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Insurance agencies in Macon County, MO
How Macon 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 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,169 of 2,272 scored counties
#71 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 18
- 5 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,801 a household
- Spending per listing
- $607K
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.7
- 90% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,190
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Macon County has a Groundwork market score of 16 (low): #2,169 of 2,272 scored counties and #71 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 insurance agencies in Macon County. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.7, 90% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $1,801 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Macon County spend about $10.9M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $607K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 52% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Macon County in 2023. That is one for every 674 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Macon County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Macon 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 | Macon County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.7 | 20.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $607K | $810K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 674 | 753 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,801 | $1,625 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $62,357 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 185 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Macon 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 Macon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,190−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,067
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 801 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $62,357+45.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,915
- Median home value
- $149,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,836
- Daytime population
- 14,399Residents 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 |
| 71Macon County, MO | 16 | 18 | 29.7 | $607K | −0.1% | #2,169 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Macon County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Macon County, MO?
Macon County has 18 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Macon County, MO spend on vehicle insurance?
About $10.9M a year, or $1,801 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $607K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,067 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Macon County, MO compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Macon County has 29.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $607K, 52% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Macon County would have about 9, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 674 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Macon County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Macon County at 15,190 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,067 households. The median household income in Macon County is $62,357 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 45.9% 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. Macon County scores 16 for insurance agencies (low), #2,169 of 2,272 scored counties.
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