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Insurance agencies in Platte County, MO

How Platte 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,376 of 2,272 scored counties
#17 of 85 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
70
16 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
40
−9.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$75.9M
On vehicle insurance · $1,728 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.9
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
114,400
+6.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 70 insurance agencies in Platte County. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.9, 2% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

At $1,728 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Platte County spend about $75.9M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Platte County in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,098 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Platte County grew 6.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Platte County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,376 of 2,272 scored counties and #17 of 85 scored counties in Missouri.

How Platte 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 Platte County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasurePlatte CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.920.115.6
Spending per listing$1.1M$810K$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,098753966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−9.1%−1.3%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,728$1,625$1,957
Median household income$96,227$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score4319

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
44 → 40−9.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
311
Annual payroll, 2023
$24.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
7016 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
60The 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 Platte 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 Platte County

Population, 2025 estimate
114,400+6.7% since 2020
Households
43,902
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
420 sq. mi.
People per square mile
263
Median household income
$96,227+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$125,410
Median home value
$345,100
Jobs located here
48,509
Daytime population
103,025Residents 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 Platte 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
17Platte County, MO437015.9$1.1M+6.7%#1,376 of 2,272

Other business types in Platte County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Platte County, MO?

Platte County has 70 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019.

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

About $75.9M a year, or $1,728 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 70 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,902 households in Platte County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Platte County has 15.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Platte County would have about 60, against 70 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,098 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Platte County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Platte County at 114,400 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,902 households. The median household income in Platte County is $96,227 a year, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.7% 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. Platte County scores 43 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,376 of 2,272 scored counties.

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