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Insurance agencies in Mercer County, OH

The insurance agencies in Mercer County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,676 of 2,272 scored counties
#59 of 87 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
25
3 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30.5M
On vehicle insurance · $1,857 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.2
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,737
+0.5% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on vehicle insurance in Mercer County comes to about $30.5M a year: $1,857 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 25 insurance agencies, that is $1.2M per agency, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Mercer County has 25 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 12%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 15.2 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Mercer County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 864 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $600K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Mercer County.

Population estimates put the population change in Mercer County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Mercer County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,676 of 2,272 scored counties and #59 of 87 scored counties in Ohio.

How Mercer 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 Mercer County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMercer CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.214.215.6
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment8641,110966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.8%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,857$1,579$1,957
Median household income$76,782$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score3434

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 19
Employees, 2023
108
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
253 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$600K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Mercer 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 Mercer County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,737+0.5% since 2020
Households
16,408
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
462 sq. mi.
People per square mile
92
Median household income
$76,782+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,265
Median home value
$210,600
Jobs located here
19,998
Daytime population
40,314Residents 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 Mercer 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
59Mercer County, OH342515.2$1.2M+0.5%#1,676 of 2,272

Other business types in Mercer County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Mercer County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 insurance agencies in Mercer County. 3 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

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

About $30.5M a year, or $1,857 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,408 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Mercer County has 15.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.2M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Mercer County would have about 24, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 864 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Mercer County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Mercer County at 42,737 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,408 households. Median household income in Mercer County is $76,782, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.0%, 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. Mercer County scores 34 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,676 of 2,272 scored counties.

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