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Funeral homes in the Columbus, OH metro area
The funeral homes in the Columbus, OH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #147 of 377 scored metro areas
#1 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 138
- 19 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 83
- −12.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $101.2M
- On funerals · $117 a household
- Spending per listing
- $734K
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,242,028
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Columbus metro area spend about $101.2M a year on funerals, or $117 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 138 funeral homes, that is $734K per home, 8% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
The Columbus metro area has 138 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.6 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Columbus metro area in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 10,418 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $645K have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Columbus metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Columbus metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Columbus metro area is 55 (upper middle), #147 of 377 scored metro areas and #1 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.
How the Columbus metro area 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 | Columbus metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $734K | $507K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 10,418 | 6,203 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.0% | −6.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $117 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $81,945 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 83−12.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 527
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13819 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 149The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $645K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Columbus 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 Columbus metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,242,028+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 864,663
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 4,798 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 454
- Median household income
- $81,945+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,942
- Median home value
- $300,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,129,650
- Daytime population
- 2,268,069Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, OH | 55 | 138 | 1.6 | $734K | +4.7% | #147 of 377 |
| 2Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 48 | 66 | 1.9 | $727K | +1.5% | #190 of 377 |
| 3Canton-Massillon, OH | 43 | 44 | 2.6 | $587K | −0.2% | #227 of 377 |
| 4Akron, OH | 40 | 67 | 2.3 | $633K | 0.0% | #245 of 377 |
| 5Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 36 | 215 | 2.4 | $556K | +2.7% | #274 of 377 |
| 6Springfield, OH | 36 | 16 | 2.9 | $529K | −0.4% | #276 of 377 |
| 7Lima, OH | 35 | 10 | 2.4 | $608K | −1.2% | #278 of 377 |
| 8Cleveland, OH | 31 | 263 | 2.8 | $522K | −0.8% | #305 of 377 |
| 9Toledo, OH | 26 | 63 | 2.5 | $522K | −1.0% | #333 of 377 |
| 10Mansfield, OH | 26 | 19 | 3.8 | $409K | −0.1% | #336 of 377 |
Other business types in the Columbus 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 Columbus, OH metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 138 funeral homes in the Columbus metro area. 19 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Columbus, OH metro area spend on funerals?
About $101.2M a year, or $117 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 138 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $734K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 864,663 households in the Columbus metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbus, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Columbus metro area has 1.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $734K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Columbus metro area would have about 149, against 138 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,418 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Columbus, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbus metro area at 2,242,028 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 864,663 households. The median household income in the Columbus metro area is $81,945 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.8% 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 Columbus metro area scores 55 for funeral homes (upper middle), #147 of 377 scored metro areas.
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