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Funeral homes in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area
The funeral homes in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #222 of 377 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 745
- 52 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 405
- −1.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $494.3M
- On funerals · $136 a household
- Spending per listing
- $663K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,434,123
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area comes to about $494.3M a year: $136 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 745 funeral homes, that is $663K per home, 2% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 745 funeral homes on map listings in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area as of September 2026. 52 of them (7%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.0 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area was 405 in 2023, down 1.5% from 2019. That is one for every 8,997 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 27 SBA-backed loans worth $28.7M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area is 43 (lower middle), #222 of 377 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $663K | $514K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,997 | 6,779 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.5% | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $136 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $90,887 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 405−1.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,234
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $128.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 74552 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 728The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 27
- Amount
- $28.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,434,1230.0% since 2020
- Households
- 3,643,783
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 6,923 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,354
- Median household income
- $90,887
- Average household income
- $125,950
- Median home value
- $323,000
- Jobs located here
- 4,599,202
- Daytime population
- 9,509,530Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 44 | 232 | 2.0 | $692K | −0.2% | #210 of 377 |
| 1Bloomington, IL | 44 | 12 | 1.7 | $681K | +0.1% | #211 of 377 |
| 2Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 43 | 745 | 2.0 | $663K | 0.0% | #222 of 377 |
| 3Rockford, IL | 42 | 35 | 2.6 | $575K | −0.3% | #236 of 377 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 34 | 10 | 2.6 | $571K | +1.7% | #283 of 377 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 34 | 41 | 2.5 | $568K | −0.9% | #284 of 377 |
| 4Springfield, IL | 33 | 23 | 2.6 | $552K | −1.2% | #293 of 377 |
| 5Peoria, IL | 30 | 52 | 3.4 | $435K | −1.3% | #314 of 377 |
| 6Decatur, IL | 25 | 21 | 4.8 | $332K | −4.3% | #338 of 377 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 20 | 23 | 5.5 | $285K | −1.2% | #359 of 377 |
Other business types in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 745 funeral homes in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area. 52 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 405 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 1.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area spend on funerals?
About $494.3M a year, or $136 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 745 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $663K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,643,783 households in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $663K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area would have about 728, against 745 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,997 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area at 9,434,123 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,643,783 households. The median household income in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area is $90,887 a year, 13% 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area scores 43 for funeral homes (lower middle), #222 of 377 scored metro areas.
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