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Insurance agencies in the Poplar Bluff, MO area
The insurance agencies in the Poplar Bluff, MO area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #382 of 537 scored small-town markets
#5 of 17 scored small-town markets based 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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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 insurance agencies in the Poplar Bluff area. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.3, 15% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $1,493 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in the Poplar Bluff area spend about $24.8M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Poplar Bluff area in 2023. That is one for every 1,383 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Poplar Bluff area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in the Poplar Bluff area is 37 (lower middle), #382 of 537 scored small-town markets and #5 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.
How the Poplar Bluff area 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 | Poplar Bluff area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 20.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $810K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,383 | 753 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/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 score | 37 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 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 the Poplar Bluff area, 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 the Poplar Bluff area
- 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
- 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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Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 58 | 19 | 11.3 | $1.5M | +0.8% | #201 of 537 |
| 2Warrensburg, MO | 53 | 28 | 13.3 | $1.4M | +4.9% | #238 of 537 |
| 3Lebanon, MO | 39 | 27 | 18.5 | $917K | +2.5% | #364 of 537 |
| 4Sedalia, MO | 38 | 33 | 19.4 | $876K | +2.9% | #375 of 537 |
| 5Poplar Bluff, MO | 37 | 22 | 13.3 | $1.1M | −0.4% | #382 of 537 |
| 6Branson, MO | 36 | 37 | 16.2 | $1M | +1.7% | #391 of 537 |
| 7Rolla, MO | 32 | 29 | 16.7 | $963K | +1.6% | #427 of 537 |
| 8Farmington, MO | 26 | 51 | 20.6 | $819K | +2.1% | #462 of 537 |
| 9Marshall, MO | 25 | 17 | 21.1 | $780K | −0.3% | #468 of 537 |
| 10West Plains, MO | 25 | 39 | 24.4 | $716K | +2.5% | #469 of 537 |
Other business types in the Poplar Bluff area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Poplar Bluff, MO area?
There are 22 insurance agencies on map listings in the Poplar Bluff area as of September 2026. 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 the Poplar Bluff, MO area 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 the Poplar Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Poplar Bluff, MO area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Poplar Bluff area 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 national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Poplar Bluff area 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 the Poplar Bluff, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Poplar Bluff area at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. The median household income in the Poplar Bluff area is $49,089 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Poplar Bluff area scores 37 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #382 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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