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Funeral homes in Georgetown County, SC

How Georgetown County, SC 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #615 of 1,472 scored counties
#17 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
16
2 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.3M
On funerals · $196 a household
Spending per listing
$332K
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.9
2.8 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
65,912
+3.8% 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 16 funeral homes in Georgetown County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.9, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Household spending on funerals in Georgetown County comes to about $5.3M a year: $196 per household, 37% above the U.S. average. Spread across 16 funeral homes, that is $332K per home, 51% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Georgetown County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 4,522 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Georgetown County grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Georgetown County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #615 of 1,472 scored counties and #17 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina.

How Georgetown 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.

Funeral homes in Georgetown County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureGeorgetown CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.92.82.1
Spending per listing$332K$509K$679K
Households per official establishment4,5227,7308,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.0%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$196$142$143
Median household income$68,713$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score5455

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
56
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
162 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Georgetown 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 Georgetown County

Population, 2025 estimate
65,912+3.8% since 2020
Households
27,129
Median age
50.9
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
814 sq. mi.
People per square mile
80
Median household income
$68,713+41.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,202
Median home value
$289,500
Jobs located here
25,133
Daytime population
61,754Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for funeral homes, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Georgetown County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Beaufort County, SC93121.5$1.3M+8.9%#15 of 1,472
2Horry County, SC87231.4$1.1M+20.9%#35 of 1,472
3Lancaster County, SC8392.2$798K+18.3%#47 of 1,472
4Oconee County, SC8182.3$735K+6.3%#62 of 1,472
5Greenville County, SC75251.1$1.1M+10.6%#136 of 1,472
6Berkeley County, SC75111.2$1M+18.7%#144 of 1,472
7York County, SC70181.6$766K+8.1%#236 of 1,472
8Pickens County, SC68101.9$748K+5.7%#288 of 1,472
9Anderson County, SC66202.4$593K+7.7%#337 of 1,472
10Dorchester County, SC65152.4$529K+10.1%#367 of 1,472
17Georgetown County, SC54165.9$332K+3.8%#615 of 1,472

Other business types in Georgetown County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Georgetown County, SC?

There are 16 funeral homes on map listings in Georgetown County as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Georgetown County, SC spend on funerals?

About $5.3M a year, or $196 per household. That is 37% above the U.S. average (an index of 137, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $332K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,129 households in Georgetown County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Georgetown County, SC compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Georgetown County has 5.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $332K, 51% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Georgetown County would have about 8, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,522 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Georgetown County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Georgetown County at 65,912 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,129 households. Median household income in Georgetown County is $68,713, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.8%, 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. Georgetown County scores 54 for funeral homes (upper middle), #615 of 1,472 scored counties.

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