Funeral services · County · Missouri
Funeral homes in Boone County, MO
The funeral homes in Boone County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #587 of 1,472 scored counties
#15 of 43 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.2M
- On funerals · $107 a household
- Spending per listing
- $480K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 191,746
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $107 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Boone County spend about $8.2M a year on funerals. That works out to $480K per home, 29% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 17 funeral homes on map listings in Boone County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.2, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Boone County in 2023. That is one for every 12,760 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Boone County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Boone County is 55 (upper middle), #587 of 1,472 scored counties and #15 of 43 scored counties in Missouri.
How Boone 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 | Boone County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $480K | $521K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 12,760 | 6,178 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $107 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $72,758 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Boone 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 Boone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 191,746+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 76,562
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 686 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 274
- Median household income
- $72,758+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,630
- Median home value
- $272,800
- Jobs located here
- 106,667
- Daytime population
- 209,431Residents 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 |
| 15Boone County, MO | 55 | 17 | 2.2 | $480K | +4.2% | #587 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Boone 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 Boone County, MO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 funeral homes in Boone County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Boone County, MO spend on funerals?
About $8.2M a year, or $107 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $480K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 76,562 households in Boone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boone County, MO compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Boone County has 2.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $480K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Boone County would have about 12, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,760 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Boone County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Boone County at 191,746 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,562 households. The median household income in Boone County is $72,758 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. Boone County scores 55 for funeral homes (upper middle), #587 of 1,472 scored counties.
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