Funeral home valuation calculator
Enter your three-year average calls, revenue per call, and normalized margin, then test a multiple range. The calculator adds owned real estate separately and subtracts any preneed shortfall, the same order a buyer works in.
Funeral home value estimator
A first-pass range using the Four-Number Funeral Home Valuation Screen logic. Replace every default with your own figures.
Total funeral revenue ÷ calls, excluding cash advances.
Third-party cremation, pet cremation, cemetery, etc.
SDE or adjusted EBITDA ÷ revenue after add-backs.
Educational estimate only. Not an appraisal, valuation opinion, or loan approval.
What the calculator does
It multiplies annual calls by average revenue per call, adds other revenue such as third-party cremations, and applies your normalized earnings margin to estimate seller’s discretionary earnings (SDE) or adjusted EBITDA. That earnings figure is multiplied by the low and high multiples you choose. Owned real estate is then added at its separately appraised value, and any preneed shortfall is subtracted, because buyers treat an underfunded backlog as a liability that comes out of the price.
How to choose the inputs
Use a three-year average of calls rather than your best year, and calculate revenue per call without cash-advance items you pass through to families, such as cemetery charges or obituary fees. The margin should be after add-backs you can document: owner compensation above a market salary, personal expenses run through the business, and one-time costs. If you rent your building from yourself, deduct a market rent before calculating the margin so the real estate is not counted twice.
Choosing a multiple range
Multiples depend on size, market, crematory ownership, cremation mix, preneed quality, and who the buyer is. We do not put a published multiple in the default fields because reliable public data for funeral home transactions is thin. Test a range you can defend, then read our guide to funeral home valuation multiples for how buyers move within a range.
What it leaves out
Working capital, receivables, inventory, the tax effect of the deal structure, earnouts, and seller notes all change what you actually receive. For that walk, use the net proceeds calculator. The estimate is also not a valuation opinion: a quality-of-earnings review and an appraisal can move the numbers in either direction.