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Insurance agencies in Portage County, WI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Portage County, WI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,614 of 2,272 scored counties
#36 of 65 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 46
- 11 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- −11.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $52.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,756 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,943
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Portage County comes to about $52.1M a year: $1,756 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per agency, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Portage County has 46 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 24%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.5, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Portage County in 2023, down 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 957 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Portage County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Portage County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,614 of 2,272 scored counties and #36 of 65 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Portage 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 | Portage County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.5 | 13.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 957 | 958 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.4% | −3.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,756 | $1,617 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $76,070 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35 → 31−11.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 143
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4611 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The 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 Portage 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 Portage County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,943+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 29,679
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 801 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $76,070+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,142
- Median home value
- $243,100
- Jobs located here
- 33,759
- Daytime population
- 69,944Residents 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 |
| 36Portage County, WI | 36 | 46 | 15.5 | $1.1M | +2.2% | #1,614 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Portage 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 Portage County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 insurance agencies in Portage County. 11 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 11.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Portage County, WI spend on vehicle insurance?
About $52.1M a year, or $1,756 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,679 households in Portage County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Portage County, WI compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Portage County has 15.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Portage County would have about 42, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 957 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Portage County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Portage County at 71,943 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,679 households. Median household income in Portage County is $76,070, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Portage County scores 36 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,614 of 2,272 scored counties.
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