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Insurance agencies in the Owatonna, MN area
How the Owatonna, MN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #499 of 537 scored small-town markets
#15 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 42
- 8 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- +13.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $27.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $645K
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.7
- 78% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,464
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Owatonna area scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #499 of 537 scored small-town markets and #15 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 insurance agencies in the Owatonna area. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 19%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 27.7 for every 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in the Owatonna area spend about $27.1M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,789 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 42 insurance agencies, that is $645K per agency, 49% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Owatonna area was 26 in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019. That is one for every 582 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Owatonna area grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Owatonna area 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 | Owatonna area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.7 | 17.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $645K | $951K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 582 | 737 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.0% | −2.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,789 | $1,649 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $84,196 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26+13.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 66
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 428 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 the Owatonna area, 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 the Owatonna area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,464+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 15,138
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 430 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $84,196+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,587
- Median home value
- $245,400
- Jobs located here
- 18,785
- Daytime population
- 38,229Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grand Rapids, MN | 51 | 22 | 11.9 | $1.5M | +0.9% | #255 of 537 |
| 2Brainerd, MN | 45 | 60 | 14.2 | $1.3M | +4.3% | #308 of 537 |
| 3Austin, MN | 45 | 23 | 14.6 | $1.2M | +2.3% | #309 of 537 |
| 4Detroit Lakes, MN | 39 | 20 | 13.9 | $1.4M | +0.9% | #360 of 537 |
| 5Albert Lea, MN | 38 | 16 | 12.5 | $1.4M | −1.5% | #365 of 537 |
| 6Faribault-Northfield, MN | 38 | 35 | 14.9 | $1.2M | +4.2% | #369 of 537 |
| 7Winona, MN | 37 | 32 | 15.8 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #385 of 537 |
| 8Bemidji, MN | 35 | 32 | 17.6 | $990K | +1.8% | #402 of 537 |
| 9Worthington, MN | 32 | 11 | 14.3 | $1.2M | +0.6% | #423 of 537 |
| 10Alexandria, MN | 28 | 39 | 22.3 | $797K | +2.6% | #447 of 537 |
| 15Owatonna, MN | 19 | 42 | 27.7 | $645K | +0.2% | #499 of 537 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Owatonna, MN area?
There are 42 insurance agencies on map listings in the Owatonna area as of September 2026. 8 of them (19%) 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 the Owatonna, MN area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $27.1M a year, or $1,789 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $645K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,138 households in the Owatonna area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Owatonna, MN area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Owatonna area has 27.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $645K, 49% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Owatonna area would have about 22, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 582 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 the Owatonna, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Owatonna area at 37,464 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,138 households. The median household income in the Owatonna area is $84,196 a year, 4% above 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Owatonna area scores 19 for insurance agencies (low), #499 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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