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Funeral homes in Chesterfield County, VA

How Chesterfield County, VA 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 80 out of 100: High

Ranked #63 of 1,472 scored counties
#1 of 47 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.8M
On funerals · $134 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
2.8 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
67% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
397,148
+8.7% 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

For funeral homes, Chesterfield County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #63 of 1,472 scored counties and #1 of 47 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.

Households in Chesterfield County spend about $18.8M a year on funerals, or $134 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each home on map listings, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $679K.

There are 10 funeral homes on map listings in Chesterfield County as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Chesterfield County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 17,519 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Chesterfield County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Chesterfield County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Chesterfield County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureChesterfield CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.71.82.1
Spending per listing$1.9M$744K$679K
Households per official establishment17,5198,8578,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.8%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.7%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$134$137$143
Median household income$101,931$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score8058

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8
Employees, 2023
90
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The 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 Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County

Population, 2025 estimate
397,148+8.7% since 2020
Households
140,155
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
424 sq. mi.
People per square mile
892
Median household income
$101,931+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$128,631
Median home value
$366,000
Jobs located here
149,426
Daytime population
346,516Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Virginia

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

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chesterfield County, VA80100.7$1.9M+8.7%#63 of 1,472
2Loudoun County, VA7870.5$2.5M+6.4%#83 of 1,472
3Bedford County, VA7672.1$793K+4.4%#123 of 1,472
4Fairfax County, VA75250.6$2.3M+1.7%#124 of 1,472
5Henrico County, VA73141.0$1.3M+2.3%#169 of 1,472
6Hanover County, VA7181.9$838K+5.6%#222 of 1,472
7Prince William County, VA6870.4$2.7M+4.2%#270 of 1,472
8Augusta County, VA6882.6$691K+1.8%#293 of 1,472
9Rockingham County, VA6882.4$660K+6.6%#294 of 1,472
10Roanoke County, VA6492.3$764K+0.2%#380 of 1,472

Other business types in Chesterfield County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Chesterfield County, VA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 funeral homes in Chesterfield County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Chesterfield County, VA spend on funerals?

About $18.8M a year, or $134 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 140,155 households in Chesterfield County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Chesterfield County, VA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Chesterfield County has 0.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.9M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Chesterfield County would have about 28, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,519 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Chesterfield County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Chesterfield County at 397,148 people in 2025, up 8.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,155 households. The median household income in Chesterfield County is $101,931 a year, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.4% 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. Chesterfield County scores 80 for funeral homes (high), #63 of 1,472 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Chesterfield County

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