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Funeral homes in Greenbrier County, WV
The funeral homes in Greenbrier County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,272 of 1,472 scored counties
#20 of 27 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.3M
- On funerals · $157 a household
- Spending per listing
- $291K
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,578
- −4.0% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Greenbrier County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,272 of 1,472 scored counties and #20 of 27 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 funeral homes in Greenbrier County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 25%, against 10% across the U.S. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $157 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Greenbrier County spend about $2.3M a year on funerals. That works out to $291K per home, 57% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Greenbrier County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,958 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Greenbrier County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Greenbrier County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Greenbrier County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 4.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $291K | $368K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,958 | 3,718 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.0% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $157 | $153 | $143 |
| Median household income | $48,218 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 18 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,578−4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 14,788
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,020 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $48,218+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,064
- Median home value
- $149,000
- Jobs located here
- 12,698
- Daytime population
- 31,539Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 69 | 6 | 1.2 | $1M | +13.7% | #249 of 1,472 |
| 2Monongalia County, WV | 50 | 7 | 1.6 | $637K | +2.0% | #692 of 1,472 |
| 3Wood County, WV | 46 | 9 | 2.5 | $604K | −2.1% | #811 of 1,472 |
| 4Kanawha County, WV | 40 | 27 | 3.5 | $440K | −4.3% | #973 of 1,472 |
| 5Wayne County, WV | 40 | 6 | 3.8 | $410K | −4.0% | #976 of 1,472 |
| 6Jackson County, WV | 40 | 5 | 4.3 | $387K | −1.0% | #978 of 1,472 |
| 7Mercer County, WV | 40 | 11 | 4.5 | $377K | −3.4% | #980 of 1,472 |
| 8Putnam County, WV | 38 | 7 | 3.0 | $476K | −1.0% | #1,028 of 1,472 |
| 9Hancock County, WV | 37 | 7 | 5.5 | $312K | −4.5% | #1,059 of 1,472 |
| 10Raleigh County, WV | 36 | 14 | 4.8 | $332K | −3.5% | #1,079 of 1,472 |
| 20Greenbrier County, WV | 27 | 8 | 5.4 | $291K | −4.0% | #1,272 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier County, WV?
Greenbrier County has 8 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Greenbrier County, WV spend on funerals?
About $2.3M a year, or $157 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $291K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,788 households in Greenbrier County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Greenbrier County, WV compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Greenbrier County has 5.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $291K, 57% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Greenbrier County would have about 3, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,958 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Greenbrier County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Greenbrier County at 31,578 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,788 households. Median household income in Greenbrier County is $48,218, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.0%, 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. Greenbrier County scores 27 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,272 of 1,472 scored counties.
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