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Funeral homes in Pierce County, WA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Pierce County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #215 of 1,472 scored counties
#11 of 17 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 39
- 4 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44M
- On funerals · $125 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 66% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,288
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 funeral homes in Pierce County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 10%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.1, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $125 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Pierce County spend about $44M a year on funerals. Spread across 39 funeral homes, that is $1.1M per home, 66% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Pierce County in 2023. That is one for every 25,095 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Pierce County grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Pierce County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #215 of 1,472 scored counties and #11 of 17 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Pierce County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Pierce County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 25,095 | 18,463 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $125 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $99,564 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 149
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 394 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The 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 Pierce 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 Pierce County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,288+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 351,330
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,668 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 558
- Median household income
- $99,564+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,504
- Median home value
- $526,600
- Jobs located here
- 329,848
- Daytime population
- 851,977Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Pierce County?
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clark County, WA | 81 | 9 | 0.5 | $3M | +5.3% | #53 of 1,472 |
| 2Kitsap County, WA | 81 | 7 | 0.6 | $2.3M | +2.7% | #56 of 1,472 |
| 3Skagit County, WA | 80 | 8 | 1.5 | $1.1M | +2.4% | #71 of 1,472 |
| 4Thurston County, WA | 78 | 7 | 0.6 | $2.4M | +2.8% | #84 of 1,472 |
| 5Snohomish County, WA | 77 | 23 | 0.7 | $1.8M | +4.9% | #97 of 1,472 |
| 6Spokane County, WA | 77 | 23 | 1.1 | $1.3M | +3.2% | #102 of 1,472 |
| 7Benton County, WA | 75 | 10 | 1.3 | $1.1M | +6.9% | #141 of 1,472 |
| 8King County, WA | 74 | 61 | 0.6 | $1.8M | +3.1% | #156 of 1,472 |
| 9Island County, WA | 73 | 5 | 1.4 | $1.3M | −1.5% | #172 of 1,472 |
| 10Clallam County, WA | 73 | 9 | 2.6 | $759K | +1.1% | #189 of 1,472 |
| 11Pierce County, WA | 71 | 39 | 1.1 | $1.1M | +2.5% | #215 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Pierce County
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 Pierce County, WA?
There are 39 funeral homes on map listings in Pierce County as of September 2026. 4 of them (10%) 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 Pierce County, WA spend on funerals?
About $44M a year, or $125 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 351,330 households in Pierce County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pierce County, WA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Pierce County has 1.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.1M, 66% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Pierce County would have about 65, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 25,095 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Pierce County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Pierce County at 946,288 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 351,330 households. Median household income in Pierce County is $99,564, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.1%, 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. Pierce County scores 71 for funeral homes (upper middle), #215 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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