Number of funeral homes in the U.S. 2004-2023

In 2023, there were almost 19,000 funeral homes in the United States - an increase of approximately 200 compared to the previous year. There were roughly 700 fewer funeral homes in the United States in 2022 than there were in 2004.

Death care services

There are several different components that make up the death care services industry in the United States. As this service is deemed a necessity by most, historically it has demonstrated itself as profitable engagement. Funeral homes, for example, had a market size of 19 billion U.S. dollars in 2022 - a significant increase when compared to the previous year. With such a large and nationwide enterprise, the funeral service industry alone needed a workforce of approximately 33,000 funeral attendants in 2022. Furthermore, the mean annual wage of this personnel group was around 34,000 U.S. dollars in 2022.

Cremation services

The cremation rate in the United States has been increasing rapidly since 1975. To demonstrate the swift rise in popularity of cremations, this rate was at 5.69 percent in 1975 and reached approximately 59 percent in 2022. With such a rise in prominence came an increase in price for this death care service. The median cost of an adult funeral with a viewing and a cremation in the United States was almost 8,000 U.S. dollars in 2021, meaning this service almost doubled in price since 2014.