Funeral services · County · New Hampshire
Funeral homes in Belknap County, NH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Belknap County, NH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #80 of 1,472 scored counties
#2 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.6M
- On funerals · $176 a household
- Spending per listing
- $927K
- 37% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,147
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Belknap County has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #80 of 1,472 scored counties and #2 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
Household spending on funerals in Belknap County comes to about $4.6M a year: $176 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. That works out to $927K per home, 37% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 5 funeral homes on map listings in Belknap County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Belknap County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Belknap County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Belknap County compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Belknap County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $927K | $795K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,898 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −22.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $176 | $154 | $143 |
| Median household income | $92,783 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Belknap 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 Belknap County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,147+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 26,337
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 402 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 161
- Median household income
- $92,783+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,878
- Median home value
- $374,900
- Jobs located here
- 26,593
- Daytime population
- 60,550Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carroll County, NH | 85 | 5 | 2.3 | $812K | +5.0% | #42 of 1,472 |
| 2Belknap County, NH | 79 | 5 | 1.9 | $927K | +2.1% | #80 of 1,472 |
| 3Rockingham County, NH | 77 | 19 | 1.5 | $1M | +3.0% | #106 of 1,472 |
| 4Cheshire County, NH | 76 | 5 | 1.6 | $1.1M | +2.3% | #120 of 1,472 |
| 5Merrimack County, NH | 69 | 14 | 2.3 | $669K | +2.6% | #266 of 1,472 |
| 6Hillsborough County, NH | 68 | 26 | 1.5 | $918K | +2.5% | #277 of 1,472 |
| 7Grafton County, NH | 66 | 12 | 3.2 | $541K | +2.2% | #339 of 1,472 |
| 8Strafford County, NH | 65 | 11 | 2.1 | $641K | +3.0% | #364 of 1,472 |
| 9Coos County, NH | 46 | 8 | 5.7 | $303K | +0.4% | #825 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Belknap County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Belknap County, NH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 funeral homes in Belknap County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Belknap County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Belknap County, NH spend on funerals?
About $4.6M a year, or $176 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $927K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,337 households in Belknap County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Belknap County, NH compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Belknap County has 1.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $927K, 37% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Belknap County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Belknap County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Belknap County at 65,147 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,337 households. The median household income in Belknap County is $92,783 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. Belknap County scores 79 for funeral homes (high), #80 of 1,472 scored counties.
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