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Funeral homes in the Tallahassee, FL metro area
The funeral homes in the Tallahassee, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #247 of 377 scored metro areas
#22 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 39
- 2 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19M
- On funerals · $120 a household
- Spending per listing
- $486K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 397,442
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 funeral homes in the Tallahassee metro area. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.5, 19% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Tallahassee metro area spend about $19M a year on funerals, or $120 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $486K per home, 28% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Tallahassee metro area in 2023. That is one for every 11,283 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tallahassee metro area grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Tallahassee metro area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #247 of 377 scored metro areas and #22 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Tallahassee metro area 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 | Tallahassee metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $486K | $1.1M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 11,283 | 13,570 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $120 | $173 | $143 |
| Median household income | $65,261 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 92 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 138
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 392 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 the Tallahassee 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 Tallahassee metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 397,442+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 157,965
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,389 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 164
- Median household income
- $65,261+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,224
- Median home value
- $276,000
- Jobs located here
- 196,532
- Daytime population
- 422,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 99 | 9 | 1.3 | $2.4M | +21.1% | #1 of 377 |
| 2Punta Gorda, FL | 98 | 11 | 1.2 | $2.1M | +15.5% | #2 of 377 |
| 3Naples-Marco Island, FL | 97 | 14 | 0.8 | $3M | +10.6% | #3 of 377 |
| 4Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 97 | 38 | 1.2 | $1.9M | +14.4% | #4 of 377 |
| 5North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 95 | 55 | 1.4 | $1.6M | +13.2% | #5 of 377 |
| 6Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 92 | 34 | 1.3 | $1.4M | +9.1% | #6 of 377 |
| 7Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 92 | 13 | 1.8 | $1.4M | +7.7% | #7 of 377 |
| 8Port St. Lucie, FL | 91 | 34 | 1.7 | $1.3M | +16.0% | #8 of 377 |
| 9Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 87 | 185 | 1.4 | $1.2M | +7.3% | #14 of 377 |
| 10Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 86 | 321 | 1.4 | $1.3M | +4.2% | #16 of 377 |
| 22Tallahassee, FL | 40 | 39 | 2.5 | $486K | +3.1% | #247 of 377 |
Other business types in the Tallahassee metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Tallahassee, FL metro area?
The Tallahassee metro area has 39 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Tallahassee, FL metro area spend on funerals?
About $19M a year, or $120 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $486K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 157,965 households in the Tallahassee metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tallahassee, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Tallahassee metro area has 2.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $486K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Tallahassee metro area would have about 28, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,283 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tallahassee, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Tallahassee metro area at 397,442 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 157,965 households. Median household income in the Tallahassee metro area is $65,261, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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 Tallahassee metro area scores 40 for funeral homes (lower middle), #247 of 377 scored metro areas.
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