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Insurance agencies in Benton County, MN
The insurance agencies in Benton County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,584 of 2,272 scored counties
#24 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 28
- 6 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,710 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.7
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,744
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Benton County comes to about $28.6M a year: $1,710 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Benton County has 28 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 21%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 16.7 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Benton County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,286 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Benton County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Benton County is 37 (lower middle), #1,584 of 2,272 scored counties and #24 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Benton County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Benton County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.7 | 17.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $951K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,286 | 737 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,710 | $1,649 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $74,410 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 286 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Benton 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 Benton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,744+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 16,719
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 408 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $74,410+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,507
- Median home value
- $271,000
- Jobs located here
- 17,991
- Daytime population
- 38,524Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, MN | 75 | 5 | 3.9 | $4.7M | +4.2% | #326 of 2,272 |
| 2Isanti County, MN | 70 | 18 | 11.0 | $1.8M | +7.3% | #479 of 2,272 |
| 3Pine County, MN | 69 | 12 | 9.7 | $2M | +5.5% | #504 of 2,272 |
| 4Kanabec County, MN | 65 | 8 | 12.2 | $1.7M | +3.6% | #630 of 2,272 |
| 5Chisago County, MN | 62 | 20 | 9.4 | $2.1M | +4.3% | #719 of 2,272 |
| 6Aitkin County, MN | 61 | 6 | 8.3 | $2.1M | +3.5% | #748 of 2,272 |
| 7Sherburne County, MN | 59 | 36 | 10.1 | $1.9M | +6.8% | #801 of 2,272 |
| 8Mille Lacs County, MN | 56 | 13 | 12.2 | $1.6M | +4.8% | #917 of 2,272 |
| 9Dodge County, MN | 50 | 10 | 12.4 | $1.6M | +2.3% | #1,107 of 2,272 |
| 10Wright County, MN | 48 | 81 | 15.0 | $1.3M | +11.1% | #1,196 of 2,272 |
| 24Benton County, MN | 37 | 28 | 16.7 | $1M | +0.9% | #1,584 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Benton County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Benton County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 insurance agencies in Benton County. 6 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Benton County, MN spend on vehicle insurance?
About $28.6M a year, or $1,710 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,719 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Benton County, MN compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Benton County has 16.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Benton County would have about 23, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,286 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Benton County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Benton County at 41,744 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,719 households. Median household income in Benton County is $74,410, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Benton County scores 37 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,584 of 2,272 scored counties.
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