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Funeral homes in Franklin County, AR
How Franklin County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.2M
- On funerals · $166 a household
- Spending per listing
- $389K
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,725
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 funeral homes in Franklin County. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Franklin County comes to about $1.2M a year: $166 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 3 funeral homes, that is $389K per home, 43% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Franklin County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Franklin County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 funeral homes on map listings, Franklin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Franklin County 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 | Franklin County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $389K | $409K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,716 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $166 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $55,886 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,725+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,048
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 609 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $55,886+43.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,644
- Median home value
- $130,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,764
- Daytime population
- 15,317Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Franklin County?
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Franklin County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saline County, AR | 74 | 9 | 1.8 | $791K | +7.6% | #168 of 1,472 |
| 2Benton County, AR | 73 | 15 | 1.3 | $922K | +16.0% | #183 of 1,472 |
| 3Washington County, AR | 69 | 12 | 1.2 | $863K | +9.9% | #252 of 1,472 |
| 4Craighead County, AR | 62 | 7 | 1.6 | $763K | +4.8% | #432 of 1,472 |
| 5Garland County, AR | 62 | 10 | 2.3 | $713K | −0.6% | #435 of 1,472 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 58 | 6 | 2.1 | $603K | +3.5% | #519 of 1,472 |
| 7Faulkner County, AR | 57 | 13 | 2.6 | $431K | +8.2% | #549 of 1,472 |
| 8Sebastian County, AR | 54 | 12 | 2.3 | $603K | +2.2% | #601 of 1,472 |
| 9Carroll County, AR | 48 | 5 | 4.4 | $380K | +3.6% | #766 of 1,472 |
| 10Greene County, AR | 47 | 5 | 2.8 | $473K | +3.4% | #787 of 1,472 |
| Franklin County, AR | Not scored | 3 | 4.3 | $389K | +3.5% |
Other business types in Franklin 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
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Franklin County, AR?
There are 3 funeral homes on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Franklin County, AR spend on funerals?
About $1.2M a year, or $166 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $389K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,048 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, AR compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Franklin County has 4.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $389K, 43% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Franklin County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Franklin County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 17,725 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,048 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $55,886, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.6%, 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. Franklin County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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