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Insurance agencies in Defiance County, OH
How Defiance 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,731 of 2,272 scored counties
#65 of 87 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 21
- 5 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $27.5M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.7
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,292
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Defiance County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,731 of 2,272 scored counties and #65 of 87 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,796 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Defiance County spend about $27.5M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 21 insurance agencies, that is $1.3M per agency, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 21 insurance agencies on map listings in Defiance County as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 24%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 13.7 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Defiance County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 766 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $175K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Defiance County. Population estimates show Defiance County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Defiance 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 | Defiance County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.7 | 14.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 766 | 1,110 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −6.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,796 | $1,579 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $73,064 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 200.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 89
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $175K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Defiance 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 Defiance County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,292+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,327
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $73,064+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,073
- Median home value
- $163,200
- Jobs located here
- 14,922
- Daytime population
- 36,059Residents 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 |
| 65Defiance County, OH | 32 | 21 | 13.7 | $1.3M | +0.1% | #1,731 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Defiance County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Defiance County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 insurance agencies in Defiance County. 5 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Defiance County, OH spend on vehicle insurance?
About $27.5M a year, or $1,796 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,327 households in Defiance County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Defiance County, OH compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Defiance County has 13.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Defiance County would have about 22, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 766 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Defiance County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Defiance County at 38,292 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,327 households. Median household income in Defiance County is $73,064, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.9%, 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. Defiance County scores 32 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,731 of 2,272 scored counties.
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