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Funeral homes in Milwaukee County, WI
How Milwaukee County, WI 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #831 of 1,472 scored counties
#27 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 74
- 21 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- −7.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $45.3M
- On funerals · $116 a household
- Spending per listing
- $613K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 924,216
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 74 funeral homes in Milwaukee County. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 28%, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $116 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Milwaukee County spend about $45.3M a year on funerals. Spread across 74 funeral homes, that is $613K per home, 10% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 47 businesses with payroll in Milwaukee County classed as funeral homes and funeral services, down 7.8% from 2019. That is one for every 8,349 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Milwaukee County.
Population estimates show Milwaukee County declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Milwaukee County is 45 (lower middle), #831 of 1,472 scored counties and #27 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Milwaukee County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Milwaukee County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $613K | $544K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,349 | 6,004 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.8% | −1.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $116 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $64,435 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 51 → 47−7.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 382
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7421 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 924,216−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 392,399
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 241 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,837
- Median household income
- $64,435+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,836
- Median home value
- $230,700
- Jobs located here
- 496,935
- Daytime population
- 971,639Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waukesha County, WI | 73 | 32 | 1.9 | $850K | +2.4% | #186 of 1,472 |
| 2Washington County, WI | 70 | 8 | 1.4 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #229 of 1,472 |
| 3Dane County, WI | 65 | 31 | 1.2 | $897K | +4.9% | #350 of 1,472 |
| 4St. Croix County, WI | 61 | 8 | 2.1 | $618K | +4.7% | #460 of 1,472 |
| 5Ozaukee County, WI | 61 | 13 | 3.4 | $483K | +3.0% | #468 of 1,472 |
| 6Waushara County, WI | 58 | 5 | 4.7 | $364K | +2.8% | #526 of 1,472 |
| 7Kenosha County, WI | 57 | 10 | 1.5 | $848K | −0.4% | #528 of 1,472 |
| 8Wood County, WI | 57 | 8 | 2.5 | $671K | −0.2% | #534 of 1,472 |
| 9Racine County, WI | 56 | 16 | 2.0 | $718K | +0.4% | #553 of 1,472 |
| 10Sheboygan County, WI | 56 | 11 | 2.2 | $659K | 0.0% | #556 of 1,472 |
| 27Milwaukee County, WI | 45 | 74 | 1.9 | $613K | −1.5% | #831 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee County, WI?
Milwaukee County has 74 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 21 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 7.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Milwaukee County, WI spend on funerals?
About $45.3M a year, or $116 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 74 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $613K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 392,399 households in Milwaukee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Milwaukee County, WI compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Milwaukee County has 1.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $613K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Milwaukee County would have about 67, against 74 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,349 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Milwaukee County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Milwaukee County at 924,216 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 392,399 households. Median household income in Milwaukee County is $64,435, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. Milwaukee County scores 45 for funeral homes (lower middle), #831 of 1,472 scored counties.
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