Funeral services · County · New Hampshire
Funeral homes in Rockingham County, NH
The funeral homes in Rockingham County, NH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #106 of 1,472 scored counties
#3 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 19
- 3 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.5M
- On funerals · $153 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 52% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 324,077
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Rockingham County is 77 (high), #106 of 1,472 scored counties and #3 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 funeral homes in Rockingham County. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Rockingham County comes to about $19.5M a year: $153 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per home, 52% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Rockingham County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 12,757 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Rockingham County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Rockingham 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 | Rockingham County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $795K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 12,757 | 10,898 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −22.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $153 | $154 | $143 |
| Median household income | $118,331 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 57
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 193 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Rockingham 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 Rockingham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 324,077+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 127,570
- Median age
- 45.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 696 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 459
- Median household income
- $118,331+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $149,721
- Median home value
- $497,500
- Jobs located here
- 168,917
- Daytime population
- 311,815Residents 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 Rockingham 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 Rockingham County, NH?
There are 19 funeral homes on map listings in Rockingham County as of September 2026. 3 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Rockingham County, NH spend on funerals?
About $19.5M a year, or $153 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 127,570 households in Rockingham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rockingham County, NH compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Rockingham County has 1.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1M, 52% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Rockingham County would have about 29, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,757 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Rockingham County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Rockingham County at 324,077 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 127,570 households. Median household income in Rockingham County is $118,331, 47% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. Rockingham County scores 77 for funeral homes (high), #106 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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