Funeral services · County · Arizona
Funeral homes in Maricopa County, AZ
How Maricopa County, AZ 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 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #57 of 1,472 scored counties
#6 of 10 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 114
- 13 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 70
- −1.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $240.6M
- On funerals · $139 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,689,558
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Maricopa County scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #57 of 1,472 scored counties and #6 of 10 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 114 funeral homes in Maricopa County. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 11%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 0.7 for every 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Maricopa County spend about $240.6M a year on funerals, or $139 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 114 funeral homes, that is $2.1M per home, 3.1 times the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Maricopa County in 2023, down 1.4% from 2019. That is one for every 24,724 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Maricopa County. Population estimates show Maricopa County grew 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Maricopa County compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Maricopa County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1.7M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 24,724 | 20,696 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.4% | −0.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $139 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $89,300 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 91 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 71 → 70−1.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 654
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $30.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11413 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 354The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Maricopa 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 Maricopa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,689,558+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 1,730,696
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 9,202 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 496
- Median household income
- $89,300+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,023
- Median home value
- $452,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,317,205
- Daytime population
- 4,768,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Maricopa County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 96 | 18 | 1.1 | $1.6M | +25.4% | #6 of 1,472 |
| 2Yavapai County, AZ | 91 | 16 | 1.4 | $1.4M | +6.5% | #19 of 1,472 |
| 3Mohave County, AZ | 91 | 16 | 1.6 | $1.2M | +6.5% | #21 of 1,472 |
| 4Yuma County, AZ | 89 | 7 | 0.9 | $2M | +9.2% | #25 of 1,472 |
| 5Pima County, AZ | 86 | 37 | 0.8 | $1.9M | +2.8% | #37 of 1,472 |
| 6Maricopa County, AZ | 81 | 114 | 0.7 | $2.1M | +5.5% | #57 of 1,472 |
| 7Gila County, AZ | 77 | 5 | 2.1 | $914K | +0.9% | #110 of 1,472 |
| 8Navajo County, AZ | 75 | 7 | 1.7 | $871K | +3.0% | #147 of 1,472 |
| 9Cochise County, AZ | 74 | 9 | 1.8 | $950K | +0.6% | #163 of 1,472 |
| 10Coconino County, AZ | 61 | 6 | 1.1 | $1M | −0.6% | #451 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Maricopa 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 Maricopa County, AZ?
There are 114 funeral homes on map listings in Maricopa County as of September 2026. 13 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 1.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Maricopa County, AZ spend on funerals?
About $240.6M a year, or $139 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 114 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,730,696 households in Maricopa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Maricopa County, AZ compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Maricopa County has 0.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $2.1M, 3.1 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Maricopa County would have about 354, against 114 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 24,724 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Maricopa County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Maricopa County at 4,689,558 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,730,696 households. Median household income in Maricopa County is $89,300, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.5%, 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. Maricopa County scores 81 for funeral homes (high), #57 of 1,472 scored counties.
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