shiawassee 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,640 of 2,272 scored counties
#49 of 73 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 39
- 12 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- +13.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $48.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,727 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.9
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,681
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 insurance agencies in Shiawassee County. 12 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 13.9 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Shiawassee County spend about $48.6M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,727 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 39 insurance agencies, that is $1.2M per agency, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Shiawassee County in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,082 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Shiawassee County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Shiawassee County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,640 of 2,272 scored counties and #49 of 73 scored counties in Michigan.
How Shiawassee 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 | Shiawassee County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.9 | 13.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,082 | 1,108 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.0% | −3.9% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,727 | $1,558 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $67,404 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 26+13.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3912 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The 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 Shiawassee 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 Shiawassee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,681−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 28,126
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 531 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 128
- Median household income
- $67,404+20.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,758
- Median home value
- $171,600
- Jobs located here
- 14,880
- Daytime population
- 55,429Residents 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 |
| 49Shiawassee County, MI | 35 | 39 | 13.9 | $1.2M | −0.4% | #1,640 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Shiawassee County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Shiawassee County, MI?
Shiawassee County has 39 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Shiawassee County, MI spend on vehicle insurance?
About $48.6M a year, or $1,727 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,126 households in Shiawassee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shiawassee County, MI compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Shiawassee County has 13.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.2M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,082 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Shiawassee County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Shiawassee County at 67,681 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 28,126 households. The median household income in Shiawassee County is $67,404 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.3% 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. Shiawassee County scores 35 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,640 of 2,272 scored counties.
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