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Funeral homes in Holmes County, OH

How Holmes County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.2M
On funerals · $162 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
44,970
+1.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 funeral home in Holmes County. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on funerals in Holmes County comes to about $2.2M a year: $162 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per home.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Holmes County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Holmes County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 funeral home on map listings, Holmes County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Holmes 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.

Funeral homes in Holmes County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureHolmes CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.72.82.1
Spending per listing$2.2M$507K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a6,2038,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.0%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$162$140$143
Median household income$76,140$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored30

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
10 chain locations
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 Holmes 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 Holmes County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,970+1.7% since 2020
Households
13,395
Median age
34.1
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
423 sq. mi.
People per square mile
105
Median household income
$76,140+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,211
Median home value
$267,700
Jobs located here
21,845
Daytime population
47,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Holmes County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Delaware County, OH8091.1$1.2M+12.5%#69 of 1,472
2Fairfield County, OH7571.2$1.3M+6.5%#131 of 1,472
3Warren County, OH71111.2$1.1M+5.7%#214 of 1,472
4Portage County, OH7060.9$1.5M+1.0%#227 of 1,472
5Clermont County, OH69151.8$778K+3.9%#259 of 1,472
6Medina County, OH69152.1$745K+1.3%#262 of 1,472
7Geauga County, OH6882.2$861K+0.3%#279 of 1,472
8Licking County, OH66152.2$672K+3.8%#331 of 1,472
9Greene County, OH64121.8$801K+3.7%#374 of 1,472
10Lorain County, OH63322.5$618K+3.1%#417 of 1,472
Holmes County, OHNot scored10.7$2.2M+1.7%

Other business types in Holmes County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Holmes County, OH?

There is 1 funeral home on map listings in Holmes County as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Holmes County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Holmes County, OH spend on funerals?

About $2.2M a year, or $162 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 funeral home on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,395 households in Holmes County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Holmes County, OH compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Holmes County has 1 funeral home on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Holmes County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Holmes County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Holmes County at 44,970 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,395 households. Median household income in Holmes County is $76,140, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. Holmes County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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