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Funeral homes in the Savannah, GA metro area

How the Savannah, GA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #84 of 377 scored metro areas
#2 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
24
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.3M
On funerals · $126 a household
Spending per listing
$847K
25% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.5
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
438,314
+8.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 funeral homes in the Savannah metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.5 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

At $126 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Savannah metro area spend about $20.3M a year on funerals. Spread across 24 funeral homes, that is $847K per home, 25% above the U.S. figure of $679K.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Savannah metro area classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 14,661 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Savannah metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +8.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Savannah metro area is 67 (upper middle), #84 of 377 scored metro areas and #2 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Savannah 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 Savannah, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureSavannah metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.52.32.1
Spending per listing$847K$549K$679K
Households per official establishment14,6619,2188,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.2%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$126$128$143
Median household income$77,180$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score6748

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
291
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
241 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The 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 Savannah 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 Savannah metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
438,314+8.1% since 2020
Households
161,273
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,349 sq. mi.
People per square mile
310
Median household income
$77,180+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,786
Median home value
$302,000
Jobs located here
189,059
Daytime population
431,545Residents 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 Savannah 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 Savannah metro area

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

Questions

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

There are 24 funeral homes on map listings in the Savannah metro area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

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

About $20.3M a year, or $126 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $847K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,273 households in the Savannah metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Savannah metro area has 1.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $847K, 25% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Savannah metro area would have about 30, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,661 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is the Savannah, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Savannah metro area at 438,314 people in 2025, up 8.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,273 households. Median household income in the Savannah metro area is $77,180, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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 Savannah metro area scores 67 for funeral homes (upper middle), #84 of 377 scored metro areas.

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