Funeral services · County · South Carolina
Funeral homes in Charleston County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Charleston County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #404 of 1,472 scored counties
#11 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 33
- 4 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- −4.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $23.3M
- On funerals · $130 a household
- Spending per listing
- $706K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 436,200
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Charleston County comes to about $23.3M a year: $130 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 33 funeral homes, that is $706K per home, 4% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Charleston County has 33 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Charleston County classed as funeral homes and funeral services, down 4.3% from 2019. That is one for every 8,135 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Charleston County grew 6.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Charleston County is 63 (upper middle), #404 of 1,472 scored counties and #11 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Charleston County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Charleston County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $706K | $509K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,135 | 7,730 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.3% | +3.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $130 | $142 | $143 |
| Median household income | $88,494 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 22−4.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 177
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 334 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Charleston 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 Charleston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 436,200+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 178,975
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 918 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 458
- Median household income
- $88,494+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,674
- Median home value
- $489,100
- Jobs located here
- 279,531
- Daytime population
- 508,326Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Beaufort County, SC | 93 | 12 | 1.5 | $1.3M | +8.9% | #15 of 1,472 |
| 2Horry County, SC | 87 | 23 | 1.4 | $1.1M | +20.9% | #35 of 1,472 |
| 3Lancaster County, SC | 83 | 9 | 2.2 | $798K | +18.3% | #47 of 1,472 |
| 4Oconee County, SC | 81 | 8 | 2.3 | $735K | +6.3% | #62 of 1,472 |
| 5Greenville County, SC | 75 | 25 | 1.1 | $1.1M | +10.6% | #136 of 1,472 |
| 6Berkeley County, SC | 75 | 11 | 1.2 | $1M | +18.7% | #144 of 1,472 |
| 7York County, SC | 70 | 18 | 1.6 | $766K | +8.1% | #236 of 1,472 |
| 8Pickens County, SC | 68 | 10 | 1.9 | $748K | +5.7% | #288 of 1,472 |
| 9Anderson County, SC | 66 | 20 | 2.4 | $593K | +7.7% | #337 of 1,472 |
| 10Dorchester County, SC | 65 | 15 | 2.4 | $529K | +10.1% | #367 of 1,472 |
| 11Charleston County, SC | 63 | 33 | 1.8 | $706K | +6.4% | #404 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Charleston 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 Charleston County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 funeral homes in Charleston County. 4 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Charleston County, SC spend on funerals?
About $23.3M a year, or $130 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $706K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 178,975 households in Charleston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Charleston County, SC compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Charleston County has 1.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $706K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Charleston County would have about 34, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,135 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Charleston County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Charleston County at 436,200 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 178,975 households. The median household income in Charleston County is $88,494 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.2% 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. Charleston County scores 63 for funeral homes (upper middle), #404 of 1,472 scored counties.
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