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Insurance agencies in Lake County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Lake County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,392 of 2,272 scored counties
#16 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,782 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.1
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,746
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 insurance agencies in Lake County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 12.1 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $1,782 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $8.8M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $1.5M per agency, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Lake County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,236 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lake County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Lake County is 42 (lower middle), #1,392 of 2,272 scored counties and #16 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Lake 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 | Lake County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.1 | 17.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $951K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,236 | 737 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,782 | $1,649 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $75,541 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $938K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,746−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,942
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $75,541+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,384
- Median home value
- $241,300
- Jobs located here
- 3,658
- Daytime population
- 9,997Residents 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 |
| 16Lake County, MN | 42 | 6 | 12.1 | $1.5M | −1.6% | #1,392 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Lake County
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 Lake County, MN?
Lake County has 6 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Lake County, MN spend on vehicle insurance?
About $8.8M a year, or $1,782 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,942 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, MN compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Lake County has 12.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.5M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Lake County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,236 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 10,746 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,942 households. The median household income in Lake County is $75,541 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Lake County scores 42 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,392 of 2,272 scored counties.
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