Funeral services · Metro area · Tennessee
Funeral homes in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #286 of 377 scored metro areas
#9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 115
- 11 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- +16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.4M
- On funerals · $121 a household
- Spending per listing
- $552K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,341,412
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Memphis metro area is 34 (lower middle), #286 of 377 scored metro areas and #9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 115 funeral homes in the Memphis metro area. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 10%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.2, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in the Memphis metro area comes to about $63.4M a year: $121 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $552K of household spending for each home on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 52 businesses with payroll in the Memphis metro area classed as funeral homes and funeral services, up 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 10,055 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Memphis metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Memphis 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 | Memphis metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $552K | $554K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 10,055 | 6,448 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.7% | +11.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $121 | $132 | $143 |
| Median household income | $66,401 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 52+16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 495
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11511 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 94The 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 Memphis 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 Memphis metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,341,412−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 522,879
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 4,972 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 270
- Median household income
- $66,401
- Average household income
- $95,119
- Median home value
- $245,900
- Jobs located here
- 640,441
- Daytime population
- 1,368,538Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Memphis 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area?
The Memphis metro area has 115 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area spend on funerals?
About $63.4M a year, or $121 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 115 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $552K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 522,879 households in the Memphis metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Memphis metro area has 2.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $552K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Memphis metro area would have about 94, against 115 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,055 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Memphis metro area at 1,341,412 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 522,879 households. Median household income in the Memphis metro area is $66,401, 18% 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 Memphis metro area scores 34 for funeral homes (lower middle), #286 of 377 scored metro areas.
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