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Insurance agencies in the Grand Island, NE metro area

How the Grand Island, NE metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 18 out of 100: Low

Ranked #371 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska

Listings
64
20 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
64
−3.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$55.1M
On vehicle insurance · $1,818 a household
Spending per listing
$861K
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.1
35% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
78,076
+1.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Grand Island metro area scores 18 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #371 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

As of September 2026, map listings count 64 insurance agencies in the Grand Island metro area. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 21.1 per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

At $1,818 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Grand Island metro area spend about $55.1M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 64 insurance agencies, that is $861K per agency, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Grand Island metro area in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 473 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Grand Island metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Grand Island metro area 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.

Insurance agencies in Grand Island, NE metro area compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureGrand Island metro areaNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.120.415.6
Spending per listing$861K$859K$1.3M
Households per official establishment473516966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.0%+0.1%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,818$1,750$1,957
Median household income$69,704$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score1822

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
64−3.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
200
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6420 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
44The 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 Grand Island metro 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 Grand Island metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
78,076+1.5% since 2020
Households
30,296
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,604 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$69,704+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,207
Median home value
$218,400
Jobs located here
39,132
Daytime population
77,545Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Nebraska

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Nebraska for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Nebraska (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Grand Island metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Nebraska

Metro areas in Nebraska ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Omaha, NE-IA2274319.1$867K+4.2%#356 of 387
2Lincoln, NE2125518.1$912K+3.3%#362 of 387
3Grand Island, NE186421.1$861K+1.5%#371 of 387
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD1711821.3$834K+1.0%#375 of 387

Other business types in the Grand Island metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in the Grand Island, NE metro area?

The Grand Island metro area has 64 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Grand Island, NE metro area spend on vehicle insurance?

About $55.1M a year, or $1,818 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $861K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,296 households in the Grand Island metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Grand Island, NE metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

The Grand Island metro area has 21.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $861K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Grand Island metro area would have about 44, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 473 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Grand Island, NE metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Grand Island metro area at 78,076 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,296 households. The median household income in the Grand Island metro area is $69,704 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% 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. The Grand Island metro area scores 18 for insurance agencies (low), #371 of 387 scored metro areas.

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