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Funeral homes in Kane County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Kane County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #230 of 1,472 scored counties
#1 of 67 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 26
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.1M
- On funerals · $141 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 48% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 525,757
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $141 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Kane County spend about $26.1M a year on funerals. That works out to $1M per home, 48% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Kane County has 26 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Kane County in 2023. That is one for every 12,314 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Kane County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Kane County is 70 (upper middle), #230 of 1,472 scored counties and #1 of 67 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Kane 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 | Kane County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $514K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 12,314 | 6,779 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $141 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $103,163 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 88
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 261 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The 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 Kane 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 Kane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 525,757+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 184,706
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 519 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 996
- Median household income
- $103,163+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,975
- Median home value
- $327,000
- Jobs located here
- 219,275
- Daytime population
- 474,484Residents 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 |
Other business types in Kane County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
- Funeral homes70
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Kane County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 funeral homes in Kane 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 Kane County, IL spend on funerals?
About $26.1M a year, or $141 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 184,706 households in Kane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kane County, IL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Kane County has 1.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Kane County would have about 39, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,314 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Kane County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Kane County at 525,757 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 184,706 households. The median household income in Kane County is $103,163 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Kane County scores 70 for funeral homes (upper middle), #230 of 1,472 scored counties.
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