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Park Lawn Corp.
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Park Lawn Corporation
Websiteurl
parklawncorp.com
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
1892
Descriptiontext

Park Lawn Corporation is one of the largest funeral, cremation, and cemetery service providers in North America, operating across two Canadian provinces and 18 U.S. states. The company owns and operates a diversified portfolio of funeral homes, cemeteries, crematoria, chapels, and event centers that it markets to individual families and consumers under local legacy brand names. Its product surface spans at-need services (funeral arrangements and ceremonies at the time of death) and pre-need services (pre-planned and often pre-funded funeral and cemetery arrangements), as well as burial plots, mausoleum crypts, cremation ceremonies, and memorialization merchandise. Pricing is quote-based and varies by location and service mix; no standardized public pricing is disclosed. The revenue mix is overwhelmingly transactional (one-time at-need service revenue) with a recurring subscription-like component from pre-need trust-funded contracts. There is no proprietary software product or platform; the operating model is a distributed physical services roll-up rather than a technology business.

Short descriptiontext

Park Lawn Corporation owns and operates one of the largest funeral, cremation, and cemetery service portfolios in North America across 2 Canadian provinces and 18 U.S. states, serving individual families with at-need and pre-need arrangements through a roll-up acquisition model.

Operating statusenum
Operating
Ownership categoryenum
Headcount rangeband
251–500
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersToronto, Canada
HQ citystring
Toronto
HQ countrystring
Canada
HQ regionstring
North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices2 records

Each record includes

City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
deathcare services, funeral services, cremation services, cemetery services, memorialization products
NAICS code3 codes
  • 81222
  • 8122
  • 81221
Product category
Deathcare Services (Funeral, Cremation, and Cemetery)
GTM motion1 record

Each record includes

Type, Description, Source

Revenue model4 records
1Funeral Services
TypeOne Time License
Description

Funeral home services including funeral ceremonies, viewings, and related arrangements provided at the time of death (at-need) or pre-planned (pre-need).

parklawncorp.com
2Cemetery Services
TypeOne Time License
Description

Burial plot sales, cemetery maintenance, mausoleum crypts, and memorialization products and services.

parklawncorp.com
3Cremation Services
TypeOne Time License
Description

Cremation services including cremation ceremonies and related merchandise.

parklawncorp.com
4Pre-need Sales
TypeSubscription Recurring
Description

Pre-planned funeral and cemetery arrangements sold in advance to consumers, generating deferred revenue.

parklawncorp.com
Marketing channels5 records

Each record includes

Title, Type, Stage, Description, Source

Distribution channels4 records

Each record includes

Title, Type, Scope, Target buyer, Description, Source

Cost components6 values
Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain
GTM typeB2C
B2C
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

Park Lawn Corporation owns and operates a diversified portfolio of funeral homes, cemeteries, crematoria, chapels, and event centers across two Canadian provinces and eighteen U.S. states. It provides funeral services, cremation services, cemetery burials, and memorialization products to families at the time of death (at-need) or in advance (pre-need), with customized offerings and merchandise to honor loved ones.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Quantifiable outcome1 value
  • Revenue growth of 21% from comparable operations and 300 basis point increase in Adjusted EBITDA margin to 27.2% in Q1 2021
Product overview1 text field

Park Lawn Corporation operates a diversified portfolio of deathcare properties and businesses across North America, consisting of funeral homes, cemeteries, crematoria, chapels, and event centers. The company offers funeral services (at-need and pre-need), cremation, cemetery burials, and related merchandise. Services are sold through individual branded locations acquired over time, with centralized operational support. The company operates in two Canadian provinces and eighteen U.S. states, providing a full range of products and services that can be customized to meet individual family needs.

Scale indicator4 records

Each record includes

Type, Value, Description, Source

Recent move7 records

Each record includes

Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight5 records

Each record includes

Type, Description

Peers8 records
1Service Corporation International
TypeDirect peer
Description

SCI is the largest funeral, cremation, and cemetery operator in North America (operates Dignity Memorial brand), directly competing with Park Lawn in the same product categories across overlapping geographies with the same multi-property roll-up business model.

2Carriage Services
TypeDirect peer
Description

Carriage Services is a publicly traded funeral and cemetery provider in the U.S. that, like Park Lawn, acquires and operates local funeral homes and cemeteries while preserving brand identity.

