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Funeral homes in Indian River County, FL
How Indian River County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 95 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #9 of 1,472 scored counties
#8 of 48 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 13
- 3 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.9M
- On funerals · $253 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 172,799
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
Indian River County scores 95 (very high) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #9 of 1,472 scored counties and #8 of 48 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 funeral homes in Indian River County. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Indian River County spend about $17.9M a year on funerals, or $253 per household, 77% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per home, twice the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Indian River County in 2023. That is one for every 17,704 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Indian River County grew 7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Indian River 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 | Indian River County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.1M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 17,704 | 13,570 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $253 | $173 | $143 |
| Median household income | $73,491 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 95 | 92 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Indian River 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 Indian River County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 172,799+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 70,816
- Median age
- 52.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 503 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 332
- Median household income
- $73,491+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,404
- Median home value
- $351,500
- Jobs located here
- 57,126
- Daytime population
- 157,374Residents 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 |
Other business types in Indian River 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 Indian River County, FL?
There are 13 funeral homes on map listings in Indian River County as of September 2026. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Indian River County, FL spend on funerals?
About $17.9M a year, or $253 per household. That is 77% above the U.S. average (an index of 177, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,816 households in Indian River County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Indian River County, FL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Indian River County has 1.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.4M, twice the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Indian River County would have about 26, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,704 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Indian River County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Indian River County at 172,799 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,816 households. Median household income in Indian River County is $73,491, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.3%, 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. Indian River County scores 95 for funeral homes (very high), #9 of 1,472 scored counties.
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