The industry with the hardest deadline and the least price-sensitive customer, which is exactly why it is regulated on disclosure. It is being reshaped by cremation, by direct-to-consumer planning, and by people arranging their own send-off in advance.
8solutions
3public companies
9private, mutual, nonprofit, state
$14Bpublic market value
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Public companies
| Organisation | Market value | Products | Serves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Corporation International SCI | $12B | Dignity Memorial funeral homes, cemeteries, Neptune Society cremation | Funeral homes, Cemeteries, Cremation |
| Matthews International MATW | $0.8B | bronze memorials, caskets, cremation equipment | Headstones and monuments, Cremation |
| Carriage Services CSV | $0.7B | funeral homes, cemeteries | Funeral homes, Cemeteries |
Private, mutual, nonprofit and state
| Organisation | Valuation | Products | Serves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Lawn Corporation | $0.9B | funeral homes, cemeteries | Funeral homes, Cemeteries |
| Batesville | caskets, urns | Funeral homes | |
| Recompose | human composting | Green burial and alternative disposition | |
| Tulip Cremation (Foundation Partners Group) | online direct cremation | Cremation | |
| INELDA (International End-of-Life Doula Association) | death doula training and directory | Death doulas | |
| Everything But The House | online estate sales | Estate sales and clearance | |
| Federal Trade Commission | Funeral Rule price disclosure | Funeral price disclosure rules | |
| Dignity (UK) | funeral homes, crematoria, pre-paid plans | Funeral homes, Cremation, Pre-need funeral plans and funeral insurance | |
| Co-op Funeralcare | UK's largest funeral director | Funeral homes, Pre-need funeral plans and funeral insurance |