3StoneMor Partners
TypeDirect peer
Description

StoneMor operates a large portfolio of cemeteries and funeral homes across the U.S., competing with Park Lawn in cemetery operations and pre-need merchandise sales.

4Trustwell (formerly Foundation Partners Group)
TypeDirect peer
Description

Trustwell is a PE-backed roll-up acquirer of funeral homes and cemeteries closely mirroring Park Lawn's acquisition-led growth model and local-identity preservation strategy.

5Everstory Partners
TypeDirect peer
Description

Everstory Partners is a PE-backed death care platform that acquires and operates funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories across the U.S., competing head-to-head with Park Lawn for independent owners.

6NorthStar Memorial Group
TypeDirect peer
Description

NorthStar is a privately-held funeral, cemetery, and cremation consolidator pursuing the same M&A-led expansion strategy as Park Lawn across North America.

7Tulip Cremation (Neptune Society)
TypeEmerging player
Description

Tulip/Neptune Society is a direct-to-consumer cremation provider representing the low-cost, digital-first end of the market that competes with PLC's Basic Funerals acquisition and traditional cremation services.

8Homesteaders Life Company
TypeOthers
Description

Homesteaders is Park Lawn's PE partner and pre-need funding ecosystem provider, providing both the insurance product that underpins pre-need sales and the capital that financed the 2024 going-private transaction.

Market position
Strengths5 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Weaknesses5 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Competitive moat5 records

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Type, Details

Key risks5 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Key highlights7 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Named customers4 records

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Name, Industry, Type, Use case, Source, UUID

Segment2 records

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Title, Type, Primary, Description, Pain point addressed, Use case, Source

Ideal customer profile2 records

Each record includes

Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
No
API detail
Has APIbool
No

Docs URL, Description

AI maturity
App detail

Has app

Core technology
Revenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Number of profiles
Profiles15 records

Each record includes

Name, Designation, Designation category, Overview, Profile commentary, Source

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Funding overview

Funding stage, Last funding date, Total funding USD

Funding rounds6 records

Each record includes

Round, Amount USD, Date, Pre money valuation, Total investors, Investors, News

Investors14 records

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A11 records

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

Investment

Each record includes

Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Park Lawn Corp.

Deathcare Services (Funeral, Cremation, and Cemetery)parklawncorp.com

Park Lawn Corporation owns and operates one of the largest funeral, cremation, and cemetery service portfolios in North America across 2 Canadian provinces and 18 U.S. states, serving individual families with at-need and pre-need arrangements through a roll-up acquisition model.

What Park Lawn Corp. does

Park Lawn Corporation is one of the largest funeral, cremation, and cemetery service providers in North America, operating across two Canadian provinces and 18 U.S. states. The company owns and operates a diversified portfolio of funeral homes, cemeteries, crematoria, chapels, and event centers that it markets to individual families and consumers under local legacy brand names. Its product surface spans at-need services (funeral arrangements and ceremonies at the time of death) and pre-need services (pre-planned and often pre-funded funeral and cemetery arrangements), as well as burial plots, mausoleum crypts, cremation ceremonies, and memorialization merchandise. Pricing is quote-based and varies by location and service mix; no standardized public pricing is disclosed. The revenue mix is overwhelmingly transactional (one-time at-need service revenue) with a recurring subscription-like component from pre-need trust-funded contracts. There is no proprietary software product or platform; the operating model is a distributed physical services roll-up rather than a technology business.

Park Lawn Corp. firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Park Lawn Corp.
Legal name
Park Lawn Corporation
Website
https://parklawncorp.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
1892
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
251–500 employees
Short description
Park Lawn Corporation owns and operates one of the largest funeral, cremation, and cemetery service portfolios in North America across 2 Canadian provinces and 18 U.S. states, serving individual families with at-need and pre-need arrangements through a roll-up acquisition model.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Where Park Lawn Corp. is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Toronto
HQ country
Canada
HQ region
North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

Park Lawn Corp. business model

Business model
GTM type
B2C
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

  1. Funeral Services: Funeral home services including funeral ceremonies, viewings, and related arrangements provided at the time of death (at-need) or pre-planned (pre-need).
  2. Cemetery Services: Burial plot sales, cemetery maintenance, mausoleum crypts, and memorialization products and services.
  3. Cremation Services: Cremation services including cremation ceremonies and related merchandise.
  4. Pre-need Sales: Pre-planned funeral and cemetery arrangements sold in advance to consumers, generating deferred revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Park Lawn Corp. product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Park Lawn Corporation owns and operates a diversified portfolio of funeral homes, cemeteries, crematoria, chapels, and event centers across two Canadian provinces and eighteen U.S. states. It provides funeral services, cremation services, cemetery burials, and memorialization products to families at the time of death (at-need) or in advance (pre-need), with customized offerings and merchandise to honor loved ones.

