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Insurance agencies in Buffalo County, NE
How Buffalo County, NE 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 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,107 of 2,272 scored counties
#17 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 49
- 9 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 56
- +3.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $36.5M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,826 a household
- Spending per listing
- $745K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.5
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,172
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Buffalo County scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #2,107 of 2,272 scored counties and #17 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,826 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Buffalo County spend about $36.5M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $745K per agency, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Buffalo County has 49 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 18%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 24.5 for every 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 56 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Buffalo County in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019. That is one for every 357 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Buffalo County. Population estimates put the population change in Buffalo County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Buffalo County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Buffalo County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.5 | 20.4 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $745K | $859K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 357 | 516 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.7% | +0.1% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,826 | $1,750 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $75,911 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 54 → 56+3.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 162
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 499 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Buffalo 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 Buffalo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,172+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 19,984
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $75,911+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,897
- Median home value
- $246,400
- Jobs located here
- 27,301
- Daytime population
- 53,561Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 51 | 83 | 11.2 | $1.6M | +9.0% | #1,069 of 2,272 |
| 2Saunders County, NE | 49 | 10 | 11.2 | $1.8M | +6.0% | #1,129 of 2,272 |
| 3Otoe County, NE | 42 | 8 | 12.5 | $1.6M | +3.9% | #1,383 of 2,272 |
| 4Cass County, NE | 37 | 18 | 16.6 | $1.2M | +3.9% | #1,573 of 2,272 |
| 5Dakota County, NE | 37 | 14 | 18.8 | $989K | +0.7% | #1,587 of 2,272 |
| 6Saline County, NE | 35 | 9 | 17.5 | $1.3M | +1.9% | #1,638 of 2,272 |
| 7Seward County, NE | 30 | 12 | 17.7 | $1.1M | +2.3% | #1,807 of 2,272 |
| 8Washington County, NE | 29 | 16 | 19.0 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #1,839 of 2,272 |
| 9Dawson County, NE | 28 | 17 | 18.6 | $1.1M | +1.5% | #1,867 of 2,272 |
| 10Platte County, NE | 28 | 26 | 19.0 | $981K | +3.9% | #1,871 of 2,272 |
| 17Buffalo County, NE | 19 | 49 | 24.5 | $745K | +1.9% | #2,107 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Buffalo County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 insurance agencies in Buffalo County. 9 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 56 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Buffalo County, NE spend on vehicle insurance?
About $36.5M a year, or $1,826 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $745K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,984 households in Buffalo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buffalo County, NE compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Buffalo County has 24.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $745K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Buffalo County would have about 29, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 357 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Buffalo County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Buffalo County at 51,172 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,984 households. Median household income in Buffalo County is $75,911, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Buffalo County scores 19 for insurance agencies (low), #2,107 of 2,272 scored counties.
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