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Funeral services

1 breakdown and 5 tracked deals in this sector, compiled from public reporting.

Disclosed value counts only deals where a figure was made public. Most private equity transactions never are, so treat this as a floor, not a total.

The breakdowns

• Oct 7, 2026

  Why Are Funerals So Expensive, and Who Owns Your Funeral Home?

  One Houston company runs 1,485 funeral homes under old family names, holds $17.0B in prepaid contracts, and charged up to 72% more in a 2017 price survey.

The deals

1. 2013$1.4B

   Stewart Enterprises

   Acquisition

   CompletedFTC — conditions on SCI's acquisition of Stewart Enterprises
2. 2013-12-23

   53 funeral homes and 38 cemeteries in 59 local markets

   FTC-ordered divestiture

   Completed59 local marketsFTC — conditions on SCI's acquisition of Stewart Enterprises
3. 2019

   Angel Valley Funeral Home

   Acquisition

   CompletedTucsonKFF Health News — Death Is Anything but a Dying Business as Private Equity Cashes In
4. 2025$101.3M

   22 funeral homes and 2 cemeteries

   Acquisition

   CompletedService Corporation International — Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 (SEC)
5. date t.b.c.

   Frank E. Campbell — The Funeral Chapel

   Acquisition

   Still heldManhattanDignity Memorial

Compiled from public reporting. Not investment advice.