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Insurance agencies in Lake County, OH

How Lake 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,721 of 2,272 scored counties
#63 of 87 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
152
32 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
78
−17.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$160.4M
On vehicle insurance · $1,586 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.0
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
232,217
−0.1% 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

Lake County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,721 of 2,272 scored counties and #63 of 87 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 152 insurance agencies in Lake County. Of those, 32 are chain locations, or 21%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 15.0 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

At $1,586 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $160.4M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 152 insurance agencies, that is $1.1M per agency, 16% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Lake County was 78 in 2023, down 17.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,297 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show Lake County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Lake 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.

Insurance agencies in Lake County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureLake CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.014.215.6
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,2971,110966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−17.0%−6.8%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,586$1,579$1,957
Median household income$80,925$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score3334

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
94 → 78−17.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
281
Annual payroll, 2023
$18.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
15232 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
128The 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 Lake 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 Lake County

Population, 2025 estimate
232,217−0.1% since 2020
Households
101,144
Median age
44.7
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
229 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,012
Median household income
$80,925+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,598
Median home value
$214,100
Jobs located here
94,546
Daytime population
209,868Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Lake County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Brown County, OH75127.0$2.8M+1.6%#331 of 2,272
2Morrow County, OH73118.2$2.5M+3.7%#380 of 2,272
3Perry County, OH69128.9$2.1M+1.3%#497 of 2,272
4Pickaway County, OH68198.7$2.1M+7.4%#521 of 2,272
5Holmes County, OH6775.2$2.8M+1.7%#540 of 2,272
6Meigs County, OH6455.5$3.2M−2.6%#637 of 2,272
7Champaign County, OH611610.2$1.8M+0.2%#756 of 2,272
8Adams County, OH59109.6$1.9M+1.5%#800 of 2,272
9Clermont County, OH5910111.9$1.5M+3.9%#818 of 2,272
10Madison County, OH582113.4$1.4M+7.1%#855 of 2,272
63Lake County, OH3315215.0$1.1M−0.1%#1,721 of 2,272

Other business types in Lake County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Lake County, OH?

There are 152 insurance agencies on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. 32 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 78 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 17.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Lake County, OH spend on vehicle insurance?

About $160.4M a year, or $1,586 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 152 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 101,144 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lake County, OH compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Lake County has 15.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Lake County would have about 128, against 152 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,297 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Lake County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Lake County at 232,217 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 101,144 households. The median household income in Lake County is $80,925 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. Lake County scores 33 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,721 of 2,272 scored counties.

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