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Insurance agencies in Sawyer County, WI
The insurance agencies in Sawyer County, WI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,719 of 2,272 scored counties
#43 of 65 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 13
- 3 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,606 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.8
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,846
- +4.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Sawyer County is 33 (lower middle), #1,719 of 2,272 scored counties and #43 of 65 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 insurance agencies in Sawyer County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 23%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 14.8 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $1,606 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Sawyer County spend about $14.1M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Sawyer County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 881 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sawyer County grew 4.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Sawyer 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 | Sawyer County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.8 | 13.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 881 | 958 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,606 | $1,617 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $60,801 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Sawyer 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 Sawyer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,846+4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,810
- Median age
- 50.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,258 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $60,801+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,432
- Median home value
- $236,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,857
- Daytime population
- 18,074Residents 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 |
| 43Sawyer County, WI | 33 | 13 | 14.8 | $1.1M | +4.0% | #1,719 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Sawyer 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 Sawyer County, WI?
Sawyer County has 13 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Sawyer County, WI spend on vehicle insurance?
About $14.1M a year, or $1,606 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,810 households in Sawyer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sawyer County, WI compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Sawyer County has 14.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Sawyer County would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 881 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Sawyer County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Sawyer County at 18,846 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,810 households. The median household income in Sawyer County is $60,801 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.4% 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. Sawyer County scores 33 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,719 of 2,272 scored counties.
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