Funeral services · Metro area · Ohio
Funeral homes in the Springfield, OH metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Springfield, OH metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #276 of 377 scored metro areas
#6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.5M
- On funerals · $151 a household
- Spending per listing
- $529K
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 135,340
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Springfield metro area spend about $8.5M a year on funerals, or $151 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 16 funeral homes, that is $529K per home, 22% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The Springfield metro area has 16 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.9, 38% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Springfield metro area in 2023. That is one for every 6,997 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $5M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Springfield metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Springfield metro area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Springfield metro area is 36 (lower middle), #276 of 377 scored metro areas and #6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.
How the Springfield 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 | Springfield metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $529K | $507K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,997 | 6,203 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $151 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $63,132 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 77
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Springfield 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 Springfield metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 135,340−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 55,975
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 396 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 341
- Median household income
- $63,132+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,369
- Median home value
- $169,900
- Jobs located here
- 47,291
- Daytime population
- 124,677Residents 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 Springfield 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 Springfield, OH metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 funeral homes in the Springfield metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Springfield, OH metro area spend on funerals?
About $8.5M a year, or $151 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $529K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,975 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Springfield, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Springfield metro area has 2.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $529K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Springfield metro area would have about 13, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,997 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Springfield, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 135,340 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,975 households. The median household income in the Springfield metro area is $63,132 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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 Springfield metro area scores 36 for funeral homes (lower middle), #276 of 377 scored metro areas.
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