Funeral services · Metro area · South Dakota
Funeral homes in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #213 of 377 scored metro areas
#2 of 2 scored metro areas based in South Dakota
- Listings
- 23
- 4 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14M
- On funerals · $114 a household
- Spending per listing
- $608K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 314,638
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 funeral homes in the Sioux Falls metro area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 17%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Sioux Falls metro area spend about $14M a year on funerals, or $114 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $608K of household spending for each home on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Sioux Falls metro area in 2023. That is one for every 7,207 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $813K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Sioux Falls metro area.
Population estimates show the Sioux Falls metro area grew 9.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Sioux Falls metro area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #213 of 377 scored metro areas and #2 of 2 scored metro areas based in South Dakota.
How the Sioux Falls metro area compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Sioux Falls metro area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $608K | $510K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,207 | 5,298 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $114 | $141 | $143 |
| Median household income | $82,754 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 153
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 234 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $813K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Sioux Falls 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 Sioux Falls metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 314,638+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 122,517
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,058 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 98
- Median household income
- $82,754
- Average household income
- $108,829
- Median home value
- $295,900
- Jobs located here
- 172,822
- Daytime population
- 308,393Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Dakota for funeral homes, numbered among those based in South Dakota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sioux Falls metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rapid City, SD | 77 | 10 | 1.6 | $910K | +6.2% | #41 of 377 |
| 2Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 44 | 23 | 1.9 | $608K | +9.5% | #213 of 377 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 28 | 13 | 2.3 | $552K | +1.0% | #320 of 377 |
Other business types in the Sioux Falls 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 Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area?
There are 23 funeral homes on map listings in the Sioux Falls metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area spend on funerals?
About $14M a year, or $114 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $608K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 122,517 households in the Sioux Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Sioux Falls metro area has 1.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $608K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Sioux Falls metro area would have about 21, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,207 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sioux Falls metro area at 314,638 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 122,517 households. Median household income in the Sioux Falls metro area is $82,754, 3% above 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 Sioux Falls metro area scores 44 for funeral homes (lower middle), #213 of 377 scored metro areas.
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