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Funeral homes in Montgomery County, MD
How Montgomery 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 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #48 of 1,472 scored counties
#1 of 20 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 30
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $61M
- On funerals · $157 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,074,582
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Montgomery County has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #48 of 1,472 scored counties and #1 of 20 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 funeral homes in Montgomery County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Montgomery County spend about $61M a year on funerals, or $157 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each home on map listings, 3 times the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Montgomery County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 24,326 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $7.3M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Montgomery County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Montgomery County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Montgomery 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 | Montgomery County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $912K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 24,326 | 10,990 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $157 | $143 | $143 |
| Median household income | $132,450 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 183
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 300 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 90The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $7.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,074,582+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 389,210
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 493 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,162
- Median household income
- $132,450+21.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $181,353
- Median home value
- $640,300
- Jobs located here
- 491,378
- Daytime population
- 1,073,010Residents 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, MD?
Montgomery County has 30 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Montgomery County, MD spend on funerals?
About $61M a year, or $157 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $2M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 389,210 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montgomery County, MD compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Montgomery County has 0.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $2M, 3 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 90, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 24,326 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Montgomery County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Montgomery County at 1,074,582 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 389,210 households. Median household income in Montgomery County is $132,450, 64% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.7%, 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. Montgomery County scores 82 for funeral homes (high), #48 of 1,472 scored counties.
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