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Funeral homes in Genesee County, MI
The funeral homes in Genesee County, MI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #552 of 1,472 scored counties
#17 of 49 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 33
- 4 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $24M
- On funerals · $144 a household
- Spending per listing
- $728K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 401,093
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Genesee County comes to about $24M a year: $144 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $728K of household spending for each home on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Genesee County has 33 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.0 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Genesee County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 8,367 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Genesee County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For funeral homes, Genesee County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #552 of 1,472 scored counties and #17 of 49 scored counties in Michigan.
How Genesee County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Genesee County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $728K | $661K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,367 | 7,619 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $144 | $144 | $143 |
| Median household income | $62,281 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 200.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 294
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 334 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Genesee 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 Genesee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 401,093−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 167,334
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 633
- Median household income
- $62,281+28.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,062
- Median home value
- $182,400
- Jobs located here
- 125,696
- Daytime population
- 375,742Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston County, MI | 77 | 9 | 1.2 | $1.3M | +1.7% | #103 of 1,472 |
| 2Ottawa County, MI | 74 | 17 | 1.5 | $966K | +3.9% | #162 of 1,472 |
| 3Grand Traverse County, MI | 72 | 9 | 2.2 | $721K | +1.4% | #205 of 1,472 |
| 4Oakland County, MI | 69 | 65 | 1.2 | $1.2M | +1.2% | #243 of 1,472 |
| 5Midland County, MI | 69 | 5 | 1.4 | $1.1M | +0.3% | #246 of 1,472 |
| 6Macomb County, MI | 66 | 59 | 1.6 | $885K | +0.7% | #324 of 1,472 |
| 7Gladwin County, MI | 63 | 5 | 4.4 | $412K | +2.8% | #427 of 1,472 |
| 8Monroe County, MI | 62 | 12 | 1.9 | $791K | +0.7% | #430 of 1,472 |
| 9Kent County, MI | 62 | 42 | 1.6 | $768K | +2.5% | #431 of 1,472 |
| 10Allegan County, MI | 62 | 11 | 2.4 | $598K | +2.1% | #444 of 1,472 |
| 17Genesee County, MI | 56 | 33 | 2.0 | $728K | −1.1% | #552 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Genesee 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 Genesee County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 funeral homes in Genesee County. 4 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Genesee County, MI spend on funerals?
About $24M a year, or $144 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $728K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 167,334 households in Genesee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Genesee County, MI compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Genesee County has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $728K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Genesee County would have about 35, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,367 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Genesee County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Genesee County at 401,093 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 167,334 households. The median household income in Genesee County is $62,281 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.2% 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. Genesee County scores 56 for funeral homes (upper middle), #552 of 1,472 scored counties.
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