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Funeral homes in Defiance County, OH
The funeral homes in Defiance County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #923 of 1,472 scored counties
#38 of 80 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.3M
- On funerals · $150 a household
- Spending per listing
- $383K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 86% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,292
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 funeral homes in Defiance County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $150 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Defiance County spend about $2.3M a year on funerals. Spread across 6 funeral homes, that is $383K per home, 44% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Defiance County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 5,109 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Defiance County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Defiance County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #923 of 1,472 scored counties and #38 of 80 scored counties in Ohio.
How Defiance 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 | Defiance County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $383K | $507K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,109 | 6,203 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $150 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $73,064 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $796K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Defiance 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 Defiance County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,292+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,327
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $73,064+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,073
- Median home value
- $163,200
- Jobs located here
- 14,922
- Daytime population
- 36,059Residents 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 |
| 38Defiance County, OH | 42 | 6 | 3.9 | $383K | +0.1% | #923 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Defiance 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 Defiance County, OH?
There are 6 funeral homes on map listings in Defiance County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Defiance County, OH spend on funerals?
About $2.3M a year, or $150 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $383K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,327 households in Defiance County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Defiance County, OH compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Defiance County has 3.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $383K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Defiance County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,109 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Defiance County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Defiance County at 38,292 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,327 households. Median household income in Defiance County is $73,064, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.9%, 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. Defiance County scores 42 for funeral homes (lower middle), #923 of 1,472 scored counties.
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