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Funeral homes in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #237 of 377 scored metro areas
#17 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 20
- 3 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.1M
- On funerals · $105 a household
- Spending per listing
- $555K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,476
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 funeral homes in the College Station-Bryan metro area. Chain locations make up 15% of them, 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.
At $105 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in the College Station-Bryan metro area spend about $11.1M a year on funerals. Spread across 20 funeral homes, that is $555K per home, 18% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the College Station-Bryan metro area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 8,807 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the College Station-Bryan metro area grew 6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The College Station-Bryan metro area scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #237 of 377 scored metro areas and #17 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the College Station-Bryan metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | College Station-Bryan metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $555K | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,807 | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $105 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $60,087 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 154
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 203 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 College Station-Bryan 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 College Station-Bryan metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 287,476+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 105,688
- Median age
- 33.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,100 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 133
- Median household income
- $60,087+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,122
- Median home value
- $279,700
- Jobs located here
- 128,204
- Daytime population
- 289,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 74 | 85 | 0.9 | $1.1M | +14.0% | #51 of 377 |
| 2San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 73 | 115 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +9.5% | #59 of 377 |
| 3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 68 | 352 | 1.2 | $924K | +10.6% | #80 of 377 |
| 4Tyler, TX | 68 | 16 | 1.9 | $848K | +7.8% | #81 of 377 |
| 5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 65 | 357 | 1.3 | $842K | +10.3% | #94 of 377 |
| 6Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 62 | 28 | 2.0 | $719K | +3.0% | #114 of 377 |
| 7El Paso, TX | 61 | 32 | 1.1 | $1.2M | +1.3% | #115 of 377 |
| 8Killeen-Temple, TX | 55 | 32 | 1.8 | $629K | +7.2% | #148 of 377 |
| 9Sherman-Denison, TX | 54 | 18 | 3.3 | $465K | +12.8% | #154 of 377 |
| 10McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 52 | 56 | 2.1 | $648K | +5.6% | #163 of 377 |
| 17College Station-Bryan, TX | 42 | 20 | 1.9 | $555K | +6.9% | #237 of 377 |
Other business types in the College Station-Bryan 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 College Station-Bryan, TX metro area?
The College Station-Bryan metro area has 20 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area spend on funerals?
About $11.1M a year, or $105 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $555K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,688 households in the College Station-Bryan metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The College Station-Bryan metro area has 1.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $555K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the College Station-Bryan metro area would have about 16, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,807 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the College Station-Bryan metro area at 287,476 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,688 households. Median household income in the College Station-Bryan metro area is $60,087, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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. The College Station-Bryan metro area scores 42 for funeral homes (lower middle), #237 of 377 scored metro areas.
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