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Funeral homes in Franklin County, OH
How Franklin 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 #433 of 1,472 scored counties
#11 of 80 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 76
- 10 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 39
- −18.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $57.3M
- On funerals · $104 a household
- Spending per listing
- $754K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,361,536
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Franklin County comes to about $57.3M a year: $104 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $754K per home, 11% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Franklin County has 76 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Franklin County in 2023, down 18.7% from 2019. That is one for every 14,182 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Franklin County.
Population estimates show Franklin County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Franklin County is 62 (upper middle), #433 of 1,472 scored counties and #11 of 80 scored counties in Ohio.
How Franklin 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 | Franklin County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $754K | $507K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 14,182 | 6,203 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −18.7% | −6.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $104 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $75,176 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 48 → 39−18.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 295
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7610 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,361,536+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 553,099
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 532 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,504
- Median household income
- $75,176+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,381
- Median home value
- $288,400
- Jobs located here
- 814,719
- Daytime population
- 1,507,964Residents 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 |
| 11Franklin County, OH | 62 | 76 | 1.4 | $754K | +2.8% | #433 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 Franklin County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 76 funeral homes in Franklin County. 10 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 18.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Franklin County, OH spend on funerals?
About $57.3M a year, or $104 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $754K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 553,099 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, OH compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Franklin County has 1.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $754K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Franklin County would have about 84, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,182 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 18.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 1,361,536 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 553,099 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $75,176 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Franklin County scores 62 for funeral homes (upper middle), #433 of 1,472 scored counties.
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