Funeral services · Metro area · Tennessee
Funeral homes in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area
The funeral homes in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #235 of 377 scored metro areas
#6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 36
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- +13.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $21.1M
- On funerals · $161 a household
- Spending per listing
- $587K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 314,834
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 funeral homes in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area spend about $21.1M a year on funerals, or $161 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That works out to $587K per home, 14% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 26 businesses with payroll in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area classed as funeral homes and funeral services, up 13.6% from 2019. That is one for every 5,036 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.9M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kingsport-Bristol metro area grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area is 42 (lower middle), #235 of 377 scored metro areas and #6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Kingsport-Bristol metro area compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Kingsport-Bristol metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $587K | $554K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,036 | 6,448 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.6% | +11.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $161 | $132 | $143 |
| Median household income | $57,792 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26+13.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 341
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 361 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Kingsport-Bristol 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 Kingsport-Bristol metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 314,834+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 130,939
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,011 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 155
- Median household income
- $57,792+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,119
- Median home value
- $198,400
- Jobs located here
- 120,004
- Daytime population
- 304,648Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Kingsport-Bristol metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chattanooga, TN-GA | 60 | 47 | 2.0 | $720K | +5.3% | #122 of 377 |
| 2Knoxville, TN | 53 | 78 | 2.1 | $694K | +6.9% | #159 of 377 |
| 3Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 49 | 148 | 1.8 | $631K | +8.7% | #184 of 377 |
| 4Cleveland, TN | 46 | 12 | 2.4 | $614K | +6.1% | #202 of 377 |
| 5Johnson City, TN | 43 | 22 | 2.5 | $596K | +4.3% | #225 of 377 |
| 6Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 42 | 36 | 2.7 | $587K | +2.3% | #235 of 377 |
| 7Morristown, TN | 41 | 14 | 2.9 | $513K | +7.9% | #243 of 377 |
| 8Clarksville, TN-KY | 38 | 28 | 2.2 | $450K | +8.5% | #263 of 377 |
| 9Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 34 | 115 | 2.2 | $552K | −0.3% | #286 of 377 |
| 10Jackson, TN | 19 | 35 | 4.8 | $290K | +2.2% | #367 of 377 |
Other business types in the Kingsport-Bristol 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area?
There are 36 funeral homes on map listings in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, up 13.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area spend on funerals?
About $21.1M a year, or $161 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $587K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 130,939 households in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Kingsport-Bristol metro area has 2.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $587K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Kingsport-Bristol metro area would have about 31, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,036 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kingsport-Bristol metro area at 314,834 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 130,939 households. Median household income in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area is $57,792, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. The Kingsport-Bristol metro area scores 42 for funeral homes (lower middle), #235 of 377 scored metro areas.
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