Funeral services · County · South Carolina
Funeral homes in Spartanburg County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Spartanburg County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #643 of 1,472 scored counties
#18 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 46
- 5 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- +5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $18.2M
- On funerals · $138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $396K
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 380,857
- +15.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 funeral homes in Spartanburg County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 11%, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Spartanburg County spend about $18.2M a year on funerals, or $138 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $396K per home, 42% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Spartanburg County classed as funeral homes and funeral services, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 6,270 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Spartanburg County grew 15.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Spartanburg County is 53 (upper middle), #643 of 1,472 scored counties and #18 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Spartanburg 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 | Spartanburg County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $396K | $509K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,270 | 7,730 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.0% | +3.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +15.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $138 | $142 | $143 |
| Median household income | $66,234 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 21+5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 189
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 465 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 380,857+15.6% since 2020
- Households
- 131,672
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 808 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 430
- Median household income
- $66,234+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,467
- Median home value
- $233,300
- Jobs located here
- 159,818
- Daytime population
- 349,788Residents 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 |
| 18Spartanburg County, SC | 53 | 46 | 3.5 | $396K | +15.6% | #643 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg County, SC?
There are 46 funeral homes on map listings in Spartanburg County as of September 2026. 5 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Spartanburg County, SC spend on funerals?
About $18.2M a year, or $138 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $396K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 131,672 households in Spartanburg County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Spartanburg County, SC compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Spartanburg County has 3.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $396K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Spartanburg County would have about 27, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,270 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Spartanburg County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Spartanburg County at 380,857 people in 2025, up 15.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 131,672 households. Median household income in Spartanburg County is $66,234, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. Spartanburg County scores 53 for funeral homes (upper middle), #643 of 1,472 scored counties.
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