Funeral services · County · Alabama
Funeral homes in Madison County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Madison County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #101 of 1,472 scored counties
#3 of 43 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21M
- On funerals · $127 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 433,516
- +11.0% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Madison County has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #101 of 1,472 scored counties and #3 of 43 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 funeral homes in Madison County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Madison County comes to about $21M a year: $127 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each home on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Madison County in 2023. That is one for every 13,753 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates show Madison County grew 11.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Madison 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 | Madison County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $496K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 13,753 | 7,008 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $127 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $86,499 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 159
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Madison 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 Madison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 433,516+11.0% since 2020
- Households
- 165,031
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 802 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 506
- Median household income
- $86,499+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,432
- Median home value
- $299,200
- Jobs located here
- 217,020
- Daytime population
- 448,110Residents 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 Madison County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Madison County, AL?
Madison County has 14 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 12 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Madison County, AL spend on funerals?
About $21M a year, or $127 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 165,031 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Madison County, AL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Madison County has 0.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.5M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Madison County would have about 31, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,753 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Madison County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Madison County at 433,516 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 165,031 households. Median household income in Madison County is $86,499, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.2%, 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. Madison County scores 77 for funeral homes (high), #101 of 1,472 scored counties.
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