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Funeral homes in Colbert County, AL

How Colbert County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #635 of 1,472 scored counties
#14 of 43 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
7
3 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.6M
On funerals · $147 a household
Spending per listing
$510K
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.9
38% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
59,474
+3.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on funerals in Colbert County comes to about $3.6M a year: $147 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $510K per home, 25% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Colbert County has 7 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 43%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.9, 38% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Colbert County in 2023. That is one for every 4,860 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Colbert County grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Colbert County is 53 (upper middle), #635 of 1,472 scored counties and #14 of 43 scored counties in Alabama.

How Colbert County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all funerals by the funeral homes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Funeral homes in Colbert County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureColbert CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.92.82.1
Spending per listing$510K$496K$679K
Households per official establishment4,8607,0088,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.9%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$147$139$143
Median household income$60,628$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5337

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
73 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 funeral homes and funeral services in Colbert 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 Colbert County

Population, 2025 estimate
59,474+3.8% since 2020
Households
24,301
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
593 sq. mi.
People per square mile
98
Median household income
$60,628+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,445
Median home value
$171,000
Jobs located here
23,900
Daytime population
58,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Colbert County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Baldwin County, AL88131.3$1.2M+14.8%#28 of 1,472
2Shelby County, AL7880.9$1.5M+6.5%#87 of 1,472
3Madison County, AL77140.8$1.5M+11.0%#101 of 1,472
4Lee County, AL7560.9$1.3M+8.6%#129 of 1,472
5St. Clair County, AL6982.3$625K+7.1%#268 of 1,472
6Tuscaloosa County, AL65121.3$872K+3.8%#352 of 1,472
7Cullman County, AL6372.0$740K+6.7%#401 of 1,472
8Limestone County, AL6382.0$676K+18.0%#409 of 1,472
9Morgan County, AL63112.2$641K+2.6%#414 of 1,472
10Marshall County, AL63113.0$474K+6.0%#425 of 1,472
14Colbert County, AL5372.9$510K+3.8%#635 of 1,472

Other business types in Colbert County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Colbert County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 funeral homes in Colbert County. 3 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Colbert County, AL spend on funerals?

About $3.6M a year, or $147 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $510K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,301 households in Colbert County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Colbert County, AL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Colbert County has 2.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $510K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Colbert County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,860 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Colbert County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Colbert County at 59,474 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,301 households. The median household income in Colbert County is $60,628 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.1% 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. Colbert County scores 53 for funeral homes (upper middle), #635 of 1,472 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Colbert County

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