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Funeral homes in Essex County, MA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Essex County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #280 of 1,472 scored counties
#3 of 12 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 60
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 43
- −8.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $48.8M
- On funerals · $156 a household
- Spending per listing
- $813K
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 826,653
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 60 funeral homes in Essex County. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.9, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Essex County comes to about $48.8M a year: $156 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $813K per home, 20% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 43 businesses with payroll in Essex County classed as funeral homes and funeral services, down 8.5% from 2019. That is one for every 7,282 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $338K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Essex County.
Population estimates put the population change in Essex County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Essex County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #280 of 1,472 scored counties and #3 of 12 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Essex County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Essex County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $813K | $699K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,282 | 7,527 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.5% | −6.1% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $156 | $147 | $143 |
| Median household income | $101,883 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 47 → 43−8.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 285
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 601 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 72The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $338K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 826,653+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 313,147
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 493 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,651
- Median household income
- $101,883+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $140,108
- Median home value
- $619,100
- Jobs located here
- 329,644
- Daytime population
- 736,954Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Barnstable County, MA | 77 | 24 | 2.3 | $945K | +2.4% | #109 of 1,472 |
| 2Plymouth County, MA | 72 | 44 | 2.2 | $745K | +3.5% | #202 of 1,472 |
| 3Essex County, MA | 68 | 60 | 1.9 | $813K | +2.3% | #280 of 1,472 |
| 4Hampshire County, MA | 68 | 15 | 2.4 | $620K | +10.4% | #295 of 1,472 |
| 5Middlesex County, MA | 65 | 116 | 1.8 | $772K | +2.8% | #355 of 1,472 |
| 6Norfolk County, MA | 65 | 61 | 2.2 | $723K | +2.2% | #358 of 1,472 |
| 7Worcester County, MA | 61 | 85 | 2.5 | $564K | +3.7% | #463 of 1,472 |
| 8Bristol County, MA | 59 | 52 | 2.2 | $649K | +2.9% | #504 of 1,472 |
| 9Suffolk County, MA | 54 | 49 | 1.5 | $734K | +0.1% | #594 of 1,472 |
| 10Hampden County, MA | 52 | 50 | 2.7 | $553K | +0.2% | #654 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Essex 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 Essex County, MA?
There are 60 funeral homes on map listings in Essex County as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 43 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 8.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Essex County, MA spend on funerals?
About $48.8M a year, or $156 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $813K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 313,147 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, MA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Essex County has 1.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $813K, 20% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Essex County would have about 72, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,282 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Essex County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 826,653 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 313,147 households. Median household income in Essex County is $101,883, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Essex County scores 68 for funeral homes (upper middle), #280 of 1,472 scored counties.
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