Vending Machine Locations in Missouri, by the Numbers

A single card pinned on a board with no rule or scale beneath it at all — A card on the board with no scale beneath it: a placement with no number. AI-generated image

Missouri occupies a position no other state in this dataset does. Twenty-one states report no placement at all; Missouri reports one, and it is the only state whose entire record carries no visitor count — so the state has a share, a date and a venue type, with nothing measurable attached.

Figures below come from the 87 signed listings open on PinPoint Vending’s marketplace on October 5, 2026. Traffic is venue-reported and unaudited; no listing reports sales.

By the numbers

Measure	Missouri
Signed placements	1
Reporting a visitor count	0 of 1
Convertible into visitor-hours	0
Share agreed	40% of net — the national median
Venue types represented	1 of 26
States whose record reports no traffic at all	1 — Missouri

What is on the record for Missouri?

A single listing, in the St. Louis suburbs.

Field	Value
City	O’Fallon
Venue type	Family entertainment centre
Tier	Standard
Signed	August 11, 2026
Reported visitors	Not stated
Revenue share	40% of net
Minimum term	16 months
Machine	Cotton candy

Standard tier is itself a weak signal about size. Premium requires a venue reporting 100,000 or more annual visitors, so standard tier means the venue either reported less than that or reported nothing — and in O’Fallon’s case the listing reports nothing, which makes the tier uninformative rather than informative.

How the two kinds of gap in this dataset differ

Eighteen of the 87 placements report no visitor count and six state no revenue share. Those gaps are distributed unevenly, and Missouri sits at the extreme of one of them.

Gap	Placements affected	States where every listing is affected
No visitor count	18 of 87	Missouri
No revenue share	6 of 87	None

Most states absorb a missing count because another listing covers for it. Mississippi has two listings without a count and four with; Michigan has one without and two with. Missouri has one listing and no second one, so a single omission becomes the whole state record.

That matters when reading any state-level table. A column showing visitor-hours by state will show Missouri as blank, and the blank is indistinguishable from the blank of a state with no placements — which is a different fact entirely.

What the Missouri data point still supports

One claim, and it is not worthless. O’Fallon agreed 40% of net, which is the median across the 81 placements stating a share: 55 at 40%, twelve at 50%, eleven at 30%, two at 35% and one at 45%.

So Missouri confirms the centre of the distribution rather than extending it. A buyer told that Missouri venues expect more than 40% has one recorded instance to the contrary, and a venue told that 40% is generous has the same instance showing it is simply ordinary.

What it cannot support is anything about venue quality, because the question a local comparison exists to answer — was this a strong venue on median terms or a weak one doing well — has no data behind it here. The conversion method behind our ranking of vending locations needs a reported count and a published visit length, and Missouri supplies neither half.

Why one listing with no count is worse than none

Because a blank row invites caution and a half-filled row invites inference. A state with no placements is obviously unproven; a state with one placement at 40% of net looks like evidence until you check what is behind the percentage.

Reading	Supported?
“A Missouri venue signed at 40% in August 2026”	Yes
“Missouri venues get 40%”	No — one listing
“Missouri venues of this size get 40%”	No — no size reported
“Missouri is a 40% market”	No

The third row is the one that gets written most often and is the least supportable. What the revenue-share data shows across all 87 placements sets out which comparisons the dataset will and will not carry.

What is missing from Missouri’s record?

Three of the four categories that carry this dataset, and both of the state’s metros beyond one suburb. Missouri shows a single family entertainment centre; bowling alleys, indoor playgrounds, trampoline parks and arcades supply 44 of the 87 national placements and none of Missouri’s.

St. Louis proper, Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia and the Branson corridor appear nowhere. Branson is the notable absence for a dataset built on family-leisure venues: a concentrated tourist market with the visitor volumes that reach premium tier, and no listing from it. Vending machine locations by state shows where every state stands.

Frequently asked questions

How many vending machine placements does Missouri have?

One in the record collected on October 5, 2026: a standard-tier family entertainment centre in O’Fallon, signed August 11, 2026, at 40% of net.

How busy is the O’Fallon venue?

The listing does not say. It reports no visitor count, so there is no basis for converting it into captive time or comparing it with its category.

Is that unusual?

It is unique at state level. Eighteen of the 87 placements report no visitor count, but Missouri is the only state where every listing in its record omits one.

What can Missouri’s listing be used for?

One comparison: the share. O’Fallon agreed 40% of net, which is the median across the 81 placements that state a figure, so the data point confirms the centre rather than extending the range.

What would fix the gap?

A reported visitor count on the existing listing, or a second Missouri placement that carries one. Either would turn a share into a share with a venue attached.

Next step

Treat Missouri’s row as a share with no venue behind it. If you are comparing placements, the figure to ask any Missouri venue for is its own daily footfall — the state’s record supplies a percentage and a date, and the dataset’s own conversion method cannot touch it without a count.