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Funeral homes in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
The funeral homes in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #395 of 1,472 scored counties
#5 of 35 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 24
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.5M
- On funerals · $121 a household
- Spending per listing
- $894K
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 456,180
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 funeral homes in East Baton Rouge Parish. 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.
At $121 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in East Baton Rouge Parish spend about $21.5M a year on funerals. That works out to $894K per home, 32% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in East Baton Rouge Parish classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 22,162 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $200K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of East Baton Rouge Parish grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in East Baton Rouge Parish is 63 (upper middle), #395 of 1,472 scored counties and #5 of 35 scored counties in Louisiana.
How East Baton Rouge Parish 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 | East Baton Rouge Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $894K | $497K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 22,162 | 7,248 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $121 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $63,071 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $200K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in East Baton Rouge Parish, 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 East Baton Rouge Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 456,180+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 177,295
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 994
- Median household income
- $63,071+14.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,663
- Median home value
- $248,800
- Jobs located here
- 276,235
- Daytime population
- 543,191Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Tammany Parish, LA | 83 | 10 | 1.0 | $1.5M | +5.3% | #44 of 1,472 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 71 | 7 | 1.3 | $924K | +8.5% | #219 of 1,472 |
| 3Bossier Parish, LA | 68 | 5 | 1.0 | $1.3M | +2.5% | #271 of 1,472 |
| 4Jefferson Parish, LA | 65 | 15 | 0.8 | $1.7M | −1.9% | #345 of 1,472 |
| 5East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 63 | 24 | 1.4 | $894K | +0.1% | #395 of 1,472 |
| 6Lafayette Parish, LA | 60 | 19 | 1.9 | $623K | +6.5% | #482 of 1,472 |
| 7Ascension Parish, LA | 59 | 10 | 2.1 | $539K | +6.4% | #508 of 1,472 |
| 8Terrebonne Parish, LA | 48 | 9 | 2.1 | $590K | −4.8% | #747 of 1,472 |
| 9Ouachita Parish, LA | 47 | 16 | 2.6 | $519K | −1.0% | #780 of 1,472 |
| 10Orleans Parish, LA | 45 | 31 | 2.0 | $638K | −5.5% | #830 of 1,472 |
Other business types in East Baton Rouge Parish
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 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA?
East Baton Rouge Parish has 24 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA spend on funerals?
About $21.5M a year, or $121 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $894K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,295 households in East Baton Rouge Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does East Baton Rouge Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
East Baton Rouge Parish has 1.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $894K, 32% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, East Baton Rouge Parish would have about 32, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,162 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is East Baton Rouge Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put East Baton Rouge Parish at 456,180 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,295 households. Median household income in East Baton Rouge Parish is $63,071, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.8%, 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. East Baton Rouge Parish scores 63 for funeral homes (upper middle), #395 of 1,472 scored counties.
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