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Insurance agencies in Lake County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Lake County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #161 of 2,272 scored counties
#1 of 19 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 10
- 5 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.4M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,259 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,392
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
Lake County scores 83 (high) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #161 of 2,272 scored counties and #1 of 19 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for insurance agencies.
At $2,259 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $28.4M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 10 insurance agencies, that is $2.8M per agency, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 10 insurance agencies on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, 49% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Lake County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,797 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show Lake County grew 6.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lake County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 16.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,797 | 711 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −9.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,259 | $2,106 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $63,360 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $671K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 105 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 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
- 33,392+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,576
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,491 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $63,360+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,243
- Median home value
- $421,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,693
- Daytime population
- 30,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake County, MT | 83 | 10 | 8.0 | $2.8M | +6.9% | #161 of 2,272 |
| 2Carbon County, MT | 74 | 5 | 10.7 | $2.2M | +9.1% | #358 of 2,272 |
| 3Sanders County, MT | 67 | 8 | 14.7 | $1.5M | +12.9% | #573 of 2,272 |
| 4Ravalli County, MT | 65 | 20 | 10.7 | $2.1M | +9.4% | #616 of 2,272 |
| 5Park County, MT | 59 | 12 | 14.3 | $1.5M | +5.7% | #819 of 2,272 |
| 6Lincoln County, MT | 51 | 14 | 15.4 | $1.3M | +13.1% | #1,095 of 2,272 |
| 7Flathead County, MT | 48 | 69 | 15.6 | $1.3M | +10.1% | #1,192 of 2,272 |
| 8Fergus County, MT | 47 | 7 | 13.2 | $1.7M | +3.1% | #1,212 of 2,272 |
| 9Gallatin County, MT | 44 | 83 | 16.2 | $1.3M | +7.7% | #1,324 of 2,272 |
| 10Silver Bow County, MT | 43 | 22 | 14.3 | $1.3M | +2.6% | #1,360 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, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 insurance agencies in Lake County. 5 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Lake County, MT spend on vehicle insurance?
About $28.4M a year, or $2,259 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,576 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, MT compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Lake County has 8.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.8M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Lake County would have about 23, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,797 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 33,392 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,576 households. Median household income in Lake County is $63,360, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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 83 for insurance agencies (high), #161 of 2,272 scored counties.
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