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Funeral homes in Alachua County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Alachua County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #558 of 1,472 scored counties
#41 of 48 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 24
- 4 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.1M
- On funerals · $121 a household
- Spending per listing
- $589K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 290,028
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 funeral homes in Alachua County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 17%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.1, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $121 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Alachua County spend about $14.1M a year on funerals. That is about $589K of household spending for each home on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Alachua County in 2023. That is one for every 8,984 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alachua County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Alachua County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #558 of 1,472 scored counties and #41 of 48 scored counties in Florida.
How Alachua County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Alachua County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $589K | $1.1M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,984 | 13,570 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $121 | $173 | $143 |
| Median household income | $61,949 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 92 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 244 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Alachua 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 Alachua County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 290,028+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 116,786
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 876 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 326
- Median household income
- $61,949+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,386
- Median home value
- $288,800
- Jobs located here
- 139,721
- Daytime population
- 316,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 99 | 9 | 1.3 | $2.4M | +21.1% | #1 of 1,472 |
| 2Charlotte County, FL | 98 | 11 | 1.2 | $2.1M | +15.5% | #2 of 1,472 |
| 3Collier County, FL | 97 | 14 | 0.8 | $3M | +10.6% | #3 of 1,472 |
| 4Lee County, FL | 97 | 38 | 1.2 | $1.9M | +14.4% | #4 of 1,472 |
| 5St. Johns County, FL | 96 | 8 | 0.7 | $2.4M | +25.0% | #5 of 1,472 |
| 6Sarasota County, FL | 96 | 34 | 1.6 | $1.6M | +10.0% | #7 of 1,472 |
| 7Manatee County, FL | 95 | 21 | 1.2 | $1.8M | +16.6% | #8 of 1,472 |
| 8Indian River County, FL | 95 | 13 | 1.8 | $1.4M | +7.7% | #9 of 1,472 |
| 9Pasco County, FL | 95 | 35 | 1.5 | $1.2M | +19.1% | #10 of 1,472 |
| 10Flagler County, FL | 94 | 6 | 1.1 | $1.9M | +21.0% | #11 of 1,472 |
| 41Alachua County, FL | 56 | 24 | 2.1 | $589K | +3.7% | #558 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Alachua 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 Alachua County, FL?
Alachua County has 24 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (17%) 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 Alachua County, FL spend on funerals?
About $14.1M a year, or $121 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $589K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 116,786 households in Alachua County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alachua County, FL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Alachua County has 2.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $589K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Alachua County would have about 21, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,984 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Alachua County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Alachua County at 290,028 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,786 households. Median household income in Alachua County is $61,949, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Alachua County scores 56 for funeral homes (upper middle), #558 of 1,472 scored counties.
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