Funeral services · County · New Hampshire
Funeral homes in Merrimack County, NH
How Merrimack County, NH 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #266 of 1,472 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.4M
- On funerals · $154 a household
- Spending per listing
- $669K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,078
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 funeral homes in Merrimack County. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Merrimack County comes to about $9.4M a year: $154 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 14 funeral homes, that is $669K per home, in line with the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Merrimack County in 2023. That is one for every 10,150 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Merrimack County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Merrimack County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #266 of 1,472 scored counties and #5 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Merrimack 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 | Merrimack County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $669K | $795K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 10,150 | 10,898 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −22.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $154 | $154 | $143 |
| Median household income | $97,004 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Merrimack 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 Merrimack County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,078+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 60,901
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 933 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 167
- Median household income
- $97,004+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,673
- Median home value
- $367,600
- Jobs located here
- 83,058
- Daytime population
- 159,180Residents 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 Merrimack 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 Merrimack County, NH?
Merrimack County has 14 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) 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 Merrimack County, NH spend on funerals?
About $9.4M a year, or $154 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $669K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 60,901 households in Merrimack County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Merrimack County, NH compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Merrimack County has 2.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $669K, in line with the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,150 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Merrimack County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Merrimack County at 158,078 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,901 households. Median household income in Merrimack County is $97,004, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Merrimack County scores 69 for funeral homes (upper middle), #266 of 1,472 scored counties.
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