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Insurance agencies in Jackson County, MO
How Jackson 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,017 of 2,272 scored counties
#55 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 551
- 116 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 334
- +1.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $449.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,465 a household
- Spending per listing
- $815K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.0
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 732,994
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Jackson County scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #2,017 of 2,272 scored counties and #55 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 551 insurance agencies in Jackson County. 116 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.0, 15% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Jackson County spend about $449.3M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,465 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $815K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Jackson County was 334 in 2023, up 1.8% from 2019. That is one for every 919 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Jackson County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jackson County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Jackson 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 | Jackson County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.0 | 20.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $815K | $810K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 919 | 753 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.8% | −1.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,465 | $1,625 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $68,577 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 328 → 334+1.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,739
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $542.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 551116 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 358The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Jackson 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 Jackson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 732,994+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 306,798
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 605 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,191
- Median household income
- $68,577+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,212
- Median home value
- $230,500
- Jobs located here
- 400,567
- Daytime population
- 769,958Residents 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 |
| 55Jackson County, MO | 23 | 551 | 18.0 | $815K | +2.1% | #2,017 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Jackson County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Jackson County, MO?
Jackson County has 551 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 116 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 334 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 1.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Jackson County, MO spend on vehicle insurance?
About $449.3M a year, or $1,465 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 551 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $815K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 306,798 households in Jackson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jackson County, MO compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Jackson County has 18.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $815K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Jackson County would have about 358, against 551 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 919 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Jackson County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Jackson County at 732,994 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 306,798 households. The median household income in Jackson County is $68,577 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Jackson County scores 23 for insurance agencies (low), #2,017 of 2,272 scored counties.
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