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Insurance agencies in Wood County, WI
How Wood 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,564 of 2,272 scored counties
#32 of 65 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 38
- 8 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- −17.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $54.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,677 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.8
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,060
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wood County spend about $54.1M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,677 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per agency, 13% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Wood County has 38 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.8, 24% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Wood County in 2023, down 17.5% from 2019. That is one for every 977 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Wood County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Wood County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,564 of 2,272 scored counties and #32 of 65 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Wood 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 | Wood County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.8 | 13.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 977 | 958 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.5% | −3.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,677 | $1,617 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $67,989 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 33−17.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 125
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 388 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 Wood 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 Wood County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,060−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 32,253
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 793 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $67,989+23.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,117
- Median home value
- $175,600
- Jobs located here
- 37,937
- Daytime population
- 75,209Residents 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 |
| 32Wood County, WI | 37 | 38 | 11.8 | $1.4M | −0.2% | #1,564 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Wood County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Wood County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 insurance agencies in Wood County. 8 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 17.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Wood County, WI spend on vehicle insurance?
About $54.1M a year, or $1,677 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,253 households in Wood County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wood County, WI compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Wood County has 11.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.4M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Wood County would have about 43, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 977 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Wood County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Wood County at 74,060 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,253 households. Median household income in Wood County is $67,989, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.8%, 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. Wood County scores 37 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,564 of 2,272 scored counties.
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