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Funeral homes in Mobile County, AL
The funeral homes in Mobile County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #627 of 1,472 scored counties
#13 of 43 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 37
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.8M
- On funerals · $135 a household
- Spending per listing
- $591K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 411,658
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $135 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Mobile County spend about $21.8M a year on funerals. That works out to $591K per home, 13% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 37 funeral homes on map listings in Mobile County as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Mobile County in 2023. That is one for every 11,548 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mobile County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For funeral homes, Mobile County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #627 of 1,472 scored counties and #13 of 43 scored counties in Alabama.
How Mobile 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 | Mobile County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $591K | $496K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 11,548 | 7,008 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $135 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $58,880 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 216
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 371 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Mobile 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 Mobile County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 411,658−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 161,665
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,229 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 336
- Median household income
- $58,880+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,726
- Median home value
- $190,700
- Jobs located here
- 181,672
- Daytime population
- 421,837Residents 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 |
| 13Mobile County, AL | 53 | 37 | 2.3 | $591K | −0.7% | #627 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Mobile County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Mobile County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 37 funeral homes in Mobile County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Mobile County, AL spend on funerals?
About $21.8M a year, or $135 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $591K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,665 households in Mobile County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mobile County, AL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Mobile County has 2.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $591K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Mobile County would have about 32, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,548 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Mobile County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Mobile County at 411,658 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,665 households. The median household income in Mobile County is $58,880 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Mobile County scores 53 for funeral homes (upper middle), #627 of 1,472 scored counties.
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