What Larkin Mortuary & Cemetery does

Larkin Mortuary & Cemetery is a family-owned funeral services provider headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, operating continuously since 1885 across seven generations of Larkin family ownership. The company operates five physical facilities across Northern Utah — Downtown Salt Lake City, Sunset Lawn (Salt Lake City), Sunset Gardens (Sandy), Riverton, and a dedicated Cremation Center — plus cemetery properties, serving families within a 100-mile radius covering Salt Lake, Davis, Utah, Wasatch, Tooele, Summit, Weber, Box Elder counties and Cache Valley.

The core service offering spans traditional funerals, cremation services (direct cremation and cremation with memorial), celebration of life ceremonies, and cemetery products including plots, caskets, urns, vaults, and headstones. Supporting programs include 24/7 immediate-need response, pre-planning with price-lock contracts, veteran-specific services, grief and bereavement support (including therapy dogs and a Seniors Club), and aftercare guidance. The firm monetizes through professional service fees, one-time cemetery plot and monument sales, recurring pre-need contracts, and hardware/merchandise sales (caskets, urns, vaults, florals), with all services delivered direct-to-consumer through owned facilities and affiliated Larkin Companies brands (Rocky Mountain Monument & Vault, The Rose Shop, Le Jardin, Larkin Cemeteries).

The business employs 101-250 staff, uses no proprietary technology systems, and operates as a private family enterprise with no institutional capital, funding rounds, or M&A activity disclosed. Revenue is not publicly reported. Distribution is exclusively direct via physical locations, phone, and a website featuring SEO-optimized geographic landing pages and an online obituary platform.

Name

Larkin Mortuary & Cemetery

Legal name

Larkin Mortuary

Website

https://larkinmortuary.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1885

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Larkin Mortuary & Cemetery is a family-owned funeral, cremation, and cemetery services provider founded in 1885, operating five facilities across Northern Utah and serving families in the Wasatch Front region through traditional funerals, cremation, pre-planning, and grief support offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Funeral Services: Full-service funeral planning including traditional funerals, memorial services, and celebration of life ceremonies. Revenue generated through professional service fees, facility usage, and coordination of funeral arrangements.
2. Cremation Services: Cremation services including direct cremation without ceremony and cremation with memorial services. Revenue from cremation process fees and optional memorial ceremony services.
3. Cemetery Services: Burial plots, cemetery grounds, headstones, memorials, and urn vaults. Revenue from cemetery property sales, monument/headstone sales, and burial vault services.
4. Pre-Planning Services: Funeral pre-planning services allowing families to lock in today's prices and make arrangements in advance. Revenue from pre-need contract services.
5. Related Products: Caskets, urns, vaults, floral offerings, and memorial merchandise. Revenue from product sales as part of funeral packages.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Larkin Mortuary & Cemetery provides funeral, cremation, cemetery, and pre-planning services to families across Northern Utah. The company operates five facilities offering traditional funerals, cremation (direct and with memorial), celebration of life ceremonies, burial plots, headstones, vaults, and related merchandise. It also provides 24/7 immediate-need assistance, grief and bereavement support programs, and veteran-specific funeral services.

Product overview

Larkin Mortuary & Cemetery operates as a traditional funeral services provider offering a coordinated network of five physical locations across the Salt Lake Valley (Downtown Salt Lake City, Sandy, Riverton, and a dedicated Cremation Center), with cemetery properties at Sunset Lawn and Sunset Gardens. The product portfolio centers on core funeral service offerings including traditional funerals, cremation services (direct cremation and memorial cremation), and celebrations of life ceremonies. Add-on products include caskets, urns, headstones, vaults, and floral offerings sourced through affiliated partners (The Rose Shop, Rocky Mountain Monument & Vault). Supporting services encompass pre-planning for advance funeral arrangements, grief counseling and bereavement support, veteran care programs, and a Seniors Club. The company positions itself as a family-owned operation serving Northern Utah since 1885, covering Salt Lake County, Davis County, Utah County, Wasatch County, Tooele County, Summit County, and Cache Valley.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Garden of Resurrection: A new garden sanctuary for honoring and celebrating life, offering a peaceful place of remembrance.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The Rose ShopcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFloral partner providing flower arrangements for funerals, memorials, and gravesites. Complementary service provider integrated into Larkin's service ecosystem.
• Le JardincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWedding and event venue partner, potentially used for celebration of life ceremonies and larger memorial events. Located and branded as part of the Larkin Companies network.
• Rocky Mountain Monument & VaultcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMemorial products partner providing headstones, monuments, and burial vaults. Vertical integration of cemetery and memorial merchandise within the Larkin Companies ecosystem.
• Selected Independent Funeral HomesminorOthersMembership organization for independent family-owned funeral homes. Provides networking, best practices, and industry credibility through association membership.
• National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)minorOthersNational industry association membership providing professional development, advocacy, and industry recognition.
• Utah Funeral Directors AssociationminorOthersState-level industry association membership providing networking and advocacy for Utah funeral homes.
• Cremation Association of North America (CANA)minorOthersIndustry association focused on cremation services, providing best practices, industry standards, and professional credibility for cremation offerings.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• StoneMor Partners: Public cemetery operator and funeral services provider with a portfolio of properties across the U.S. Directly comparable to Larkin's combined cemetery-plus-funeral operating model and similar mix between property sales and services.
• Legacy Funeral Holdings: PE-backed multi-facility funeral services consolidator operating regional brands across the U.S. Comparable to Larkin in operating decentralized regional brands within a roll-up platform targeting owner-operators considering exit.
• Foundation Partners Group: PE-backed (Access Holdings) multi-facility funeral home and cemetery operator with a portfolio of regional brands across the U.S. Closely comparable as a roll-up consolidator pursuing the same multi-regional funeral/cemetery strategy that could apply to Larkin.
• Carriage Services: NYSE-listed operator of funeral homes and cemeteries with a portfolio of local brands across the U.S. Directly comparable to Larkin in operating decentralized local brands within a centralized platform, though at much greater scale.
• Park Lawn Corporation: TSX-listed operator of funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematoria in Canada and the U.S. Directly comparable to Larkin's multi-facility funeral and cemetery operating model and similar demographic-driven secular tailwinds.
• NorthStar Memorial Group: Multi-facility cemetery and funeral services operator owned by Centric Group. Comparable to Larkin's combined funeral-and-cemetery model and similar approach of operating regional portfolios of death-care assets.

Broad incumbents

• Dignity PLC: UK-listed funeral services operator. Comparable as an incumbent multi-facility death-care operator facing similar secular cremation trends and pre-planning dynamics, though in a different geography.
• Service Corporation International: NYSE-listed operator of Dignity Memorial, the largest funeral and cemetery operator in North America. Comparable as the broad incumbent aggregating multi-facility death-care operators under a national brand, though Larkin operates at a much smaller regional scale.

Others

• Wilbert Funeral Services: Leading manufacturer and supplier of burial vaults and cremation products to funeral homes and cemeteries. Comparable as a supplier-side participant in the same death-care supply chain that Larkin accesses through Rocky Mountain Monument & Vault.

Emerging players

• Tulip Cremation: Direct-to-consumer online cremation provider offering transparent flat-rate pricing. Comparable as a digitally-native cremation competitor threatening traditional funeral homes like Larkin on price transparency and digital customer experience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/larkincaresutah
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/1056595

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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