Product overview

Park Lawn Corporation operates a diversified portfolio of deathcare properties and businesses across North America, consisting of funeral homes, cemeteries, crematoria, chapels, and event centers. The company offers funeral services (at-need and pre-need), cremation, cemetery burials, and related merchandise. Services are sold through individual branded locations acquired over time, with centralized operational support. The company operates in two Canadian provinces and eighteen U.S. states, providing a full range of products and services that can be customized to meet individual family needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

  • Revenue growth of 21% from comparable operations and 300 basis point increase in Adjusted EBITDA margin to 27.2% in Q1 2021

Companies that use Park Lawn Corp.

Customer profile

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Park Lawn Corp. technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Park Lawn Corp. partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Park Lawn Corp. competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Service Corporation International: SCI is the largest funeral, cremation, and cemetery operator in North America (operates Dignity Memorial brand), directly competing with Park Lawn in the same product categories across overlapping geographies with the same multi-property roll-up business model.
  • Carriage Services: Carriage Services is a publicly traded funeral and cemetery provider in the U.S. that, like Park Lawn, acquires and operates local funeral homes and cemeteries while preserving brand identity.
  • StoneMor Partners: StoneMor operates a large portfolio of cemeteries and funeral homes across the U.S., competing with Park Lawn in cemetery operations and pre-need merchandise sales.
  • Trustwell (formerly Foundation Partners Group): Trustwell is a PE-backed roll-up acquirer of funeral homes and cemeteries closely mirroring Park Lawn's acquisition-led growth model and local-identity preservation strategy.
  • Everstory Partners: Everstory Partners is a PE-backed death care platform that acquires and operates funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories across the U.S., competing head-to-head with Park Lawn for independent owners.
  • NorthStar Memorial Group: NorthStar is a privately-held funeral, cemetery, and cremation consolidator pursuing the same M&A-led expansion strategy as Park Lawn across North America.

Emerging players

  • Tulip Cremation (Neptune Society): Tulip/Neptune Society is a direct-to-consumer cremation provider representing the low-cost, digital-first end of the market that competes with PLC's Basic Funerals acquisition and traditional cremation services.

Others

  • Homesteaders Life Company: Homesteaders is Park Lawn's PE partner and pre-need funding ecosystem provider, providing both the insurance product that underpins pre-need sales and the capital that financed the 2024 going-private transaction.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Park Lawn Corp. social profiles

Digital presence

Park Lawn Corp. financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Park Lawn Corp. leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Park Lawn Corp. funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors14 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Park Lawn Corp. M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A11 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Park Lawn Corp.

What does Park Lawn Corp. do?

Park Lawn Corporation owns and operates a diversified portfolio of funeral homes, cemeteries, crematoria, chapels, and event centers across two Canadian provinces and eighteen U.S. states. It provides funeral services, cremation services, cemetery burials, and memorialization products to families at the time of death (at-need) or in advance (pre-need), with customized offerings and merchandise to honor loved ones.

Is Park Lawn Corp. a public or private company?

Park Lawn Corp. is a private company. It is classified as private equity controlled and is currently operating.

When was Park Lawn Corp. founded?

Park Lawn Corp. was founded in 1892. It employs 251 to 500 people.

Where is Park Lawn Corp. based?

Park Lawn Corp. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, in the North America region.

How does Park Lawn Corp. make money?

Four revenue lines are on record. Funeral Services are the primary driver. The others are cemetery Services, cremation Services and pre-need Sales.

Who are Park Lawn Corp.'s main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Service Corporation International, Carriage Services, StoneMor Partners, Trustwell (formerly Foundation Partners Group), Everstory Partners and NorthStar Memorial Group. Tulip Cremation (Neptune Society) is listed as an emerging player. Homesteaders Life Company is listed as an others.

