Funeral services · County · South Carolina
Funeral homes in Pickens County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Pickens County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #288 of 1,472 scored counties
#8 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On funerals · $143 a household
- Spending per listing
- $748K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,198
- +5.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $143 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Pickens County spend about $7.5M a year on funerals. That works out to $748K per home, 10% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Pickens County has 10 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Pickens County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 8,736 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Pickens County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Pickens County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #288 of 1,472 scored counties and #8 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Pickens 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 | Pickens County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $748K | $509K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,736 | 7,730 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $143 | $142 | $143 |
| Median household income | $61,064 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 85
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Pickens 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 Pickens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,198+5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 52,414
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 271
- Median household income
- $61,064+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,979
- Median home value
- $231,900
- Jobs located here
- 40,063
- Daytime population
- 119,682Residents 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 |
Other business types in Pickens County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Pickens County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 funeral homes in Pickens County. None of them 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 Pickens County, SC spend on funerals?
About $7.5M a year, or $143 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $748K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,414 households in Pickens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pickens County, SC compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Pickens County has 1.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $748K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Pickens County would have about 11, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,736 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Pickens County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Pickens County at 139,198 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,414 households. The median household income in Pickens County is $61,064 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Pickens County scores 68 for funeral homes (upper middle), #288 of 1,472 scored counties.
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