Nationwide · Sellers and buyers · Funeral homes, crematories, cemeteries
Clear answers for anyone buying or selling a funeral home.
The Funeral Home Business Broker explains what a funeral home is worth, how preneed and licensing affect a deal, which buyers fit which sellers, and how to close without losing what your family built. Every page teaches; nothing hides behind a form.
Start here if you are selling
I own a funeral home
- How much is my funeral home worth? A practical valuation guide for owners
- How to sell a funeral home: the complete process from decision to closing
- Preneed and the sale of your funeral home: trust funding, insurance, and shortfall adjustments
- You got an offer from a consolidator for your funeral home: how to tell if it is fair
- Keeping your family name on the building: legacy terms and how enforceable they are
Start here if you are buying
I want to buy a funeral home
- How to buy a funeral home: a complete roadmap for licensed directors and investors
- Funeral home due diligence checklist: calls, preneed, licensing, environmental, real estate
- SBA loan for a funeral home: 7(a), 504, and what lenders require under SOP 50 10 8.1
- Preneed diligence for buyers: reconciling contracts to trust and insurance funding
- Who can own a funeral home? Licensing and ownership rules by state
Five hubs, one complete picture
- Selling a funeral home
Deciding, preparing, valuing, choosing a buyer, protecting the family name, and closing.
- Buying a funeral home
Sourcing, underwriting call volume, preneed and crematory diligence, licensing, SBA loans, and the first 90 days.
- Valuation, finance & tax
SDE and EBITDA, multiples, add-backs, preneed shortfalls, real estate, QoE, earnouts, and taxes.
- Operations that raise value
The operating changes that move price: cremation capacity, preneed programs, GPL pricing, staff depth.
- Market & industry
Who is buying, what has changed, cremation trends, consolidators and private equity, and rules by state.
Most-read guides
- Funeral home valuation multiples: SDE vs. EBITDA and why size, cremation, and real estate change everything
What is a funeral home EBITDA multiple? When buyers use SDE instead, why size, crematories, and real estate move multiples, and which figures are citable.
- The state of funeral home M&A: who is buying, what they pay, and what has changed
Funeral home M&A in late 2026: which consolidators and private groups are buying, what filings say about price, what has changed, and what is still unknown.
- Rising cremation rates and what they mean for funeral home values
The cremation rate funeral home value question, answered with NFDA and CANA data, mix-shift math on revenue per call, buyer adjustments, and firms that gain.
- Selling a funeral home with a crematory: how buyers value cremation capacity
Planning to sell funeral home with crematory operations? See how buyers judge permits, retort age, usable capacity, and trade revenue, and what to document.
- Taxes on selling a funeral home: asset allocation, goodwill, real estate, and installment sales
Taxes on selling a funeral home explained: Form 8594 asset classes, personal vs. enterprise goodwill, recapture, C-corp double tax, and installment notes.
- Funeral home add-backs: what buyers and lenders accept and reject
Funeral home add-backs sorted into accept, negotiate, and reject: family payroll, owner vehicles, related-party rent, one-time costs, and the proof each needs.
Reference, tools, and state rules
- Comparisons
Side-by-side decisions with numbers.
- Definitions
The terms that carry money in a deal.
- Worked examples
Illustrative deals with the math shown.
- Checklists
Working documents you can print.
- By state
Licensing, ownership, preneed, and crematory rules.
- Frameworks
Five tools we use on every engagement.
- Calculators
Valuation, preneed, DSCR, proceeds, earnouts.
- Glossary
150+ terms, defined plainly.
- All guides
Every guide, organized by hub.
Written by Jason Taken
Business Advisor, HedgeStone Business Advisors
Jason works with funeral home owners and acquirers nationwide on valuation, quality of earnings, preneed reconciliation, buyer outreach, and deal structure. Read his background or how we write and review.