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Insurance agencies in Butler County, MO

How Butler County, MO 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,680 of 2,272 scored counties
#33 of 85 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
22
2 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.8M
On vehicle insurance · $1,493 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.3
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,904
−0.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Butler County spend about $24.8M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,493 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

There are 22 insurance agencies on map listings in Butler County as of September 2026. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 13.3 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Butler County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,383 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Butler County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For insurance agencies, Butler County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,680 of 2,272 scored counties and #33 of 85 scored counties in Missouri.

How Butler 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.

Insurance agencies in Butler County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureButler CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.320.115.6
Spending per listing$1.1M$810K$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,383753966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.3%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,493$1,625$1,957
Median household income$49,089$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3419

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 12
Employees, 2023
58
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
222 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Butler 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 Butler County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,904−0.4% since 2020
Households
16,594
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
695 sq. mi.
People per square mile
60
Median household income
$49,089+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,066
Median home value
$145,100
Jobs located here
18,059
Daytime population
43,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Butler County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, MO6677.8$2.2M+1.6%#584 of 2,272
2Lincoln County, MO623013.1$1.5M+11.4%#736 of 2,272
3McDonald County, MO601011.7$1.5M+3.1%#786 of 2,272
4Andrew County, MO59710.0$1.9M+0.7%#802 of 2,272
5Dallas County, MO57811.8$1.6M+5.2%#881 of 2,272
6Crawford County, MO561010.4$1.7M−0.4%#909 of 2,272
7Newton County, MO552712.2$1.5M+6.1%#961 of 2,272
8Pulaski County, MO531911.3$1.5M+0.8%#1,019 of 2,272
9Ray County, MO531415.4$1.2M+1.1%#1,029 of 2,272
10Ste. Genevieve County, MO521014.0$1.5M+1.1%#1,044 of 2,272
33Butler County, MO342213.3$1.1M−0.4%#1,680 of 2,272

Other business types in Butler County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Butler County, MO?

As of September 2026, map listings count 22 insurance agencies in Butler County. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in Butler County, MO spend on vehicle insurance?

About $24.8M a year, or $1,493 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,594 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Butler County, MO compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Butler County has 13.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 15% below 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, Butler County would have about 20, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,383 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Butler County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Butler County at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. Median household income in Butler County is $49,089, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. Butler County scores 34 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,680 of 2,272 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for insurance agencies · All 56 business types in Butler County

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