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Funeral homes in Brown County, MN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Brown County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #948 of 1,472 scored counties
#29 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2M
On funerals · $182 a household
Spending per listing
$401K
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
2.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,517
−1.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on funerals in Brown County comes to about $2M a year: $182 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. Spread across 5 funeral homes, that is $401K per home, 41% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Brown County has 5 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Brown County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 2,757 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Brown County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Brown County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #948 of 1,472 scored counties and #29 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Brown County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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.

Funeral homes in Brown County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureBrown CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.52.22.1
Spending per listing$401K$649K$679K
Households per official establishment2,7577,6428,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.3%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$182$140$143
Median household income$69,378$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score4149

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Brown 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 Brown County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,517−1.5% since 2020
Households
11,027
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
611 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$69,378+13.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,644
Median home value
$191,200
Jobs located here
13,020
Daytime population
27,131Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Brown County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, MN81121.1$1.2M+6.9%#58 of 1,472
2Anoka County, MN75141.0$1.3M+4.7%#130 of 1,472
3Olmsted County, MN7181.2$1.2M+2.3%#211 of 1,472
4Dakota County, MN71231.3$998K+3.9%#217 of 1,472
5Crow Wing County, MN6972.4$727K+4.3%#265 of 1,472
6Sherburne County, MN6751.4$890K+6.8%#302 of 1,472
7Otter Tail County, MN6693.6$525K+1.6%#340 of 1,472
8Hennepin County, MN63551.0$1.2M+0.2%#393 of 1,472
9Goodhue County, MN6263.0$545K+1.3%#446 of 1,472
10Wright County, MN61101.9$657K+11.1%#459 of 1,472
29Brown County, MN4154.5$401K−1.5%#948 of 1,472

Other business types in Brown County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Brown County, MN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 funeral homes in Brown County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Brown County, MN spend on funerals?

About $2M a year, or $182 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $401K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,027 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Brown County, MN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Brown County has 4.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $401K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Brown County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,757 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Brown County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Brown County at 25,517 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,027 households. The median household income in Brown County is $69,378 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.5% 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. Brown County scores 41 for funeral homes (lower middle), #948 of 1,472 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Brown County

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