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Funeral homes in DeKalb County, AL
The funeral homes in DeKalb County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #772 of 1,472 scored counties
#19 of 43 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.9M
- On funerals · $148 a household
- Spending per listing
- $323K
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,085
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 funeral homes in DeKalb County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in DeKalb County spend about $3.9M a year on funerals, or $148 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 12 funeral homes, that is $323K per home, 52% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in DeKalb County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 6,545 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of DeKalb County grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). DeKalb County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #772 of 1,472 scored counties and #19 of 43 scored counties in Alabama.
How DeKalb 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 | DeKalb County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $323K | $496K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,545 | 7,008 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $148 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $51,204 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $900K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 DeKalb 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 DeKalb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,085+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 26,181
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $51,204+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,235
- Median home value
- $152,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,918
- Daytime population
- 67,317Residents 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 |
| 19DeKalb County, AL | 48 | 12 | 4.6 | $323K | +3.4% | #772 of 1,472 |
Other business types in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County, AL?
DeKalb County has 12 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in DeKalb County, AL spend on funerals?
About $3.9M a year, or $148 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $323K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,181 households in DeKalb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeKalb County, AL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
DeKalb County has 4.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $323K, 52% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, DeKalb County would have about 6, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,545 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is DeKalb County, AL growing?
Population estimates put DeKalb County at 74,085 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,181 households. Median household income in DeKalb County is $51,204, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. DeKalb County scores 48 for funeral homes (lower middle), #772 of 1,472 scored counties.
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