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Funeral homes in Fort Bend County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Fort Bend County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #66 of 1,472 scored counties
#5 of 97 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 23
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.5M
- On funerals · $121 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 975,191
- +17.4% since 2020
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What this means
Fort Bend County scores 80 (high) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #66 of 1,472 scored counties and #5 of 97 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
Household spending on funerals in Fort Bend County comes to about $35.5M a year: $121 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each home on map listings, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $679K.
Fort Bend County has 23 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 62% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Fort Bend County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 26,610 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.6M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Fort Bend County. Population estimates put the population change in Fort Bend County from 2020 to 2025 at +17.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Fort Bend County 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 | Fort Bend County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 26,610 | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $121 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $114,041 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 231 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Fort Bend County, 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 Fort Bend County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 975,191+17.4% since 2020
- Households
- 292,713
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 862 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,037
- Median household income
- $114,041+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $145,132
- Median home value
- $374,500
- Jobs located here
- 248,090
- Daytime population
- 729,530Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Texas, with Fort Bend County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wood County, TX | 87 | 5 | 2.7 | $752K | +10.3% | #36 of 1,472 |
| 2Comal County, TX | 84 | 7 | 1.0 | $1.4M | +27.9% | #43 of 1,472 |
| 3Parker County, TX | 82 | 9 | 1.6 | $915K | +23.5% | #51 of 1,472 |
| 4Williamson County, TX | 80 | 16 | 0.6 | $1.8M | +22.3% | #64 of 1,472 |
| 5Fort Bend County, TX | 80 | 23 | 0.8 | $1.5M | +17.4% | #66 of 1,472 |
| 6Denton County, TX | 79 | 20 | 0.6 | $1.9M | +16.9% | #72 of 1,472 |
| 7Collin County, TX | 79 | 30 | 0.7 | $1.5M | +20.6% | #74 of 1,472 |
| 8Smith County, TX | 77 | 16 | 1.9 | $848K | +7.8% | #112 of 1,472 |
| 9Kendall County, TX | 77 | 6 | 3.4 | $519K | +19.6% | #114 of 1,472 |
| 10Hays County, TX | 75 | 9 | 0.9 | $1.1M | +24.8% | #135 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Fort Bend County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Fort Bend County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 funeral homes in Fort Bend County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Fort Bend County, TX spend on funerals?
About $35.5M 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 23 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 292,713 households in Fort Bend County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fort Bend County, TX compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Fort Bend County has 0.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.5M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Fort Bend County would have about 52, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 26,610 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Fort Bend County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Fort Bend County at 975,191 people in 2025, up 17.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 292,713 households. The median household income in Fort Bend County is $114,041 a year, 41% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Fort Bend County scores 80 for funeral homes (high), #66 of 1,472 scored counties.
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