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Insurance agencies in Van Wert County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Van Wert County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,610 of 2,272 scored counties
#53 of 87 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 18
- 3 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,806 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,013
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,806 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Van Wert County spend about $20.9M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 18 insurance agencies, that is $1.2M per agency, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Van Wert County has 18 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.6, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Van Wert County in 2023. That is one for every 1,050 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Van Wert County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Van Wert County is 36 (lower middle), #1,610 of 2,272 scored counties and #53 of 87 scored counties in Ohio.
How Van Wert 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 | Van Wert County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.6 | 14.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,050 | 1,110 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,806 | $1,579 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $67,917 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 61
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 183 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Van Wert 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 Van Wert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,013+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,549
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $67,917+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,591
- Median home value
- $152,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,293
- Daytime population
- 25,207Residents 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 |
| 53Van Wert County, OH | 36 | 18 | 15.6 | $1.2M | +0.3% | #1,610 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Van Wert County
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 Van Wert County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 insurance agencies in Van Wert County. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Van Wert County, OH spend on vehicle insurance?
About $20.9M a year, or $1,806 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,549 households in Van Wert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Wert County, OH compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Van Wert County has 15.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.2M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Van Wert County would have about 17, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,050 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Van Wert County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Van Wert County at 29,013 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,549 households. Median household income in Van Wert County is $67,917, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Van Wert County scores 36 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,610 of 2,272 scored counties.
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