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Insurance agencies in the Sandusky, OH metro area
How the Sandusky, OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #243 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 67
- 23 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 39
- −13.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $83.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,645 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.1
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 112,777
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 67 insurance agencies in the Sandusky metro area. 23 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 13.1 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in the Sandusky metro area spend about $83.9M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,645 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 67 insurance agencies, that is $1.3M per agency, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 39 businesses with payroll in the Sandusky metro area classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 13.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,307 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $60K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Sandusky metro area.
Population estimates show the Sandusky metro area declined 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Sandusky metro area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #243 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.
How the Sandusky metro area 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 | Sandusky metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.1 | 14.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,307 | 1,110 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.3% | −6.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,645 | $1,579 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $73,502 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 39−13.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 176
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6723 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $60K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Sandusky metro area, 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 the Sandusky metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 112,777−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 50,986
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 506 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 226
- Median household income
- $73,502
- Average household income
- $96,712
- Median home value
- $207,500
- Jobs located here
- 46,448
- Daytime population
- 109,099Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sandusky metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Springfield, OH | 62 | 48 | 8.6 | $1.9M | −0.4% | #120 of 387 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 53 | 218 | 14.3 | $1.6M | −2.6% | #167 of 387 |
| 2Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 50 | 1,285 | 14.2 | $1.3M | +2.7% | #187 of 387 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 48 | 61 | 12.3 | $1.5M | −3.6% | #193 of 387 |
| 3Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 44 | 440 | 12.8 | $1.2M | +1.5% | #224 of 387 |
| 4Sandusky, OH | 41 | 67 | 13.1 | $1.3M | −2.6% | #243 of 387 |
| 5Columbus, OH | 39 | 1,307 | 15.1 | $1M | +4.7% | #257 of 387 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 35 | 99 | 17.1 | $1.1M | −3.6% | #276 of 387 |
| 6Lima, OH | 31 | 62 | 15.0 | $1.1M | −1.2% | #303 of 387 |
| 7Akron, OH | 28 | 416 | 14.0 | $1.1M | 0.0% | #319 of 387 |
Other business types in the Sandusky metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Sandusky, OH metro area?
There are 67 insurance agencies on map listings in the Sandusky metro area as of September 2026. 23 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 13.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Sandusky, OH metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $83.9M a year, or $1,645 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,986 households in the Sandusky metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sandusky, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Sandusky metro area has 13.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,307 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sandusky, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sandusky metro area at 112,777 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 50,986 households. The median household income in the Sandusky metro area is $73,502 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Sandusky metro area scores 41 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #243 of 387 scored metro areas.
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