Funeral services · Metro area · Arkansas
Funeral homes in the Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #177 of 377 scored metro areas
#3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 18
- 7 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.9M
- On funerals · $142 a household
- Spending per listing
- $715K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 234,140
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 funeral homes in the Fort Smith metro area. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in the Fort Smith metro area comes to about $12.9M a year: $142 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $715K of household spending for each home on map listings, 5% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Fort Smith metro area in 2023. That is one for every 6,999 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $540K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Fort Smith metro area.
Population estimates show the Fort Smith metro area grew 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the Fort Smith metro area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #177 of 377 scored metro areas and #3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas.
How the Fort Smith metro area compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Fort Smith metro area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $715K | $409K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,999 | 5,716 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $142 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $58,468 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 97
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 187 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $540K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Fort Smith metro area, 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 the Fort Smith metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 234,140+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 90,992
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,800 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 128
- Median household income
- $58,468
- Average household income
- $82,344
- Median home value
- $171,200
- Jobs located here
- 98,120
- Daytime population
- 234,865Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arkansas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Arkansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fort Smith metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 64 | 30 | 1.4 | $839K | +13.1% | #101 of 377 |
| 2Hot Springs, AR | 51 | 10 | 2.3 | $713K | −0.6% | #165 of 377 |
| 3Fort Smith, AR-OK | 50 | 18 | 2.0 | $715K | +3.1% | #177 of 377 |
| 4Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 40 | 81 | 2.6 | $485K | +3.8% | #248 of 377 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 34 | 115 | 2.2 | $552K | −0.3% | #286 of 377 |
| 5Jonesboro, AR | 29 | 15 | 2.8 | $443K | +3.6% | #317 of 377 |
| Texarkana, TX-AR | 18 | 20 | 3.6 | $395K | −0.4% | #369 of 377 |
Other business types in the Fort Smith metro area
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 the Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area?
There are 18 funeral homes on map listings in the Fort Smith metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area spend on funerals?
About $12.9M a year, or $142 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $715K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 90,992 households in the Fort Smith metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Fort Smith metro area has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $715K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Fort Smith metro area would have about 19, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,999 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fort Smith metro area at 234,140 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 90,992 households. Median household income in the Fort Smith metro area is $58,468, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Fort Smith metro area scores 50 for funeral homes (upper middle), #177 of 377 scored metro areas.
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