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Insurance agencies in Pettis County, MO

The insurance agencies in Pettis County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,730 of 2,272 scored counties
#36 of 85 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
33
6 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28.9M
On vehicle insurance · $1,700 a household
Spending per listing
$876K
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.4
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
44,254
+2.9% 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

The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Pettis County is 33 (lower middle), #1,730 of 2,272 scored counties and #36 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on vehicle insurance in Pettis County comes to about $28.9M a year: $1,700 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $876K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Pettis County has 33 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 19.4 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Pettis County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 1,062 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Pettis County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Pettis 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 Pettis County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasurePettis CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.420.115.6
Spending per listing$876K$810K$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,062753966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.3%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,700$1,625$1,957
Median household income$60,430$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3319

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 16
Employees, 2023
55
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
336 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 Pettis 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 Pettis County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,254+2.9% since 2020
Households
16,996
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
682 sq. mi.
People per square mile
64
Median household income
$60,430+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,820
Median home value
$166,300
Jobs located here
20,518
Daytime population
44,113Residents 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 Pettis 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
36Pettis County, MO333319.4$876K+2.9%#1,730 of 2,272

Other business types in Pettis County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Pettis County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 insurance agencies in Pettis County. 6 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

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

About $28.9M a year, or $1,700 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $876K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,996 households in Pettis County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pettis County has 19.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $876K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Pettis County would have about 23, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,062 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Pettis County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Pettis County at 44,254 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,996 households. Median household income in Pettis County is $60,430, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Pettis County scores 33 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,730 of 2,272 scored counties.

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