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Funeral homes in Gregg County, TX

How Gregg County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,032 of 1,472 scored counties
#84 of 97 scored counties in Texas

Listings
16
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.7M
On funerals · $138 a household
Spending per listing
$417K
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
57% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
126,095
+1.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 16 funeral homes in Gregg County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Household spending on funerals in Gregg County comes to about $6.7M a year: $138 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $417K per home, 39% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Gregg County in 2023. That is one for every 3,714 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Gregg County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Gregg County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #1,032 of 1,472 scored counties and #84 of 97 scored counties in Texas.

How Gregg 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.

Funeral homes in Gregg County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGregg CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.31.72.1
Spending per listing$417K$693K$679K
Households per official establishment3,71411,1948,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.3%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$138$121$143
Median household income$66,550$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3861

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 13
Employees, 2023
69
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
161 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Gregg 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 Gregg County

Population, 2025 estimate
126,095+1.4% since 2020
Households
48,277
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
273 sq. mi.
People per square mile
459
Median household income
$66,550+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,869
Median home value
$203,400
Jobs located here
76,302
Daytime population
146,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Texas, with Gregg County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wood County, TX8752.7$752K+10.3%#36 of 1,472
2Comal County, TX8471.0$1.4M+27.9%#43 of 1,472
3Parker County, TX8291.6$915K+23.5%#51 of 1,472
4Williamson County, TX80160.6$1.8M+22.3%#64 of 1,472
5Fort Bend County, TX80230.8$1.5M+17.4%#66 of 1,472
6Denton County, TX79200.6$1.9M+16.9%#72 of 1,472
7Collin County, TX79300.7$1.5M+20.6%#74 of 1,472
8Smith County, TX77161.9$848K+7.8%#112 of 1,472
9Kendall County, TX7763.4$519K+19.6%#114 of 1,472
10Hays County, TX7590.9$1.1M+24.8%#135 of 1,472
84Gregg County, TX38163.3$417K+1.4%#1,032 of 1,472

Other business types in Gregg County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Gregg County, TX?

Gregg County has 16 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Gregg County, TX spend on funerals?

About $6.7M a year, or $138 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $417K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,277 households in Gregg County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gregg County, TX compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Gregg County has 3.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $417K, 39% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Gregg County would have about 10, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,714 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Gregg County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Gregg County at 126,095 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 48,277 households. Median household income in Gregg County is $66,550, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.6%, 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. Gregg County scores 38 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,032 of 1,472 scored counties.

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