Funeral services · County · Virginia
Funeral homes in Virginia Beach city, VA
The funeral homes in Virginia Beach city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #472 of 1,472 scored counties
#15 of 47 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 21
- 10 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $23.1M
- On funerals · $129 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 62% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 453,737
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Virginia Beach city comes to about $23.1M a year: $129 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each home on map listings, 62% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Virginia Beach city has 21 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.2, 43% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Virginia Beach city classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 12,847 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Virginia Beach city declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Virginia Beach city is 60 (upper middle), #472 of 1,472 scored counties and #15 of 47 scored counties in Virginia.
How Virginia Beach city 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.
| Measure | Virginia Beach city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $744K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 12,847 | 8,857 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.8% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $129 | $137 | $143 |
| Median household income | $92,968 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 142
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Virginia Beach city, 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 Virginia Beach city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 453,737−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 179,851
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 245 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,865
- Median household income
- $92,968+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,769
- Median home value
- $382,500
- Jobs located here
- 180,420
- Daytime population
- 440,196Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chesterfield County, VA | 80 | 10 | 0.7 | $1.9M | +8.7% | #63 of 1,472 |
| 2Loudoun County, VA | 78 | 7 | 0.5 | $2.5M | +6.4% | #83 of 1,472 |
| 3Bedford County, VA | 76 | 7 | 2.1 | $793K | +4.4% | #123 of 1,472 |
| 4Fairfax County, VA | 75 | 25 | 0.6 | $2.3M | +1.7% | #124 of 1,472 |
| 5Henrico County, VA | 73 | 14 | 1.0 | $1.3M | +2.3% | #169 of 1,472 |
| 6Hanover County, VA | 71 | 8 | 1.9 | $838K | +5.6% | #222 of 1,472 |
| 7Prince William County, VA | 68 | 7 | 0.4 | $2.7M | +4.2% | #270 of 1,472 |
| 8Augusta County, VA | 68 | 8 | 2.6 | $691K | +1.8% | #293 of 1,472 |
| 9Rockingham County, VA | 68 | 8 | 2.4 | $660K | +6.6% | #294 of 1,472 |
| 10Roanoke County, VA | 64 | 9 | 2.3 | $764K | +0.2% | #380 of 1,472 |
| 15Virginia Beach city, VA | 60 | 21 | 1.2 | $1.1M | −1.3% | #472 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Virginia Beach city
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Virginia Beach city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 funeral homes in Virginia Beach city. 10 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Virginia Beach city, VA spend on funerals?
About $23.1M a year, or $129 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 179,851 households in Virginia Beach city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Virginia Beach city, VA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Virginia Beach city has 1.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.1M, 62% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Virginia Beach city would have about 34, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,847 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Virginia Beach city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Virginia Beach city at 453,737 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 179,851 households. The median household income in Virginia Beach city is $92,968 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.4% 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. Virginia Beach city scores 60 for funeral homes (upper middle), #472 of 1,472 scored counties.
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