Funeral services · Metro area · North Carolina
Funeral homes in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #195 of 377 scored metro areas
#9 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 70
- 6 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $42.9M
- On funerals · $135 a household
- Spending per listing
- $613K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 805,945
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in the Greensboro-High Point metro area comes to about $42.9M a year: $135 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $613K of household spending for each home on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 70 funeral homes on map listings in the Greensboro-High Point metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, 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 40 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Greensboro-High Point metro area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 7,926 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $861K have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Greensboro-High Point metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Greensboro-High Point metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the Greensboro-High Point metro area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #195 of 377 scored metro areas and #9 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Greensboro-High Point metro area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Greensboro-High Point metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $613K | $582K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,926 | 8,267 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +0.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $135 | $135 | $143 |
| Median household income | $65,565 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 400.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 369
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 706 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 63The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $861K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Greensboro-High Point metro area, 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 the Greensboro-High Point metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 805,945+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 317,045
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,994 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 394
- Median household income
- $65,565+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,179
- Median home value
- $231,000
- Jobs located here
- 363,740
- Daytime population
- 805,439Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for funeral homes, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Greensboro-High Point metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wilmington, NC | 75 | 36 | 1.8 | $830K | +15.9% | #48 of 377 |
| 2Asheville, NC | 71 | 33 | 2.0 | $869K | +3.6% | #69 of 377 |
| 3Raleigh-Cary, NC | 66 | 75 | 1.3 | $872K | +12.6% | #90 of 377 |
| 4Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 65 | 43 | 1.7 | $723K | +7.5% | #96 of 377 |
| 5Winston-Salem, NC | 62 | 52 | 1.8 | $773K | +5.3% | #112 of 377 |
| 6Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 58 | 184 | 1.7 | $707K | +10.1% | #132 of 377 |
| 7Burlington, NC | 52 | 15 | 2.1 | $649K | +8.5% | #162 of 377 |
| 8Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 51 | 14 | 3.2 | $541K | +10.3% | #172 of 377 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 50 | 123 | 1.7 | $742K | +0.9% | #175 of 377 |
| 9Greensboro-High Point, NC | 47 | 70 | 2.2 | $613K | +4.1% | #195 of 377 |
Other business types in the Greensboro-High Point metro area
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 the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 70 funeral homes in the Greensboro-High Point metro area. 6 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area spend on funerals?
About $42.9M a year, or $135 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 70 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $613K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 317,045 households in the Greensboro-High Point metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Greensboro-High Point metro area has 2.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $613K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Greensboro-High Point metro area would have about 63, against 70 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,926 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Greensboro-High Point metro area at 805,945 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 317,045 households. The median household income in the Greensboro-High Point metro area is $65,565 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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. The Greensboro-High Point metro area scores 47 for funeral homes (lower middle), #195 of 377 scored metro areas.
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