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.

#CountyEstablishmentsPer 10k residentsShare of state
1Los Angeles County1610.220.3%
2San Diego County600.27.6%
3Orange County520.26.5%
4Riverside County440.25.5%
5San Bernardino County380.24.8%
6Sacramento County360.24.5%
7Alameda County320.24.0%
8Santa Clara County320.24.0%
9Fresno County290.33.7%
10Kern County260.33.3%
11Contra Costa County240.23.0%
12Ventura County230.32.9%
13San Joaquin County200.22.5%
14Solano County190.42.4%
15Stanislaus County160.32.0%
16Tulare County150.31.9%
17San Mateo County120.21.5%
18Sonoma County120.21.5%
19Placer County110.21.4%
20San Luis Obispo County110.41.4%
21Butte County100.51.3%
22Monterey County100.21.3%
23Santa Barbara County100.21.3%
24San Francisco County90.11.1%
25Merced County80.31.0%

Counties in California

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Establishment counts, employment and annual payroll by NAICS. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
  2. 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.