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Funeral homes in the Gainesville, GA metro area

The funeral homes in the Gainesville, GA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #47 of 377 scored metro areas
#1 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
13
3 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.2M
On funerals · $152 a household
Spending per listing
$859K
27% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
226,568
+11.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $152 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in the Gainesville metro area spend about $11.2M a year on funerals. Spread across 13 funeral homes, that is $859K per home, 27% above the U.S. figure of $679K.

There are 13 funeral homes on map listings in the Gainesville metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Gainesville metro area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 10,507 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Gainesville metro area grew 11.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Gainesville metro area scores 75 (high) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #47 of 377 scored metro areas and #1 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Gainesville 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.

Funeral homes in Gainesville, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureGainesville metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.82.32.1
Spending per listing$859K$549K$679K
Households per official establishment10,5079,2188,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.2%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$152$128$143
Median household income$80,901$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score7548

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
58
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
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
17The 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 Gainesville 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 Gainesville metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
226,568+11.4% since 2020
Households
73,551
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
393 sq. mi.
People per square mile
542
Median household income
$80,901+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,166
Median home value
$350,400
Jobs located here
102,286
Daytime population
216,900Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Georgia

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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 Gainesville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gainesville, GA75131.8$859K+11.4%#47 of 377
2Savannah, GA67241.5$847K+8.1%#84 of 377
3Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA643181.4$862K+5.9%#100 of 377
4Brunswick-St. Simons, GA63112.3$712K+4.4%#107 of 377
Chattanooga, TN-GA60472.0$720K+5.3%#122 of 377
5Athens-Clarke County, GA58151.7$669K+3.9%#133 of 377
6Warner Robins, GA49172.3$531K+8.2%#187 of 377
7Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC43622.7$538K+4.7%#229 of 377
8Columbus, GA-AL35282.2$574K−1.3%#280 of 377
9Dalton, GA34132.5$552K+3.5%#285 of 377

Other business types in the Gainesville metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in the Gainesville, GA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 funeral homes in the Gainesville metro area. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in the Gainesville, GA metro area spend on funerals?

About $11.2M a year, or $152 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $859K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 73,551 households in the Gainesville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Gainesville, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

The Gainesville metro area has 1.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $859K, 27% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Gainesville metro area would have about 17, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,507 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is the Gainesville, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Gainesville metro area at 226,568 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 73,551 households. The median household income in the Gainesville metro area is $80,901 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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 Gainesville metro area scores 75 for funeral homes (high), #47 of 377 scored metro areas.

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