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Funeral homes in Honolulu County, HI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Honolulu County, HI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #55 of 1,472 scored counties
#2 of 3 scored counties in Hawaii
- Listings
- 25
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.9M
- On funerals · $197 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 3.9 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 988,703
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Honolulu County has a Groundwork market score of 81 (high): #55 of 1,472 scored counties and #2 of 3 scored counties in Hawaii. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
At $197 per household (38% above the U.S. average), households in Honolulu County spend about $66.9M a year on funerals. That works out to $2.7M per home, 3.9 times the U.S. figure of $679K.
Honolulu County has 25 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 67% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Honolulu County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 22,591 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Honolulu County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Honolulu County compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Honolulu County | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.1M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 22,591 | 24,623 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $197 | $195 | $143 |
| Median household income | $106,195 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 80 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 238
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 251 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 99The 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 Honolulu County, 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 Honolulu County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 988,703−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 338,868
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 601 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,666
- Median household income
- $106,195+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,603
- Median home value
- $897,500
- Jobs located here
- 441,980
- Daytime population
- 1,039,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Honolulu County?
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Top counties in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hawaii County, HI | 90 | 11 | 1.5 | $1.3M | +4.6% | #24 of 1,472 |
| 2Honolulu County, HI | 81 | 25 | 0.7 | $2.7M | −2.3% | #55 of 1,472 |
| 3Kauai County, HI | 77 | 5 | 2.1 | $993K | +0.3% | #107 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Honolulu County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Honolulu County, HI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 funeral homes in Honolulu County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Honolulu County, HI spend on funerals?
About $66.9M a year, or $197 per household. That is 38% above the U.S. average (an index of 138, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 338,868 households in Honolulu County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Honolulu County, HI compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Honolulu County has 0.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $2.7M, 3.9 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Honolulu County would have about 99, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,591 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Honolulu County, HI growing?
Population estimates put Honolulu County at 988,703 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 338,868 households. The median household income in Honolulu County is $106,195 a year, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Honolulu County scores 81 for funeral homes (high), #55 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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