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Funeral homes in Cullman County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Cullman County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #401 of 1,472 scored counties
#7 of 43 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.2M
- On funerals · $147 a household
- Spending per listing
- $740K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 94,009
- +6.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 funeral homes in Cullman County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $147 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Cullman County spend about $5.2M a year on funerals. That works out to $740K per home, 9% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Cullman County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 5,050 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Cullman County grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cullman County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #401 of 1,472 scored counties and #7 of 43 scored counties in Alabama.
How Cullman 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.
| Measure | Cullman County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $740K | $496K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,050 | 7,008 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $147 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $62,656 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Cullman 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 Cullman County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 94,009+6.7% since 2020
- Households
- 35,347
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 735 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 123
- Median household income
- $62,656+39.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,606
- Median home value
- $199,100
- Jobs located here
- 31,045
- Daytime population
- 83,269Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Baldwin County, AL | 88 | 13 | 1.3 | $1.2M | +14.8% | #28 of 1,472 |
| 2Shelby County, AL | 78 | 8 | 0.9 | $1.5M | +6.5% | #87 of 1,472 |
| 3Madison County, AL | 77 | 14 | 0.8 | $1.5M | +11.0% | #101 of 1,472 |
| 4Lee County, AL | 75 | 6 | 0.9 | $1.3M | +8.6% | #129 of 1,472 |
| 5St. Clair County, AL | 69 | 8 | 2.3 | $625K | +7.1% | #268 of 1,472 |
| 6Tuscaloosa County, AL | 65 | 12 | 1.3 | $872K | +3.8% | #352 of 1,472 |
| 7Cullman County, AL | 63 | 7 | 2.0 | $740K | +6.7% | #401 of 1,472 |
| 8Limestone County, AL | 63 | 8 | 2.0 | $676K | +18.0% | #409 of 1,472 |
| 9Morgan County, AL | 63 | 11 | 2.2 | $641K | +2.6% | #414 of 1,472 |
| 10Marshall County, AL | 63 | 11 | 3.0 | $474K | +6.0% | #425 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Cullman County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Cullman County, AL?
There are 7 funeral homes on map listings in Cullman County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Cullman County, AL spend on funerals?
About $5.2M 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 $740K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,347 households in Cullman County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cullman County, AL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Cullman County has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $740K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Cullman County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,050 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Cullman County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Cullman County at 94,009 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,347 households. Median household income in Cullman County is $62,656, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.5%, 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. Cullman County scores 63 for funeral homes (upper middle), #401 of 1,472 scored counties.
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