Funeral services · County · North Dakota
Funeral homes in Grand Forks County, ND
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Grand Forks County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #714 of 1,472 scored counties
#3 of 4 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.4M
- On funerals · $110 a household
- Spending per listing
- $690K
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,501
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $110 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Grand Forks County spend about $3.4M a year on funerals. That works out to $690K per home, 2% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 5 funeral homes on map listings in Grand Forks County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Grand Forks County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $3.6M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Grand Forks County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grand Forks County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Grand Forks County is 49 (lower middle), #714 of 1,472 scored counties and #3 of 4 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Grand Forks County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Grand Forks County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $690K | $502K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,524 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $110 | $130 | $143 |
| Median household income | $68,075 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $3.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Grand Forks 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 Grand Forks County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,501+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 31,295
- Median age
- 33.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $68,075+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,591
- Median home value
- $252,700
- Jobs located here
- 38,188
- Daytime population
- 77,655Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Grand Forks County?
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Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, ND | 76 | 5 | 0.6 | $1.7M | +9.1% | #115 of 1,472 |
| 2Burleigh County, ND | 75 | 5 | 1.2 | $1.2M | +4.7% | #134 of 1,472 |
| 3Grand Forks County, ND | 49 | 5 | 1.6 | $690K | +1.9% | #714 of 1,472 |
| 4Morton County, ND | 35 | 6 | 4.3 | $300K | +3.8% | #1,108 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Grand Forks County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Grand Forks County, ND?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 funeral homes in Grand Forks County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Grand Forks County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Grand Forks County, ND spend on funerals?
About $3.4M a year, or $110 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $690K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,295 households in Grand Forks County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grand Forks County, ND compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Grand Forks County has 1.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $690K, 2% above the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending.
How fast is Grand Forks County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Grand Forks County at 74,501 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,295 households. The median household income in Grand Forks County is $68,075 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Grand Forks County scores 49 for funeral homes (lower middle), #714 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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