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Funeral homes in Franklin County, MO

How Franklin County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #479 of 1,472 scored counties
#11 of 43 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
10
2 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.4M
On funerals · $148 a household
Spending per listing
$638K
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.3
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
108,090
+3.1% 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

Households in Franklin County spend about $6.4M a year on funerals, or $148 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 10 funeral homes, that is $638K per home, 6% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Franklin County has 10 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.3 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Franklin County in 2023. That is one for every 6,148 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Franklin County grew 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Franklin County is 60 (upper middle), #479 of 1,472 scored counties and #11 of 43 scored counties in Missouri.

How Franklin 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.

Funeral homes in Franklin County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.32.72.1
Spending per listing$638K$521K$679K
Households per official establishment6,1486,1788,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.5%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$148$140$143
Median household income$73,165$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score6035

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7
Employees, 2023
47
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
102 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
108,090+3.1% since 2020
Households
43,036
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
923 sq. mi.
People per square mile
115
Median household income
$73,165+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,432
Median home value
$227,600
Jobs located here
38,594
Daytime population
91,932Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Charles County, MO75201.2$1.1M+4.9%#138 of 1,472
2Christian County, MO7251.4$966K+8.3%#195 of 1,472
3Jefferson County, MO7170.8$1.7M+2.7%#208 of 1,472
4Newton County, MO6752.3$698K+6.1%#309 of 1,472
5Greene County, MO66181.4$950K+3.3%#321 of 1,472
6Cass County, MO66112.5$598K+7.1%#336 of 1,472
7Platte County, MO6581.8$682K+6.7%#360 of 1,472
8Clay County, MO64171.7$737K+4.3%#381 of 1,472
9Taney County, MO6473.1$544K+1.7%#390 of 1,472
10St. Louis County, MO63671.6$913K−1.2%#394 of 1,472
11Franklin County, MO60102.3$638K+3.1%#479 of 1,472

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Franklin County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 funeral homes in Franklin County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Franklin County, MO spend on funerals?

About $6.4M a year, or $148 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $638K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,036 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, MO compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Franklin County has 2.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $638K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Franklin County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,148 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 108,090 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,036 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $73,165 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% 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. Franklin County scores 60 for funeral homes (upper middle), #479 of 1,472 scored counties.

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