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Insurance agencies in Washington County, MN
How Washington 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,908 of 2,272 scored counties
#39 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 221
- 47 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 175
- +11.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $183.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,735 a household
- Spending per listing
- $829K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.9
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 286,895
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Washington County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,908 of 2,272 scored counties and #39 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 221 insurance agencies in Washington County. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.9, 34% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Washington County spend about $183.2M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,735 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $829K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 175 businesses with payroll in Washington County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, up 11.5% from 2019. That is one for every 603 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $865K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Washington County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Washington County grew 6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Washington 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 | Washington County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.9 | 17.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $829K | $951K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 603 | 737 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.5% | −2.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,735 | $1,649 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $115,345 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 157 → 175+11.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 630
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 22147 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 146The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $865K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Washington 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 Washington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 286,895+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 105,577
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 718
- Median household income
- $115,345+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $148,415
- Median home value
- $422,000
- Jobs located here
- 92,191
- Daytime population
- 224,861Residents 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 |
| 39Washington County, MN | 27 | 221 | 20.9 | $829K | +6.9% | #1,908 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Washington County, MN?
Washington County has 221 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 47 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 175 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 11.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Washington County, MN spend on vehicle insurance?
About $183.2M a year, or $1,735 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 221 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $829K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,577 households in Washington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washington County, MN compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Washington County has 20.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $829K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Washington County would have about 146, against 221 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 603 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Washington County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Washington County at 286,895 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,577 households. The median household income in Washington County is $115,345 a year, 43% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.3% 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. Washington County scores 27 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,908 of 2,272 scored counties.
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