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Funeral homes in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #33 of 377 scored metro areas
#2 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 101
- 7 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 55
- −12.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $131.8M
- On funerals · $149 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 92% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,477,274
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #33 of 377 scored metro areas and #2 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for funeral homes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 101 funeral homes in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.1 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area spend about $131.8M a year on funerals, or $149 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 101 funeral homes, that is $1.3M per home, 92% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 55 businesses with payroll in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area classed as funeral homes and funeral services, down 12.7% from 2019. That is one for every 16,034 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 16,034 | 17,063 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.7% | +3.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $149 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $97,188 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 55−12.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 457
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $26.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1017 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 194The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,477,274+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 881,889
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 5,094 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 476
- Median household income
- $97,188+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,123
- Median home value
- $589,500
- Jobs located here
- 1,075,816
- Daytime population
- 2,432,293Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 80 | 173 | 1.2 | $1.3M | +3.5% | #30 of 377 |
| 2Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 78 | 101 | 1.1 | $1.3M | +3.2% | #33 of 377 |
| 3Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 77 | 21 | 1.1 | $1.5M | −0.4% | #37 of 377 |
| 4San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 76 | 53 | 0.8 | $1.9M | −0.6% | #43 of 377 |
| 5Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 75 | 15 | 1.0 | $1.7M | −1.4% | #45 of 377 |
| 6Stockton-Lodi, CA | 74 | 38 | 1.5 | $947K | +5.5% | #54 of 377 |
| 7Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 73 | 399 | 0.9 | $1.7M | −2.6% | #55 of 377 |
| 8San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 73 | 168 | 1.0 | $1.6M | −2.4% | #56 of 377 |
| 9San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 72 | 12 | 1.1 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #61 of 377 |
| 10Salinas, CA | 71 | 16 | 1.2 | $1.4M | −1.5% | #66 of 377 |
Other business types in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area?
There are 101 funeral homes on map listings in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 12.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area spend on funerals?
About $131.8M a year, or $149 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 101 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 881,889 households in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area has 1.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.3M, 92% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area would have about 194, against 101 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,034 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area at 2,477,274 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 881,889 households. Median household income in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area is $97,188, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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. The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area scores 78 for funeral homes (high), #33 of 377 scored metro areas.
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