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Insurance agencies in Bates County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Bates County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,994 of 2,272 scored counties
#51 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 20
- 5 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,976 a household
- Spending per listing
- $608K
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.5
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,512
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Bates County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,994 of 2,272 scored counties and #51 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 insurance agencies in Bates County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 32.5 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Bates County comes to about $12.2M a year: $1,976 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $608K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 52% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Bates County in 2023. That is one for every 616 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show Bates County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Bates County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Bates County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.5 | 20.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $608K | $810K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 616 | 753 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,976 | $1,625 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $60,733 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 205 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Bates 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 Bates County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,512+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,158
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 837 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $60,733+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,380
- Median home value
- $170,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,729
- Daytime population
- 14,272Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MO | 66 | 7 | 7.8 | $2.2M | +1.6% | #584 of 2,272 |
| 2Lincoln County, MO | 62 | 30 | 13.1 | $1.5M | +11.4% | #736 of 2,272 |
| 3McDonald County, MO | 60 | 10 | 11.7 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #786 of 2,272 |
| 4Andrew County, MO | 59 | 7 | 10.0 | $1.9M | +0.7% | #802 of 2,272 |
| 5Dallas County, MO | 57 | 8 | 11.8 | $1.6M | +5.2% | #881 of 2,272 |
| 6Crawford County, MO | 56 | 10 | 10.4 | $1.7M | −0.4% | #909 of 2,272 |
| 7Newton County, MO | 55 | 27 | 12.2 | $1.5M | +6.1% | #961 of 2,272 |
| 8Pulaski County, MO | 53 | 19 | 11.3 | $1.5M | +0.8% | #1,019 of 2,272 |
| 9Ray County, MO | 53 | 14 | 15.4 | $1.2M | +1.1% | #1,029 of 2,272 |
| 10Ste. Genevieve County, MO | 52 | 10 | 14.0 | $1.5M | +1.1% | #1,044 of 2,272 |
| 51Bates County, MO | 24 | 20 | 32.5 | $608K | +2.9% | #1,994 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Bates 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 Bates County, MO?
There are 20 insurance agencies on map listings in Bates County as of September 2026. 5 of them (25%) 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 Bates County, MO spend on vehicle insurance?
About $12.2M a year, or $1,976 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $608K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,158 households in Bates County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bates County, MO compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Bates County has 32.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $608K, 52% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Bates County would have about 10, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 616 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Bates County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Bates County at 16,512 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,158 households. The median household income in Bates County is $60,733 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Bates County scores 24 for insurance agencies (low), #1,994 of 2,272 scored counties.
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