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Insurance agencies in Blue Earth County, MN
How Blue Earth County, MN 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 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,149 of 2,272 scored counties
#54 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 68
- 17 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 54
- +3.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $47M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,703 a household
- Spending per listing
- $691K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.6
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,634
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Blue Earth County is 17 (low), #2,149 of 2,272 scored counties and #54 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 68 insurance agencies in Blue Earth County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 24.6 for every 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Blue Earth County comes to about $47M a year: $1,703 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $691K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Blue Earth County was 54 in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. That is one for every 511 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Blue Earth County. Population estimates show Blue Earth County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Blue Earth 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 | Blue Earth County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.6 | 17.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $691K | $951K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 511 | 737 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.9% | −2.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,703 | $1,649 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $74,477 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 52 → 54+3.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 211
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6817 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $35K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Blue Earth 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 Blue Earth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,634+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 27,606
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 748 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $74,477+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,438
- Median home value
- $266,700
- Jobs located here
- 37,905
- Daytime population
- 76,062Residents 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 |
| 54Blue Earth County, MN | 17 | 68 | 24.6 | $691K | +2.1% | #2,149 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Blue Earth County, MN?
Blue Earth County has 68 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Blue Earth County, MN spend on vehicle insurance?
About $47M a year, or $1,703 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $691K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,606 households in Blue Earth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Blue Earth County, MN compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Blue Earth County has 24.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $691K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Blue Earth County would have about 38, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 511 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Blue Earth County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Blue Earth County at 70,634 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,606 households. The median household income in Blue Earth County is $74,477 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Blue Earth County scores 17 for insurance agencies (low), #2,149 of 2,272 scored counties.
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