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Insurance agencies in Muskingum County, OH

How Muskingum 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,642 of 2,272 scored counties
#56 of 87 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
46
12 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
33
−17.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$56.8M
On vehicle insurance · $1,653 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.4
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
87,014
+0.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 46 insurance agencies in Muskingum County. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 13.4 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Households in Muskingum County spend about $56.8M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,653 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 46 insurance agencies, that is $1.2M per agency, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Muskingum County in 2023, down 17.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,041 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Muskingum County.

Population estimates show Muskingum County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Muskingum County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,642 of 2,272 scored counties and #56 of 87 scored counties in Ohio.

How Muskingum 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 Muskingum County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMuskingum CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.414.215.6
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,0411,110966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−17.5%−6.8%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,653$1,579$1,957
Median household income$60,780$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score3534

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
40 → 33−17.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
145
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4612 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$25K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
87,014+0.7% since 2020
Households
34,357
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
665 sq. mi.
People per square mile
130
Median household income
$60,780+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,210
Median home value
$182,200
Jobs located here
34,629
Daytime population
84,765Residents 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 Muskingum 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
56Muskingum County, OH354613.4$1.2M+0.7%#1,642 of 2,272

Other business types in Muskingum County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Muskingum County, OH?

Muskingum County has 46 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 17.5% from 2019.

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

About $56.8M a year, or $1,653 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,357 households in Muskingum County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Muskingum County has 13.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.2M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Muskingum County would have about 45, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,041 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Muskingum County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Muskingum County at 87,014 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,357 households. The median household income in Muskingum County is $60,780 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. Muskingum County scores 35 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,642 of 2,272 scored counties.

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