Funeral services · Metro area · Georgia
Funeral homes in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #100 of 377 scored metro areas
#3 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 318
- 19 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 161
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $274M
- On funerals · $118 a household
- Spending per listing
- $862K
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,482,182
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 318 funeral homes in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area. Of those, 19 are chain locations, or 6%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area spend about $274M a year on funerals, or $118 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $862K per home, 27% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area was 161 in 2023. That is one for every 14,367 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $8.9M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area grew 5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area is 64 (upper middle), #100 of 377 scored metro areas and #3 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $862K | $549K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 14,367 | 9,218 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $118 | $128 | $143 |
| Median household income | $89,724 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 161
- Employees, 2023
- 1,408
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $56.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31819 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 404The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $8.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,482,182+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 2,313,055
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,784 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 712
- Median household income
- $89,724
- Average household income
- $122,540
- Median home value
- $367,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,999,529
- Daytime population
- 6,397,894Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gainesville, GA | 75 | 13 | 1.8 | $859K | +11.4% | #47 of 377 |
| 2Savannah, GA | 67 | 24 | 1.5 | $847K | +8.1% | #84 of 377 |
| 3Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 64 | 318 | 1.4 | $862K | +5.9% | #100 of 377 |
| 4Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 63 | 11 | 2.3 | $712K | +4.4% | #107 of 377 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 60 | 47 | 2.0 | $720K | +5.3% | #122 of 377 |
| 5Athens-Clarke County, GA | 58 | 15 | 1.7 | $669K | +3.9% | #133 of 377 |
| 6Warner Robins, GA | 49 | 17 | 2.3 | $531K | +8.2% | #187 of 377 |
| 7Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 43 | 62 | 2.7 | $538K | +4.7% | #229 of 377 |
| 8Columbus, GA-AL | 35 | 28 | 2.2 | $574K | −1.3% | #280 of 377 |
| 9Dalton, GA | 34 | 13 | 2.5 | $552K | +3.5% | #285 of 377 |
Other business types in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area?
There are 318 funeral homes on map listings in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area as of September 2026. 19 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 161 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area spend on funerals?
About $274M a year, or $118 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 318 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $862K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,313,055 households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has 1.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $862K, 27% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area would have about 404, against 318 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,367 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area at 6,482,182 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,313,055 households. Median household income in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area is $89,724, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area scores 64 for funeral homes (upper middle), #100 of 377 scored metro areas.
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