NAICS 812210
Funeral Homes & Services in California
Establishments primarily engaged in preparing the dead for burial or interment and conducting funeral services.
- Establishments (2023)
- 794
- Statewide, California
- Employees
- 7,636
- Mid-March employment
- Annual payroll
- $475M
- All establishments
- Avg. establishment size
- 9.6
- Employees per establishment
What acquirers look at
Multi-generational family ownership, preneed trust liabilities, and extreme community-reputation dependence. Preneed trust accounting is the diligence item that matters.
Funeral Homes by county
Ranked by establishment count, 2023 County Business Patterns. For the crowded-versus-underserved reading, see the saturation ranking, which ranks by establishments per resident instead.
| # | County | Establishments | Per 10k residents | Share of state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles County | 161 | 0.2 | 20.3% |
| 2 | San Diego County | 60 | 0.2 | 7.6% |
| 3 | Orange County | 52 | 0.2 | 6.5% |
| 4 | Riverside County | 44 | 0.2 | 5.5% |
| 5 | San Bernardino County | 38 | 0.2 | 4.8% |
| 6 | Sacramento County | 36 | 0.2 | 4.5% |
| 7 | Alameda County | 32 | 0.2 | 4.0% |
| 8 | Santa Clara County | 32 | 0.2 | 4.0% |
| 9 | Fresno County | 29 | 0.3 | 3.7% |
| 10 | Kern County | 26 | 0.3 | 3.3% |
| 11 | Contra Costa County | 24 | 0.2 | 3.0% |
| 12 | Ventura County | 23 | 0.3 | 2.9% |
| 13 | San Joaquin County | 20 | 0.2 | 2.5% |
| 14 | Solano County | 19 | 0.4 | 2.4% |
| 15 | Stanislaus County | 16 | 0.3 | 2.0% |
| 16 | Tulare County | 15 | 0.3 | 1.9% |
| 17 | San Mateo County | 12 | 0.2 | 1.5% |
| 18 | Sonoma County | 12 | 0.2 | 1.5% |
| 19 | Placer County | 11 | 0.2 | 1.4% |
| 20 | San Luis Obispo County | 11 | 0.4 | 1.4% |
| 21 | Butte County | 10 | 0.5 | 1.3% |
| 22 | Monterey County | 10 | 0.2 | 1.3% |
| 23 | Santa Barbara County | 10 | 0.2 | 1.3% |
| 24 | San Francisco County | 9 | 0.1 | 1.1% |
| 25 | Merced County | 8 | 0.3 | 1.0% |
Counties in California
Funeral Homes in Los AngelesFuneral Homes in San DiegoFuneral Homes in OrangeFuneral Homes in RiversideFuneral Homes in San BernardinoFuneral Homes in Santa ClaraFuneral Homes in AlamedaFuneral Homes in SacramentoFuneral Homes in Contra CostaFuneral Homes in FresnoFuneral Homes in KernFuneral Homes in VenturaFuneral Homes in San FranciscoFuneral Homes in San JoaquinFuneral Homes in San MateoFuneral Homes in StanislausFuneral Homes in SonomaFuneral Homes in TulareFuneral Homes in SolanoFuneral Homes in PlacerFuneral Homes in Santa BarbaraFuneral Homes in MontereyFuneral Homes in MercedFuneral Homes in San Luis ObispoFuneral Homes in Santa CruzFuneral Homes in MarinFuneral Homes in YoloFuneral Homes in ButteFuneral Homes in El DoradoFuneral Homes in ShastaFuneral Homes in ImperialFuneral Homes in MaderaKingsNapaHumboldtNevadaFuneral Homes in SutterFuneral Homes in YubaFuneral Homes in MendocinoSan BenitoFuneral Homes in LakeTehamaFuneral Homes in TuolumneCalaverasSiskiyouAmadorGlennLassenDel NorteColusaPlumasInyoMariposaTrinityMonoModocSierraAlpine
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Establishment counts, employment and annual payroll by NAICS. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2026Q1). Quarterly establishment counts and employment for employers covered by unemployment insurance. Retrieved 2026-09-08.