Funeral services · Metro area · Louisiana
Funeral homes in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area
How the Baton Rouge, LA 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #183 of 377 scored metro areas
#2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 65
- 7 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $41.2M
- On funerals · $124 a household
- Spending per listing
- $634K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 888,699
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in the Baton Rouge metro area comes to about $41.2M a year: $124 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $634K per home, 7% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 65 funeral homes on map listings in the Baton Rouge metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in the Baton Rouge metro area classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 13,858 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $344K have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Baton Rouge metro area.
Population estimates show the Baton Rouge metro area grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Baton Rouge metro area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #183 of 377 scored metro areas and #2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana.
How the Baton Rouge metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Baton Rouge metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $634K | $497K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 13,858 | 7,248 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $124 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $69,599 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24
- Employees, 2023
- 200
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 657 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $344K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 888,699+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 332,585
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,368 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 200
- Median household income
- $69,599+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,334
- Median home value
- $241,100
- Jobs located here
- 407,162
- Daytime population
- 909,836Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 83 | 10 | 1.0 | $1.5M | +5.3% | #22 of 377 |
| 2Baton Rouge, LA | 49 | 65 | 2.0 | $634K | +2.1% | #183 of 377 |
| 3New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 48 | 62 | 1.6 | $867K | −3.4% | #188 of 377 |
| 4Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 38 | 33 | 2.1 | $667K | −2.3% | #259 of 377 |
| 5Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 30 | 19 | 2.4 | $546K | −3.5% | #309 of 377 |
| 6Lafayette, LA | 27 | 50 | 3.0 | $407K | +3.8% | #332 of 377 |
| 7Hammond, LA | 24 | 20 | 3.8 | $308K | +5.8% | #344 of 377 |
| 8Monroe, LA | 21 | 31 | 3.6 | $399K | −1.9% | #357 of 377 |
| 9Alexandria, LA | 20 | 21 | 3.7 | $378K | −2.5% | #358 of 377 |
| 10Lake Charles, LA | 12 | 33 | 3.6 | $380K | −3.8% | #376 of 377 |
Other business types in the Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge, LA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 65 funeral homes in the Baton Rouge metro area. 7 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area spend on funerals?
About $41.2M a year, or $124 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $634K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 332,585 households in the Baton Rouge metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Baton Rouge, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Baton Rouge metro area has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $634K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Baton Rouge metro area would have about 61, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,858 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Baton Rouge, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Baton Rouge metro area at 888,699 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 332,585 households. The median household income in the Baton Rouge metro area is $69,599 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.1% 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. The Baton Rouge metro area scores 49 for funeral homes (lower middle), #183 of 377 scored metro areas.
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