Funeral services · County · Maryland
Funeral homes in Harford County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Harford County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #171 of 1,472 scored counties
#4 of 20 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.4M
- On funerals · $142 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 93% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 266,446
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Harford County comes to about $14.4M a year: $142 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each home on map listings, 93% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Harford County has 11 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.1, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Harford County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 14,542 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Harford County grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Harford County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #171 of 1,472 scored counties and #4 of 20 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Harford 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 | Harford County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $912K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 14,542 | 10,990 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $142 | $143 | $143 |
| Median household income | $112,265 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 91
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Harford 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 Harford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 266,446+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 101,795
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 437 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 603
- Median household income
- $112,265+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $133,186
- Median home value
- $386,400
- Jobs located here
- 87,506
- Daytime population
- 226,500Residents 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 Harford County
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 Harford County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 funeral homes in Harford County. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Harford County, MD spend on funerals?
About $14.4M a year, or $142 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 101,795 households in Harford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harford County, MD compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Harford County has 1.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.3M, 93% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Harford County would have about 21, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,542 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Harford County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Harford County at 266,446 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 101,795 households. The median household income in Harford County is $112,265 a year, 39% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% 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. Harford County scores 73 for funeral homes (upper middle), #171 of 1,472 scored counties.
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