Acquisition signal layer · Michigan first
Nearly half of funeral-home owners plan to retire by 2028 — and consolidators are already organized around that wave. This layer tracks who is buying, who is quietly selling, and what your firm is worth in that market — so the knock on your door is never the first time you have thought about it.
NFDA 2023 owner survey · verified deal ledger below
representative signals
A third-generation independent funeral home has been approached — no decision yet. When a consolidator moves in a market, the adjacent operators feel the pricing and referral pressure next. The tape below shows who is buying and what they pay.
Read the verified tapeAn adjacent independent is open to partnership or succession rather than a chain sale. Inside a verified community, that conversation happens operator-to-operator instead of through a broker taking points on both sides.
Find operators open to partnershipBuyers price the cremation share, the preneed book, and the license roster before they price the building. Operators who know their numbers before the knock negotiate from position, not surprise.
Get verified before the conversationA firm that cannot staff its own succession sells sooner and cheaper. Licensed directors convey with the deal — which makes your bench a valuation line item, and the hiring board an acquisition signal.
See who is hiring around youMichigan
O’Brien-Sullivan Funeral Home, Novi — sold after 128 years of family ownership
John P. O’Brien → Rollings Funeral Service (GA)
Founded 1898; name retained under the new owner. Valuation undisclosed.
sourcePark Lawn Corp. taken private
Homesteaders Life / Birch Hill (via Viridian)
≈C$1.2B for ~170 locations — after divesting 72 cemeteries and 11 funeral homes to Everstory Partners (~$70M, late 2023).
source~$871M
deal value
SCI keeps buying
Service Corporation International
26 funeral properties + 6 cemeteries acquired in 2024; $71M more in real estate through Q3 2025.
source$181M
deal value
The new roll-ups arrive
Milestone Funeral Partners · Big Sky Capital Partners
Milestone: 0 → 90 firms since 2021 (36 of 39 shareholders are licensed directors). Big Sky: 10+ properties, 10 in talks. Engine: nearly half of owners plan to retire by 2028 (NFDA 2023 survey).
sourceEvery entry verified against its primary source — receipts linked above.
Whether you are planning a transition on your own terms or looking to grow by acquisition, the conversation is better held operator-to-operator — verified, confidential, and before the brokers arrive.