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Insurance agencies in St. Louis County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in St. Louis County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 7 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,267 of 2,272 scored counties
#85 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 1,004
- 187 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 705
- −7.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $619.4M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,497 a household
- Spending per listing
- $617K
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.3
- 56% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 990,911
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in St. Louis County is 7 (very low), #2,267 of 2,272 scored counties and #85 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,004 insurance agencies in St. Louis County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 24.3 per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in St. Louis County comes to about $619.4M a year: $1,497 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $617K per agency, 51% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 705 businesses with payroll in St. Louis County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 7.2% from 2019. That is one for every 587 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in St. Louis County. Population estimates put the population change in St. Louis County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How St. Louis 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 | St. Louis County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.3 | 20.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $617K | $810K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 587 | 753 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.2% | −1.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,497 | $1,625 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $82,936 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 7 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 760 → 705−7.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,386
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $404.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,004187 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 493The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $2.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in St. Louis 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 St. Louis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 990,911−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 413,849
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 509 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,958
- Median household income
- $82,936+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,036
- Median home value
- $276,800
- Jobs located here
- 655,776
- Daytime population
- 1,175,839Residents 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 |
| 85St. Louis County, MO | 7 | 1,004 | 24.3 | $617K | −1.2% | #2,267 of 2,272 |
Other business types in St. Louis County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in St. Louis County, MO?
There are 1,004 insurance agencies on map listings in St. Louis County as of September 2026. 187 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 705 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 7.2% from 2019.
How much do households in St. Louis County, MO spend on vehicle insurance?
About $619.4M a year, or $1,497 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,004 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $617K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 413,849 households in St. Louis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Louis County, MO compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
St. Louis County has 24.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $617K, 51% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, St. Louis County would have about 493, against 1,004 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 587 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Louis County, MO growing?
Population estimates put St. Louis County at 990,911 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 413,849 households. The median household income in St. Louis County is $82,936 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. St. Louis County scores 7 for insurance agencies (very low), #2,267 of 2,272 scored counties.
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