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Funeral homes in Butler County, OH
How Butler County, OH 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #436 of 1,472 scored counties
#12 of 80 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 29
- 6 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.2M
- On funerals · $138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $696K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 400,128
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 funeral homes in Butler County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 21%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $138 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Butler County spend about $20.2M a year on funerals. That works out to $696K per home, 3% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Butler County in 2023. That is one for every 9,788 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Butler County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Butler County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #436 of 1,472 scored counties and #12 of 80 scored counties in Ohio.
How Butler County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Butler County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $696K | $507K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 9,788 | 6,203 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $138 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $81,590 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 85
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 296 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 400,128+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 146,822
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 467 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 842
- Median household income
- $81,590+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,751
- Median home value
- $258,500
- Jobs located here
- 160,654
- Daytime population
- 370,110Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 80 | 9 | 1.1 | $1.2M | +12.5% | #69 of 1,472 |
| 2Fairfield County, OH | 75 | 7 | 1.2 | $1.3M | +6.5% | #131 of 1,472 |
| 3Warren County, OH | 71 | 11 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +5.7% | #214 of 1,472 |
| 4Portage County, OH | 70 | 6 | 0.9 | $1.5M | +1.0% | #227 of 1,472 |
| 5Clermont County, OH | 69 | 15 | 1.8 | $778K | +3.9% | #259 of 1,472 |
| 6Medina County, OH | 69 | 15 | 2.1 | $745K | +1.3% | #262 of 1,472 |
| 7Geauga County, OH | 68 | 8 | 2.2 | $861K | +0.3% | #279 of 1,472 |
| 8Licking County, OH | 66 | 15 | 2.2 | $672K | +3.8% | #331 of 1,472 |
| 9Greene County, OH | 64 | 12 | 1.8 | $801K | +3.7% | #374 of 1,472 |
| 10Lorain County, OH | 63 | 32 | 2.5 | $618K | +3.1% | #417 of 1,472 |
| 12Butler County, OH | 62 | 29 | 2.0 | $696K | +2.4% | #436 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Butler 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 Butler County, OH?
There are 29 funeral homes on map listings in Butler County as of September 2026. 6 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Butler County, OH spend on funerals?
About $20.2M a year, or $138 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $696K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 146,822 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, OH compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Butler County has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $696K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Butler County would have about 30, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,788 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 400,128 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 146,822 households. Median household income in Butler County is $81,590, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Butler County scores 62 for funeral homes (upper middle), #436 of 1,472 scored counties.
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