Rhodes Insurance Services (Gary Rhodes Agency)

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Independent agency

Offices: Parkersburg · West Virginia

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Rhodes Insurance Services (Gary Rhodes Agency) is an independent insurance agency licensed in Parkersburg, WV. Lines listed: Auto, Homeowners, Renters, Life, Business, Farm, RV, Motorcycle, ATV, Boat. Founding or history: January 2010. Agency Match assessments based on public information: Business Partnerships medium; Mentorship & Peer Connections low. 31 publicly sourced facts with links.

How we determined the info on this profile

License record: taken from the state license roster.
Offices: based on offices listed on the agency's website. More than one office can count toward the Looking to Buy score.
Lines of business: based on text on the agency's website. They can count toward the Strategic Partnership score.
Leadership: based on text on the agency's website. It can count toward the Mentorship & Peer Connection score.
Looking to Buy: not enough public facts for a score.
Open to Selling: not enough public facts for a score.
Mentorship & Peer Connections: scored from public signs of leadership, teaching and association ties.
Business Partnerships: scored from specialties, markets and carriers published on the agency's website.

Research

Detailed profile

Geography

1 documented offices

Ownership events

Ownership

Not confirmed

Agency Match assessments

Agency Match uses public information and a proprietary scoring model to identify possible business opportunities. Ratings indicate potential, not confirmed interest, unless explicitly noted.

Looking to Buy

Insufficient Evidence

Public signs the agency buys or absorbs other agencies: past acquisitions, growth by acquisition, added offices and the depth to integrate a book.

Why: Serves more than one state or a wide region; three or more named leaders; public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry

Serves more than one state or a wide region · West Virginia and Ohiorhodesinsure.com
Three or more named leaders · Gary (Agent)rhodesinsure.com
Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry · January 2010rhodesinsure.com

What this rating was based on (3 factors)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Serves more than one state or a wide region (supporting)+10 pts
- West Virginia and Ohiorhodesinsure.com
Three or more named leaders (supporting)+10 pts
- Gary (Agent)rhodesinsure.com
- Gary Rhodes - Principal Agentrhodesinsure.com
- Erica Mathess - Customer Service Representativerhodesinsure.com
- Amy Morehead - Personal Lines Service Managerrhodesinsure.com
Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+5 pts
- January 2010rhodesinsure.com

Total: 25 points → Insufficient Evidence: a rating needs at least two facts including one core factor for this assessment.

Confidence (separate from the rating): not given without a rating · 6 facts from 1 website.

Not known publicly: Whether the agency is buying now and at what size; Financing and integration capacity.

Open to Selling

Acquisition Research Fit

Low · 3

Acquisition Research Fit is low. Formation year 2010 is on a verified record (16 years in operation). The rating stays Low because years in operation and size are a business profile, not a transition. This is not a statement that the agency wants to sell.

Formation year 2010 is on a verified record (16 years in operation). Verified · +3 ptsrhodesinsure.com

Transition signals

This agency has bought another book or agency. That is buyer activity.

Countervailing evidence: This agency has bought another book or agency. That is buyer activity.

Confidence: low. Separate from the rating.

Not on file: Owner tenure is not established; No internal succession document; Confirmed sale interest is unknown.

Confirmed sale interest: Unknown

Mentorship & Peer Connections

Low · 30

Public signs of industry standing and willingness to share know-how: association leadership, teaching, memberships, recognition and tenure.

Agency Match score: 30/100 · Medium confidence: 3+ public facts

Why: Insurance or business association membership; public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry; three or more named leaders

Insurance or business association membership · Civic leadership: Gary is very active in the Chamber of Commercerhodesinsure.com
Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry · January 2010rhodesinsure.com
Three or more named leaders · Gary (Agent)rhodesinsure.com

What this rating was based on (3 factors)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Insurance or business association membership+15 pts
- Civic leadership: Gary is very active in the Chamber of Commercerhodesinsure.com
Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+10 pts
- January 2010rhodesinsure.com
Three or more named leaders (supporting)+5 pts
- Gary (Agent)rhodesinsure.com
- Gary Rhodes - Principal Agentrhodesinsure.com
- Erica Mathess - Customer Service Representativerhodesinsure.com
- Amy Morehead - Personal Lines Service Managerrhodesinsure.com

Total: 30 points → Agency Match score 30/100, rated Low (High at 60+, Medium at 35+).

Confidence (separate from the rating): Medium confidence: 3+ public facts · 6 facts from 1 website.

Not known publicly: Whether the principals want to mentor or be mentored.

Business Partnerships

Medium · 40

Public signs the agency would complement others: niche specialties, referral or partner relationships, broad carrier access, both personal and commercial lines, and regional reach.

Agency Match score: 40/100 · Medium confidence: 3+ public facts

Why: Niche specialty line documented; serves more than one state or a wide region; several documented lines of business

Niche specialty line documented · Auto, Homeowners, Renters, Life, Business, Farm, RV, Motorcycle, ATV, Boatrhodesinsure.com
Serves more than one state or a wide region · West Virginia and Ohiorhodesinsure.com
Several documented lines of business · Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurancerhodesinsure.com

What this rating was based on (3 factors)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Niche specialty line documented+20 pts
- Auto, Homeowners, Renters, Life, Business, Farm, RV, Motorcycle, ATV, Boatrhodesinsure.com
Serves more than one state or a wide region+10 pts
- West Virginia and Ohiorhodesinsure.com
Several documented lines of business (supporting)+10 pts
- Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurancerhodesinsure.com
- Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurancerhodesinsure.com
- Lines of business: Restaurant Insurancerhodesinsure.com
- Lines of business: Farm & Crop Insurancerhodesinsure.com
- Lines of business: Church Insurancerhodesinsure.com
- Lines of business: Cyber Liabilityrhodesinsure.com
- Lines of business: Professional Liabilityrhodesinsure.com
- Lines of business: General Liability Insurancerhodesinsure.com
- Lines of business: Bondsrhodesinsure.com
- Lines of business: Workers Compensation Insurancerhodesinsure.com
- Lines of business: Contractors Insurancerhodesinsure.com
- Lines of business: Commercial Auto Insurancerhodesinsure.com

Total: 40 points → Agency Match score 40/100, rated Medium (High at 60+, Medium at 35+).

Confidence (separate from the rating): Medium confidence: 3+ public facts · 14 facts from 1 website.

Not known publicly: Which partnerships the agency would welcome; Carrier appointments not published online.

Record & channel

License recordPublicly sourced

West Virginia resident business-entity license #100130781 (NPN 16513073), licensed at Parkersburg, WV

sbs.naic.org

ChannelPublicly sourced

Independent agency

“our agency is 100% independent of any one company”

Rhodes Insurance Services (Gary Rhodes Agency)

Agency Match assessments

Looking to Buy

Open to Selling

Mentorship & Peer Connections

Business Partnerships

Record & channel

Locations & footprint

Highlights

Story so far

People & affiliations

Names & entities

Facts from published sources (31 verified)