Funeral services · Metro area · North Carolina
Funeral homes in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
The funeral homes in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #90 of 377 scored metro areas
#3 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 75
- 12 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- +10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $65.4M
- On funerals · $114 a household
- Spending per listing
- $872K
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,595,720
- +12.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 75 funeral homes in the Raleigh-Cary metro area. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 16%, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $114 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Raleigh-Cary metro area spend about $65.4M a year on funerals. Spread across 75 funeral homes, that is $872K per home, 29% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Raleigh-Cary metro area in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 13,052 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.4M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Raleigh-Cary metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Raleigh-Cary metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +12.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Raleigh-Cary metro area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #90 of 377 scored metro areas and #3 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Raleigh-Cary 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 | Raleigh-Cary metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $872K | $582K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 13,052 | 8,267 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.0% | +0.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $114 | $135 | $143 |
| Median household income | $100,103 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44+10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 335
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7512 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 96The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Raleigh-Cary 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 Raleigh-Cary metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,595,720+12.6% since 2020
- Households
- 574,295
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,119 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 702
- Median household income
- $100,103+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,869
- Median home value
- $418,400
- Jobs located here
- 759,538
- Daytime population
- 1,525,914Residents 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 Raleigh-Cary 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 Raleigh-Cary metro area
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area?
There are 75 funeral homes on map listings in the Raleigh-Cary metro area as of September 2026. 12 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area spend on funerals?
About $65.4M a year, or $114 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 75 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $872K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 574,295 households in the Raleigh-Cary metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Raleigh-Cary metro area has 1.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $872K, 29% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Raleigh-Cary metro area would have about 96, against 75 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,052 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Raleigh-Cary metro area at 1,595,720 people in 2025, up 12.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 574,295 households. Median household income in the Raleigh-Cary metro area is $100,103, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.0%, 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 Raleigh-Cary metro area scores 66 for funeral homes (upper middle), #90 of 377 scored metro areas.
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