Does Park Lawn Corp. have an API?

No public API is recorded for Park Lawn Corp..

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ACCESS NewswirePark Lawn Expands Presence in OklahomaPark Lawn Corporation acquired substantially all assets of Mercer-Adams Funeral Service in Bethany, Oklahoma, effective June 22, 2026. The deal adds one stand-alone funeral home in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, strengthening Park Lawn's presence in the state.LinkedInPark Lawn CorporationPark Lawn Corporation announced the acquisition of substantially all assets of Strode Funeral Home and Cremation in Stillwater, Oklahoma, effective June 1, 2026. This transaction adds a stand-alone funeral home to Park Lawn's portfolio, further enhancing its presence in the Oklahoma market.ParklawncorpPark Lawn Expands Presence in OklahomaPark Lawn Corporation acquired substantially all assets of Strode Funeral Home and Cremation in Stillwater, Oklahoma, effective June 1, 2026. The transaction adds one stand-alone funeral home to Park Lawn's portfolio, expanding its presence in Oklahoma and marking another step in the company's ongoing acquisition strategy in the funeral services sector. Former owner Raymond May will join Park Lawn under the partnership, while President Markus Sturm cited the business's long-standing legacy since the late 1800s as a key factor in the deal.ACCESS NewswirePark Lawn Expands Presence in OklahomaPark Lawn Corporation acquired substantially all assets of Strode Funeral Home and Cremation in Stillwater, Oklahoma, effective June 1, 2026. The deal adds one stand-alone funeral home to Park Lawn's Oklahoma presence. The company operates in two Canadian provinces and eighteen U.S. states.ParklawncorpPark Lawn CorporationPark Lawn Corporation acquired substantially all assets of Strode Funeral Home and Cremation in Stillwater, Oklahoma, effective June 1, 2026. This transaction enhances Park Lawn's presence in the Oklahoma market by adding one stand-alone funeral home. The acquisition follows a series of similar expansions in Oklahoma and other states throughout 2026.ParklawncorpPress Releases ArchivesThe provided text is a collection of press releases from Park Lawn Corporation announcing multiple acquisitions of funeral homes and cemeteries in various US states including Oklahoma, Mississippi, Georgia, New Mexico, Colorado, and Illinois between late 2024 and mid-2026. These transactions are part of Park Lawn's strategic growth plan to expand its market presence by adding standalone funeral homes and combination properties.ParklawncorpPark Lawn CorporationThe provided text is a news feed containing multiple unrelated press releases from Park Lawn Corporation regarding various acquisitions and expansions across different US states. It does not constitute a single cohesive article with a specific core event to summarize. The content consists of aggregated announcements dated between May 2025 and June 2026.ParklawncorpAcquisitions ArchivesPark Lawn Corporation (PLC) announced multiple acquisitions of funeral homes and assets across several states in the U.S. and in Ontario from December 2025 to June 2026, expanding its presence in Oklahoma, Mississippi, Georgia, Colorado, Illinois, and Texas.LeadIQPark Lawn Corporation Company Overview, Contact Details & CompetitorsPark Lawn Corporation is expanding its US operations through new offices and acquisitions in Oklahoma and Tennessee amid a leadership shake-up in April 2026. The company is focusing on integration, technology modernization, and strategic vendor partnerships to support growth and innovation in the funeral home management sector. Opportunities include cross-border procurement and digital engagement tools to differentiate and standardize services across its operations.ForbesWomen Leading In The Death BusinessThis Forbes contributor piece examines the evolving role of women in the U.S. funeral and deathcare industry, noting that while roughly 75% of mortuary school graduates today are female, 55% of those leaving the profession in 2019 were women due to structural barriers including inadequate maternity leave and inflexible 24/7 scheduling. Lisa Baue, who transformed her family's Baue funeral home (founded 1935) into a multi-location operation serving over 2,500 families annually before selling to Park Lawn Corporation, founded the nonprofit Funeral Women Lead in 2024 to provide leadership development and mentorship for women in funeral service, which has attracted over 6,000 members. The article also contextualizes the industry's transformation by cremation (projected to reach 82% of dispositions by 2045) and technological adaptation accelerated by COVID-19.