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Funeral homes in Spokane County, WA
The funeral homes in Spokane County, WA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #102 of 1,472 scored counties
#6 of 17 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 23
- 6 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.2M
- On funerals · $138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 93% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 558,344
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Spokane County scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #102 of 1,472 scored counties and #6 of 17 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
Households in Spokane County spend about $30.2M a year on funerals, or $138 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 funeral homes, that is $1.3M per home, 93% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Spokane County has 23 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.1 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Spokane County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 21,840 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $404K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Spokane County. Population estimates put the population change in Spokane County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Spokane 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 | Spokane County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 21,840 | 18,463 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $138 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $78,582 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 102
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 236 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $404K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Spokane 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 Spokane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 558,344+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 218,395
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,764 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 311
- Median household income
- $78,582+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,315
- Median home value
- $410,700
- Jobs located here
- 243,284
- Daytime population
- 557,028Residents 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 Spokane 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 Spokane County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 funeral homes in Spokane County. 6 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Spokane County, WA spend on funerals?
About $30.2M 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 23 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 218,395 households in Spokane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Spokane County, WA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Spokane County has 1.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.3M, 93% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Spokane County would have about 45, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,840 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Spokane County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Spokane County at 558,344 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 218,395 households. The median household income in Spokane County is $78,582 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.1% 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. Spokane County scores 77 for funeral homes (high), #102 of 1,472 scored counties.
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