Funeral services · County · South Carolina
Funeral homes in Marlboro County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Marlboro County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,354 of 1,472 scored counties
#35 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.5M
- On funerals · $157 a household
- Spending per listing
- $219K
- 68% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 3.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,488
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Marlboro County is 23 (low), #1,354 of 1,472 scored counties and #35 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 funeral homes in Marlboro County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 3.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Marlboro County spend about $1.5M a year on funerals, or $157 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $219K per home, 68% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Marlboro County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,263 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marlboro County declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Marlboro 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 | Marlboro County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $219K | $509K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,263 | 7,730 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $157 | $142 | $143 |
| Median household income | $34,301 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $331K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Marlboro 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 Marlboro County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,488−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,789
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 480 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $34,301+2.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $51,818
- Median home value
- $82,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,341
- Daytime population
- 21,081Residents 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 |
| 35Marlboro County, SC | 23 | 7 | 7.2 | $219K | −3.8% | #1,354 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Marlboro County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Marlboro County, SC?
There are 7 funeral homes on map listings in Marlboro County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Marlboro County, SC spend on funerals?
About $1.5M a year, or $157 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $219K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,789 households in Marlboro County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marlboro County, SC compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Marlboro County has 7.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $219K, 68% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Marlboro County would have about 2, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,263 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Marlboro County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Marlboro County at 25,488 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,789 households. Median household income in Marlboro County is $34,301, 58% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 2.1%, 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. Marlboro County scores 23 for funeral homes (low), #1,354 of 1,472 scored counties.
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