Funeral services · Metro area · Georgia
Funeral homes in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #107 of 377 scored metro areas
#4 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.8M
- On funerals · $166 a household
- Spending per listing
- $712K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,524
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area comes to about $7.8M a year: $166 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 11 funeral homes, that is $712K per home, 5% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 11 funeral homes on map listings in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area in 2023. That is one for every 7,868 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #107 of 377 scored metro areas and #4 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Brunswick-St. Simons 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 | Brunswick-St. Simons metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $712K | $549K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,868 | 9,218 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $166 | $128 | $143 |
| Median household income | $66,623 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Brunswick-St. Simons 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,524+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 47,209
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,294 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $66,623+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,637
- Median home value
- $242,500
- Jobs located here
- 42,696
- Daytime population
- 112,115Residents 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 Brunswick-St. Simons 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area
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 the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 funeral homes in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area spend on funerals?
About $7.8M a year, or $166 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $712K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,209 households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 2.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $712K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area would have about 12, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,868 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area at 118,524 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,209 households. The median household income in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is $66,623 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 63 for funeral homes (upper middle), #107 of 377 scored metro areas.
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