Funeral services · County · Missouri
Funeral homes in Bates County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Bates County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1M
- On funerals · $167 a household
- Spending per listing
- $258K
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,512
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $167 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in Bates County spend about $1M a year on funerals. Spread across 4 funeral homes, that is $258K per home, 62% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Bates County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Bates County in 2023. That is one for every 2,053 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bates County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Bates County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Bates County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Bates County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $258K | $521K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,053 | 6,178 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $167 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $60,733 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $393K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Bates 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 Bates County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,512+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,158
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 837 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $60,733+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,380
- Median home value
- $170,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,729
- Daytime population
- 14,272Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Charles County, MO | 75 | 20 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +4.9% | #138 of 1,472 |
| 2Christian County, MO | 72 | 5 | 1.4 | $966K | +8.3% | #195 of 1,472 |
| 3Jefferson County, MO | 71 | 7 | 0.8 | $1.7M | +2.7% | #208 of 1,472 |
| 4Newton County, MO | 67 | 5 | 2.3 | $698K | +6.1% | #309 of 1,472 |
| 5Greene County, MO | 66 | 18 | 1.4 | $950K | +3.3% | #321 of 1,472 |
| 6Cass County, MO | 66 | 11 | 2.5 | $598K | +7.1% | #336 of 1,472 |
| 7Platte County, MO | 65 | 8 | 1.8 | $682K | +6.7% | #360 of 1,472 |
| 8Clay County, MO | 64 | 17 | 1.7 | $737K | +4.3% | #381 of 1,472 |
| 9Taney County, MO | 64 | 7 | 3.1 | $544K | +1.7% | #390 of 1,472 |
| 10St. Louis County, MO | 63 | 67 | 1.6 | $913K | −1.2% | #394 of 1,472 |
| Bates County, MO | Not scored | 4 | 6.5 | $258K | +2.9% |
Other business types in Bates County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Bates County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 funeral homes in Bates County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Bates County, MO spend on funerals?
About $1M a year, or $167 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $258K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,158 households in Bates County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bates County, MO compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Bates County has 6.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $258K, 62% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Bates County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,053 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Bates County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Bates County at 16,512 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,158 households. The median household income in Bates County is $60,733 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Bates County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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