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Insurance agencies in Buffalo County, WI
How Buffalo County, WI 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 #1,631 of 2,272 scored counties
#37 of 65 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,897 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.2
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,318
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Buffalo County spend about $10.9M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,897 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 insurance agencies, that is $1.6M per agency, 23% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 7 insurance agencies on map listings in Buffalo County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 12.2 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Buffalo County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 636 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Buffalo County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Buffalo County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,631 of 2,272 scored counties and #37 of 65 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Buffalo County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Buffalo County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.2 | 13.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 636 | 958 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,897 | $1,617 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $70,479 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $914K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,318−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,720
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 676 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $70,479+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,332
- Median home value
- $213,300
- Jobs located here
- 3,547
- Daytime population
- 9,575Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waushara County, WI | 65 | 11 | 10.4 | $1.8M | +2.8% | #626 of 2,272 |
| 2Clark County, WI | 64 | 10 | 7.8 | $2.3M | +1.2% | #644 of 2,272 |
| 3Adams County, WI | 63 | 9 | 9.5 | $1.9M | +5.2% | #693 of 2,272 |
| 4Oconto County, WI | 62 | 21 | 12.5 | $1.6M | +2.9% | #732 of 2,272 |
| 5Vilas County, WI | 59 | 5 | 4.5 | $3.7M | +2.9% | #791 of 2,272 |
| 6Polk County, WI | 59 | 19 | 9.7 | $2M | +1.7% | #799 of 2,272 |
| 7Kenosha County, WI | 57 | 56 | 8.1 | $2M | −0.4% | #865 of 2,272 |
| 8Trempealeau County, WI | 56 | 11 | 8.8 | $2.1M | +1.1% | #895 of 2,272 |
| 9Dodge County, WI | 54 | 31 | 8.6 | $2M | −0.3% | #975 of 2,272 |
| 10Pierce County, WI | 51 | 20 | 12.6 | $1.6M | +3.1% | #1,075 of 2,272 |
| 37Buffalo County, WI | 35 | 7 | 12.2 | $1.6M | −0.1% | #1,631 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Buffalo County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Buffalo County, WI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 insurance agencies in Buffalo County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Buffalo County, WI spend on vehicle insurance?
About $10.9M a year, or $1,897 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,720 households in Buffalo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buffalo County, WI compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Buffalo County has 12.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.6M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Buffalo County would have about 9, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 636 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Buffalo County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Buffalo County at 13,318 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,720 households. Median household income in Buffalo County is $70,479, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.9%, 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. Buffalo County scores 35 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,631 of 2,272 scored counties.
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