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Insurance agencies in Yellowstone County, MT
How Yellowstone County, MT 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,658 of 2,272 scored counties
#13 of 19 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 138
- 21 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 107
- −14.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $143.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,047 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.7
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 172,692
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,047 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Yellowstone County spend about $143.1M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 138 insurance agencies, that is $1M per agency, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 138 insurance agencies on map listings in Yellowstone County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 19.7 per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Yellowstone County was 107 in 2023, down 14.4% from 2019. That is one for every 653 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Yellowstone County.
Population estimates show Yellowstone County grew 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Yellowstone County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,658 of 2,272 scored counties and #13 of 19 scored counties in Montana.
How Yellowstone 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 | Yellowstone County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.7 | 16.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 653 | 711 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.4% | −9.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,047 | $2,106 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $76,570 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 125 → 107−14.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 462
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13821 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 114The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 172,692+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 69,897
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,633 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $76,570+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,900
- Median home value
- $349,500
- Jobs located here
- 90,871
- Daytime population
- 173,526Residents 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 |
| 13Yellowstone County, MT | 35 | 138 | 19.7 | $1M | +4.5% | #1,658 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Yellowstone County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 138 insurance agencies in Yellowstone County. 21 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 14.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Yellowstone County, MT spend on vehicle insurance?
About $143.1M a year, or $2,047 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 138 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 69,897 households in Yellowstone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yellowstone County, MT compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Yellowstone County has 19.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Yellowstone County would have about 114, against 138 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 653 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Yellowstone County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Yellowstone County at 172,692 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,897 households. Median household income in Yellowstone County is $76,570, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Yellowstone County scores 35 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,658 of 2,272 scored counties.
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