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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Cole County, MO
How Cole County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #765 of 887 scored counties
#16 of 26 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 17
- 6 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $435.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,016 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 66
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 77,908
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Cole County scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #765 of 887 scored counties and #16 of 26 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 mortgage brokers and lenders in Cole County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 35%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Cole County comes to about $435.7M a year: $14,016 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 34% below the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Cole County in 2023. That is one for every 6,217 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Population estimates show Cole County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Cole County compares
The same measures for Missouri and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Cole County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 66 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 6,217 | 6,465 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,016 | $13,809 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $74,876 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 98
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 176 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Cole 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 Cole County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 77,908+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 31,086
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 197
- Median household income
- $74,876+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,025
- Median home value
- $229,600
- Jobs located here
- 56,757
- Daytime population
- 96,838Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, MO | 73 | 10 | 2.3 | 164 | +7.1% | #84 of 887 |
| 2Lincoln County, MO | 59 | 7 | 3.1 | 120 | +11.4% | #267 of 887 |
| 3Platte County, MO | 57 | 18 | 4.1 | 98 | +6.7% | #307 of 887 |
| 4St. Louis city, MO | 56 | 12 | 0.8 | 397 | −7.4% | #309 of 887 |
| 5Johnson County, MO | 53 | 5 | 2.4 | 143 | +4.9% | #375 of 887 |
| 6Franklin County, MO | 53 | 13 | 3.0 | 117 | +3.1% | #383 of 887 |
| 7Newton County, MO | 51 | 6 | 2.7 | 126 | +6.1% | #421 of 887 |
| 8Buchanan County, MO | 46 | 9 | 2.7 | 123 | −1.1% | #505 of 887 |
| 9St. Charles County, MO | 46 | 80 | 5.0 | 83 | +4.9% | #515 of 887 |
| 10Boone County, MO | 41 | 26 | 3.4 | 106 | +4.2% | #603 of 887 |
| 16Cole County, MO | 31 | 17 | 5.5 | 66 | +1.7% | #765 of 887 |
Other business types in Cole County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate37
- Real estate agents and brokers40
- Property management58
- Mortgage brokers and lenders31
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Cole County, MO?
There are 17 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in Cole County as of September 2026. 6 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in Cole County, MO spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $435.7M a year, or $14,016 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 17 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 34% below the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,086 households in Cole County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cole County, MO compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Cole County has 5.5 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 66, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Cole County would have about 11, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,217 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is Cole County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Cole County at 77,908 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,086 households. The median household income in Cole County is $74,876 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.7% 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. Cole County scores 31 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #765 of 887 scored counties.
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