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Funeral homes in Snohomish County, WA
How Snohomish County, WA 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #97 of 1,472 scored counties
#5 of 17 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 23
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.3M
- On funerals · $128 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 870,656
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Snohomish County has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #97 of 1,472 scored counties and #5 of 17 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
Households in Snohomish County spend about $40.3M a year on funerals, or $128 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per home, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 23 funeral homes on map listings in Snohomish County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 67% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Snohomish County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 26,351 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $788K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Snohomish County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Snohomish County grew 4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Snohomish 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 | Snohomish County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 26,351 | 18,463 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $128 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $111,246 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- 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
- 59The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $788K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Snohomish 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 Snohomish County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 870,656+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 316,212
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,087 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 405
- Median household income
- $111,246+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $142,831
- Median home value
- $696,000
- Jobs located here
- 295,384
- Daytime population
- 731,489Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in Snohomish 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 Snohomish County, WA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 funeral homes in Snohomish County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Snohomish County, WA spend on funerals?
About $40.3M a year, or $128 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 316,212 households in Snohomish County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Snohomish County, WA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Snohomish County has 0.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.8M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Snohomish County would have about 59, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 26,351 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Snohomish County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Snohomish County at 870,656 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 316,212 households. The median household income in Snohomish County is $111,246 a year, 38% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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. Snohomish County scores 77 for funeral homes (high), #97 of 1,472 scored counties.
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