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Funeral homes in Denver County, CO
The funeral homes in Denver County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #441 of 1,472 scored counties
#12 of 12 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 46
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.9M
- On funerals · $89 a household
- Spending per listing
- $650K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 740,613
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 funeral homes in Denver County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.4 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $89 per household (38% below the U.S. average), households in Denver County spend about $29.9M a year on funerals. That is about $650K of household spending for each home on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Denver County in 2023. That is one for every 20,964 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Denver County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Denver County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #441 of 1,472 scored counties and #12 of 12 scored counties in Colorado.
How Denver County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Denver County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $650K | $911K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 20,964 | 19,461 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $89 | $122 | $143 |
| Median household income | $94,718 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 201
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 460 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 Denver 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 Denver County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 740,613+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 335,428
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 49%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 153 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4,696
- Median household income
- $94,718+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,552
- Median home value
- $616,000
- Jobs located here
- 557,999
- Daytime population
- 911,038Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, CO | 80 | 10 | 0.7 | $1.7M | +10.9% | #65 of 1,472 |
| 2Montrose County, CO | 78 | 5 | 2.8 | $663K | +4.1% | #94 of 1,472 |
| 3Weld County, CO | 76 | 15 | 1.2 | $981K | +14.2% | #121 of 1,472 |
| 4Larimer County, CO | 75 | 16 | 1.0 | $1.2M | +4.8% | #133 of 1,472 |
| 5Arapahoe County, CO | 73 | 23 | 0.9 | $1.3M | +2.8% | #170 of 1,472 |
| 6Mesa County, CO | 73 | 13 | 2.0 | $775K | +4.4% | #188 of 1,472 |
| 7El Paso County, CO | 69 | 34 | 1.2 | $991K | +3.2% | #250 of 1,472 |
| 8Adams County, CO | 68 | 26 | 1.4 | $757K | +6.6% | #285 of 1,472 |
| 9Boulder County, CO | 64 | 16 | 1.2 | $1.1M | −0.7% | #370 of 1,472 |
| 10Jefferson County, CO | 63 | 39 | 1.6 | $833K | −0.5% | #396 of 1,472 |
| 12Denver County, CO | 62 | 46 | 1.4 | $650K | +3.2% | #441 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Denver 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 Denver County, CO?
There are 46 funeral homes on map listings in Denver County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Denver County, CO spend on funerals?
About $29.9M a year, or $89 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $650K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 335,428 households in Denver County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Denver County, CO compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Denver County has 1.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $650K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Denver County would have about 44, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,964 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Denver County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Denver County at 740,613 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 335,428 households. Median household income in Denver County is $94,718, 17% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.1%, 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. Denver County scores 62 for funeral homes (upper middle), #441 of 1,472 scored counties.
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