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Insurance agencies in Cuyahoga County, OH
How Cuyahoga County, OH 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 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,137 of 2,272 scored counties
#87 of 87 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 881
- 146 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 546
- −9.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $725.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,308 a household
- Spending per listing
- $824K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.9
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,232,925
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Cuyahoga County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #2,137 of 2,272 scored counties and #87 of 87 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Cuyahoga County spend about $725.6M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,308 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. That works out to $824K per agency, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 881 insurance agencies on map listings in Cuyahoga County as of September 2026. Of those, 146 are chain locations, or 17%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 15.9 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 546 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Cuyahoga County in 2023, down 9.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,016 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Cuyahoga County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cuyahoga County declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Cuyahoga County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Cuyahoga County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.9 | 14.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $824K | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,016 | 1,110 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.9% | −6.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,308 | $1,579 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $64,468 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 606 → 546−9.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,174
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $376.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 881146 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 578The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,232,925−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 554,551
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 457 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,725
- Median household income
- $64,468+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,344
- Median home value
- $195,400
- Jobs located here
- 751,187
- Daytime population
- 1,420,605Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brown County, OH | 75 | 12 | 7.0 | $2.8M | +1.6% | #331 of 2,272 |
| 2Morrow County, OH | 73 | 11 | 8.2 | $2.5M | +3.7% | #380 of 2,272 |
| 3Perry County, OH | 69 | 12 | 8.9 | $2.1M | +1.3% | #497 of 2,272 |
| 4Pickaway County, OH | 68 | 19 | 8.7 | $2.1M | +7.4% | #521 of 2,272 |
| 5Holmes County, OH | 67 | 7 | 5.2 | $2.8M | +1.7% | #540 of 2,272 |
| 6Meigs County, OH | 64 | 5 | 5.5 | $3.2M | −2.6% | #637 of 2,272 |
| 7Champaign County, OH | 61 | 16 | 10.2 | $1.8M | +0.2% | #756 of 2,272 |
| 8Adams County, OH | 59 | 10 | 9.6 | $1.9M | +1.5% | #800 of 2,272 |
| 9Clermont County, OH | 59 | 101 | 11.9 | $1.5M | +3.9% | #818 of 2,272 |
| 10Madison County, OH | 58 | 21 | 13.4 | $1.4M | +7.1% | #855 of 2,272 |
| 87Cuyahoga County, OH | 17 | 881 | 15.9 | $824K | −2.3% | #2,137 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Cuyahoga County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 881 insurance agencies in Cuyahoga County. 146 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 546 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 9.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Cuyahoga County, OH spend on vehicle insurance?
About $725.6M a year, or $1,308 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 881 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $824K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 554,551 households in Cuyahoga County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cuyahoga County, OH compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Cuyahoga County has 15.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $824K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Cuyahoga County would have about 578, against 881 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,016 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Cuyahoga County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Cuyahoga County at 1,232,925 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 554,551 households. Median household income in Cuyahoga County is $64,468, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.0%, 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. Cuyahoga County scores 17 for insurance agencies (low), #2,137 of 2,272 scored counties.
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