Funeral services · Metro area · South Carolina
Funeral homes in the Sumter, SC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Sumter, SC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #311 of 377 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.1M
- On funerals · $149 a household
- Spending per listing
- $510K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,067
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, the Sumter metro area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #311 of 377 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 funeral homes in the Sumter metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Sumter metro area spend about $6.1M a year on funerals, or $149 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $510K of household spending for each home on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Sumter metro area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 5,869 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Sumter metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Sumter metro area 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 | Sumter metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $510K | $509K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,869 | 7,730 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $149 | $142 | $143 |
| Median household income | $56,693 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 66
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 the Sumter metro area, 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 the Sumter metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,067−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 41,083
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $56,693
- Average household income
- $74,835
- Median home value
- $165,300
- Jobs located here
- 37,301
- Daytime population
- 101,774Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for funeral homes, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sumter metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 85 | 23 | 1.4 | $1.1M | +20.9% | #19 of 377 |
| 2Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 84 | 19 | 2.0 | $913K | +12.0% | #21 of 377 |
| 3Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 64 | 66 | 1.7 | $782K | +9.0% | #103 of 377 |
| 4Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 61 | 59 | 1.8 | $719K | +10.7% | #118 of 377 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 58 | 184 | 1.7 | $707K | +10.1% | #132 of 377 |
| 5Columbia, SC | 44 | 82 | 2.4 | $522K | +6.0% | #221 of 377 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 43 | 62 | 2.7 | $538K | +4.7% | #229 of 377 |
| 6Spartanburg, SC | 37 | 52 | 3.6 | $385K | +14.3% | #271 of 377 |
| 7Sumter, SC | 30 | 12 | 2.9 | $510K | −0.3% | #311 of 377 |
| 8Florence, SC | 17 | 37 | 4.7 | $299K | +0.9% | #374 of 377 |
Other business types in the Sumter metro area
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 the Sumter, SC metro area?
There are 12 funeral homes on map listings in the Sumter metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Sumter, SC metro area spend on funerals?
About $6.1M a year, or $149 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $510K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,083 households in the Sumter metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sumter, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Sumter metro area has 2.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $510K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Sumter metro area would have about 9, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,869 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sumter, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sumter metro area at 105,067 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,083 households. Median household income in the Sumter metro area is $56,693, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Sumter metro area scores 30 for funeral homes (lower middle), #311 of 377 scored metro areas.
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