Funeral services · Metro area · Maine
Funeral homes in the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #85 of 377 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Maine
- Listings
- 47
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- −4.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $36.5M
- On funerals · $152 a household
- Spending per listing
- $777K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 577,635
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 funeral homes in the Portland-South Portland metro area. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in the Portland-South Portland metro area comes to about $36.5M a year: $152 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 47 funeral homes, that is $777K per home, 14% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 25 businesses with payroll in the Portland-South Portland metro area classed as funeral homes and funeral services, down 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 9,601 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Portland-South Portland metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Portland-South Portland metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Portland-South Portland metro area scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #85 of 377 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Maine. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Portland-South Portland metro area compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Portland-South Portland metro area | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $777K | $657K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 9,601 | 7,559 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.2% | −5.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $152 | $155 | $143 |
| Median household income | $92,175 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25−4.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 296
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 471 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $2.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Portland-South Portland 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 Portland-South Portland metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 577,635+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 240,027
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,081 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 270
- Median household income
- $92,175+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $119,924
- Median home value
- $420,000
- Jobs located here
- 284,437
- Daytime population
- 573,648Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maine market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Maine for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Maine, with the Portland-South Portland metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Portland-South Portland, ME | 67 | 47 | 2.0 | $777K | +4.5% | #85 of 377 |
| 2Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 49 | 9 | 1.9 | $735K | +4.8% | #179 of 377 |
| 3Bangor, ME | 46 | 19 | 2.9 | $510K | +3.8% | #205 of 377 |
Other business types in the Portland-South Portland 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 Portland-South Portland, ME metro area?
There are 47 funeral homes on map listings in the Portland-South Portland metro area as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 4.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area spend on funerals?
About $36.5M a year, or $152 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $777K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 240,027 households in the Portland-South Portland metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Portland-South Portland metro area has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $777K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Portland-South Portland metro area would have about 54, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,601 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Portland-South Portland metro area at 577,635 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 240,027 households. Median household income in the Portland-South Portland metro area is $92,175, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.2%, 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 Portland-South Portland metro area scores 67 for funeral homes (upper middle), #85 of 377 scored metro areas.
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