Funeral services · County · North Carolina
Funeral homes in Randolph County, NC
How Randolph County, NC 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #313 of 1,472 scored counties
#18 of 67 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.4M
- On funerals · $145 a household
- Spending per listing
- $644K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 149,516
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Randolph County comes to about $8.4M a year: $145 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $644K per home, 5% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Randolph County has 13 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Randolph County in 2023. That is one for every 11,544 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Randolph County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Randolph County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #313 of 1,472 scored counties and #18 of 67 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Randolph County 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 | Randolph County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $644K | $582K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 11,544 | 8,267 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $145 | $135 | $143 |
| Median household income | $61,022 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Randolph 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 Randolph County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 149,516+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 57,721
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 782 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 187
- Median household income
- $61,022+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,923
- Median home value
- $197,100
- Jobs located here
- 43,898
- Daytime population
- 126,314Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brunswick County, NC | 94 | 11 | 1.6 | $1.1M | +26.5% | #14 of 1,472 |
| 2Henderson County, NC | 90 | 7 | 1.4 | $1.3M | +5.0% | #23 of 1,472 |
| 3Chatham County, NC | 89 | 7 | 2.1 | $861K | +11.0% | #27 of 1,472 |
| 4Lincoln County, NC | 82 | 6 | 1.6 | $927K | +13.2% | #50 of 1,472 |
| 5Carteret County, NC | 78 | 7 | 2.2 | $763K | +4.1% | #93 of 1,472 |
| 6Burke County, NC | 75 | 6 | 1.7 | $1M | +1.6% | #145 of 1,472 |
| 7Iredell County, NC | 75 | 13 | 1.7 | $803K | +12.9% | #150 of 1,472 |
| 8Buncombe County, NC | 75 | 23 | 2.3 | $784K | +2.9% | #151 of 1,472 |
| 9Wake County, NC | 73 | 49 | 1.1 | $1M | +11.2% | #180 of 1,472 |
| 10Davidson County, NC | 72 | 11 | 1.6 | $930K | +6.6% | #196 of 1,472 |
| 18Randolph County, NC | 67 | 13 | 2.3 | $644K | +3.5% | #313 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Randolph 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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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Randolph County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 funeral homes in Randolph County. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Randolph County, NC spend on funerals?
About $8.4M a year, or $145 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $644K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 57,721 households in Randolph County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Randolph County, NC compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Randolph County has 2.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $644K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Randolph County would have about 12, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,544 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Randolph County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Randolph County at 149,516 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,721 households. The median household income in Randolph County is $61,022 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.0% 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. Randolph County scores 67 for funeral homes (upper middle), #313 of 1,472 scored counties.
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