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Funeral homes in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #248 of 377 scored metro areas
#4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas

Listings
81
16 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
33
−13.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$39.3M
On funerals · $126 a household
Spending per listing
$485K
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
777,607
+3.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on funerals in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area comes to about $39.3M a year: $126 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 81 funeral homes, that is $485K per home, 29% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area has 81 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.6, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area in 2023, down 13.9% from 2019. That is one for every 9,441 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $285K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area.

Population estimates show the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area is 40 (lower middle), #248 of 377 scored metro areas and #4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas.

How the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway 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.

Funeral homes in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureLittle Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro areaArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.63.42.1
Spending per listing$485K$409K$679K
Households per official establishment9,4415,7168,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−13.9%−4.5%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.8%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$126$139$143
Median household income$67,154$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score4027

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33−13.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
245
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
8116 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$285K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
777,607+3.8% since 2020
Households
311,547
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
4,084 sq. mi.
People per square mile
186
Median household income
$67,154+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,342
Median home value
$214,100
Jobs located here
361,659
Daytime population
794,293Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Arkansas

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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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Arkansas

Metro areas in Arkansas ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR64301.4$839K+13.1%#101 of 377
2Hot Springs, AR51102.3$713K−0.6%#165 of 377
3Fort Smith, AR-OK50182.0$715K+3.1%#177 of 377
4Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR40812.6$485K+3.8%#248 of 377
Memphis, TN-MS-AR341152.2$552K−0.3%#286 of 377
5Jonesboro, AR29152.8$443K+3.6%#317 of 377
Texarkana, TX-AR18203.6$395K−0.4%#369 of 377

Other business types in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 81 funeral homes in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area. 16 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 13.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area spend on funerals?

About $39.3M a year, or $126 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $485K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 311,547 households in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area has 2.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $485K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area would have about 58, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,441 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.

How fast is the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area at 777,607 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 311,547 households. The median household income in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area is $67,154 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area scores 40 for funeral homes (lower middle), #248 of 377 scored metro areas.

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