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Funeral homes in Cook County, IL
How Cook County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #677 of 1,472 scored counties
#11 of 67 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 428
- 21 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 224
- −0.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $275.7M
- On funerals · $131 a household
- Spending per listing
- $644K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,194,625
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 428 funeral homes in Cook County. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 5%, 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.
Households in Cook County spend about $275.7M a year on funerals, or $131 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $644K per home, 5% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 224 businesses with payroll in Cook County classed as funeral homes and funeral services, down 0.4% from 2019. That is one for every 9,376 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $17.7M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Cook County.
Population estimates put the population change in Cook County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Cook County is 51 (upper middle), #677 of 1,472 scored counties and #11 of 67 scored counties in Illinois.
How Cook County 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 | Cook County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $644K | $514K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 9,376 | 6,779 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −0.4% | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $131 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $83,498 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 225 → 224−0.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,293
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $77M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42821 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 406The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 16
- Amount
- $17.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Cook 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 Cook County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,194,625−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,100,230
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.4
- Land area
- 945 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5,484
- Median household income
- $83,498+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,729
- Median home value
- $324,500
- Jobs located here
- 2,683,238
- Daytime population
- 5,468,881Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kane County, IL | 70 | 26 | 1.4 | $1M | +1.8% | #230 of 1,472 |
| 2DuPage County, IL | 67 | 55 | 1.6 | $945K | +0.3% | #300 of 1,472 |
| 3Kendall County, IL | 64 | 8 | 1.8 | $647K | +9.9% | #384 of 1,472 |
| 4Lake County, IL | 63 | 47 | 1.8 | $790K | +0.8% | #398 of 1,472 |
| 5Will County, IL | 58 | 52 | 2.1 | $647K | +2.2% | #517 of 1,472 |
| 6Winnebago County, IL | 57 | 28 | 2.4 | $616K | −0.4% | #537 of 1,472 |
| 7McHenry County, IL | 57 | 27 | 2.3 | $609K | +2.5% | #539 of 1,472 |
| 8McLean County, IL | 55 | 12 | 1.7 | $681K | +0.1% | #576 of 1,472 |
| 9Tazewell County, IL | 53 | 17 | 3.1 | $497K | −0.9% | #636 of 1,472 |
| 10Knox County, IL | 52 | 6 | 2.9 | $559K | −4.1% | #652 of 1,472 |
| 11Cook County, IL | 51 | 428 | 2.0 | $644K | −1.3% | #677 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Cook County
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Cook County, IL?
There are 428 funeral homes on map listings in Cook County as of September 2026. 21 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 224 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 0.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Cook County, IL spend on funerals?
About $275.7M a year, or $131 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 428 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $644K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,100,230 households in Cook County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cook County, IL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Cook County has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $644K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Cook County would have about 406, against 428 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,376 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Cook County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Cook County at 5,194,625 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,100,230 households. Median household income in Cook County is $83,498, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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. Cook County scores 51 for funeral homes (upper middle), #677 of 1,472 scored counties.
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