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Funeral homes in Frederick County, MD
How Frederick County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #167 of 1,472 scored counties
#3 of 20 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 18
- 8 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.7M
- On funerals · $140 a household
- Spending per listing
- $815K
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 302,883
- +11.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Frederick County spend about $14.7M a year on funerals, or $140 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 funeral homes, that is $815K per home, 20% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Frederick County has 18 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.7, 19% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Frederick County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 11,626 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Frederick County grew 11.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Frederick County is 74 (upper middle), #167 of 1,472 scored counties and #3 of 20 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Frederick County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Frederick County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $815K | $912K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 11,626 | 10,990 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.0% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $140 | $143 | $143 |
| Median household income | $122,002 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 77
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 188 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Frederick 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 Frederick County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 302,883+11.0% since 2020
- Households
- 104,635
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 661 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 434
- Median household income
- $122,002+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $148,311
- Median home value
- $464,600
- Jobs located here
- 108,637
- Daytime population
- 254,360Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Montgomery County, MD | 82 | 30 | 0.8 | $2M | +1.3% | #48 of 1,472 |
| 2Howard County, MD | 75 | 8 | 0.7 | $2.1M | +1.9% | #125 of 1,472 |
| 3Frederick County, MD | 74 | 18 | 1.7 | $815K | +11.0% | #167 of 1,472 |
| 4Harford County, MD | 73 | 11 | 1.1 | $1.3M | +2.0% | #171 of 1,472 |
| 5Talbot County, MD | 73 | 6 | 3.7 | $627K | +2.0% | #190 of 1,472 |
| 6Anne Arundel County, MD | 69 | 28 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +1.7% | #244 of 1,472 |
| 7St. Mary’s County, MD | 68 | 5 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +2.4% | #274 of 1,472 |
| 8Wicomico County, MD | 67 | 7 | 1.7 | $776K | +3.2% | #306 of 1,472 |
| 9Baltimore County, MD | 66 | 48 | 1.4 | $1.1M | −0.7% | #318 of 1,472 |
| 10Prince George’s County, MD | 66 | 45 | 1.3 | $1M | +0.5% | #319 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Frederick County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Frederick County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 funeral homes in Frederick County. 8 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Frederick County, MD spend on funerals?
About $14.7M a year, or $140 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $815K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 104,635 households in Frederick County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Frederick County, MD compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Frederick County has 1.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $815K, 20% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Frederick County would have about 22, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,626 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Frederick County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Frederick County at 302,883 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,635 households. The median household income in Frederick County is $122,002 a year, 51% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Frederick County scores 74 for funeral homes (upper middle), #167 of 1,472 scored counties.
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