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Funeral homes in Orleans Parish, LA
The funeral homes in Orleans Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #830 of 1,472 scored counties
#10 of 35 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 31
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.8M
- On funerals · $127 a household
- Spending per listing
- $638K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 362,154
- −5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 funeral homes in Orleans Parish. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Orleans Parish spend about $19.8M a year on funerals, or $127 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $638K per home, 6% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Orleans Parish in 2023. That is one for every 8,657 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Orleans Parish declined 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Orleans Parish is 45 (lower middle), #830 of 1,472 scored counties and #10 of 35 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Orleans 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 | Orleans Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $638K | $497K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,657 | 7,248 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $127 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $56,631 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 244
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 312 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Orleans 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 Orleans Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 362,154−5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 155,821
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 170 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,193
- Median household income
- $56,631+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,726
- Median home value
- $315,700
- Jobs located here
- 192,799
- Daytime population
- 412,758Residents 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 Orleans Parish
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
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Orleans Parish, LA?
There are 31 funeral homes on map listings in Orleans Parish as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Orleans Parish, LA spend on funerals?
About $19.8M a year, or $127 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $638K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 155,821 households in Orleans Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orleans Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Orleans Parish has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $638K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Orleans Parish would have about 29, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,657 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Orleans Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Orleans Parish at 362,154 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 155,821 households. Median household income in Orleans Parish is $56,631, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.1%, 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. Orleans Parish scores 45 for funeral homes (lower middle), #830 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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