Patten Monument Company

What Patten Monument Company does

Patten Monument Company is a privately held, family-operated custom monument manufacturer founded in 1917 and headquartered at 3980 West River Drive NE, Comstock Park, Michigan. The company designs, fabricates, and installs cemetery memorials and civic monuments—primarily flat grave markers, bevel and slant markers, upright headstones, custom mausoleums, cremation memorials, and memorial benches—crafted from granite, marble, and bronze. Production combines traditional craftsmanship (sandblasting, hand pitching, pneumatic hammer drilling, hand inspection) with modern techniques including laser engraving and digital design models presented to customers for review. The company also offers Monumark, a registered, proprietary QR-code technology built into every monument that links physical gravesites to a virtual memorial website enabling visitor comments, photo sharing, memory exchange, and GPS gravesite location.

The company serves four primary customer segments: (1) grieving families and individuals purchasing end-of-life memorials, (2) government, civic, and veterans organizations commissioning public monuments and statues, (3) cemeteries and funeral homes acting as channel partners for installation, and (4) high-net-worth estate families purchasing private mausoleums, where large walk-in family mausoleums can exceed $150,000 and small individual mausoleums average approximately $14,000. Pricing is quote-based and varies by size, material (granite color, marble, bronze), style (flush, bevel, slant, upright, mausoleum, bench), finish, and customization such as etchings, ceramic photos, vases, veteran plaques, and custom artwork. All memorials carry a 100% lifetime guarantee, and free consultations and estimates are provided across the service area.

Patten generates revenue primarily through one-time sales of customized memorials plus professional services for delivery, foundation setting, and installation. Distribution is multi-channel: eleven company-owned branded showrooms across Michigan and Indiana (including acquired brands Superior Monument, Holland Quality, Swensen Memorials, Bendle Lang, Arnet's, Campbell Murch, Black Monument, and Jackson Monument Works), a network of hundreds of independent distributors across four states covering 59 counties (Michigan 28, Ohio 24, Illinois 5, Indiana 2), direct cemetery delivery partnerships, and field sales representatives who consult with families. Complementary strategic partnerships with Rotblatt Amrany Studio, Timeless Creations, and Great Lakes Granite extend the company into design, craft, and national delivery of granite bases for public sculptures, statues, and donor recognition walls.

Name

Patten Monument Company

Legal name

Patten Monument Company

Website

https://pattenmonument.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1917

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Patten Monument Company is a privately held, 108-year-old custom monument manufacturer headquartered in Comstock Park, Michigan, designing and fabricating granite, marble, and bronze cemetery memorials, mausoleums, and civic monuments for families, cemeteries, and government clients across the Midwest via 11 showrooms and a multi-state distributor network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Monument and Memorial Manufacturing

SIC

Cut Stone & Stone Products (3281), Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Monuments, Statues & Memorials (THAJACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Historic Preservation & Landmarks Conservation (BPAGAHAE)

Keywords

• Custom cemetery monuments
• Headstone manufacturing
• Grave marker fabrication
• Mausoleum construction
• Memorial products

Headquarters

HQ city

Comstock Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Monument and Memorial Sales: One-time sales of customized memorials including headstones, grave markers, mausoleums, cremation monuments, and memorial benches. Pricing varies based on size, style, material (granite, marble, bronze), customization options, and installation requirements. Additional items include etchings, ceramic photos, vases, veteran plaques, and custom artwork.
2. Installation and Foundation Services: Delivery and professional installation to cemetery lots by trained employees, plus foundation setting fees which are itemized separately. Cemetery delivery and installation are included in the base price.
3. Additional Customization Services: Optional add-ons including additional finishes (polished tops, margins), veteran plaques, vases, back surface engravings, custom artwork, hand or laser etchings (black granite only), and deep bias relief carving.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Patten Monument Company designs, crafts, and installs custom cemetery memorials and civic monuments for grieving families and public clients. Their core offerings include flat grave markers, upright headstones, custom mausoleums, cremation headstones, memorial benches, civic memorials, and bronze statues with granite bases, fabricated from granite, marble, and bronze with hand finishing and modern engraving technologies. The company operates 11 showrooms across Michigan and Indiana and includes the proprietary Monumark QR-code memorial service with every monument.

Product overview

Patten Monument Company is a monument and headstone provider offering a comprehensive suite of memorial products and services. The core product portfolio includes Flat Grave Markers, Custom Mausoleums, Cremation Headstones, Custom Cemetery Monuments, Memorial Benches, Upright Headstones, Veterans Memorials, Civic Memorials, and Statues with Granite Bases. The company also provides a proprietary add-on service called Monumark—a complimentary QR code technology integrated into all their monuments that enables virtual memorial experiences, allowing visitors to scan gravesites and access digital memorial pages for sharing photos, memories, and stories. The Monumark feature also serves as a GPS-based gravesite locator. Products are primarily crafted from granite, marble, and bronze materials with extensive customization options including engravings, etchings, porcelain photos, and personalized artwork.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Superior Monument Company: Monument brand operating in Muskegon, Michigan area.
• Holland Quality Monument Company
• Swensen Memorials
• Bendle Lang Monument Company
• Arnet's Memorials
• Campbell Murch Memorials
• Black Monument
• Jackson Monument Works
• Monumark

Products and services

• Flat Grave Markers

Quantifiable outcome

• Small individual mausoleums average $14,000; large walk-in family mausoleums can exceed $150,000
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Superior Monument CompanycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMuskegon, MI based showroom operated as part of Patten's family of monument brands. Serves the Muskegon area with full monument design, sales, and installation services.
• Holland Quality Monument CompanycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHolland, MI based showroom location serving the Holland area. Provides memorial design consultations and monument services.
• Swensen MemorialscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTraverse City, MI showroom operated as part of Patten's family of monument brands, serving the northern Michigan region.
• Bendle Lang Monument CompanycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCadillac, MI showroom serving the northern Michigan area with monument design and installation services.
• Arnet's MemorialscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAnn Arbor, MI showroom serving the greater Ann Arbor area with memorial design and monument services.
• Campbell Murch MemorialscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMattawan, MI showroom serving the southern Michigan area with monument design and installation services.
• Black MonumentcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGrand Rapids, MI showroom serving the greater Grand Rapids area with monument design and installation services.
• Jackson Monument WorkscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJackson, MI showroom serving Jackson County with monument design and installation services.
• Patten Monument Company of IndianacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWarsaw, IN showroom operated as Patten's Indiana flagship location, serving northern Indiana with full monument design and installation services.
• Rotblatt Amrany StudiostrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerRenowned sculpture studio of Highland, Illinois known for powerful, larger-than-life bronze and mixed-media sculptures honoring legends, leaders, and local heroes. Patten collaborates on granite base design, fabrication, and national delivery for their statue projects.
• Timeless CreationsstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner studio collaborating with Patten Monument Group and Great Lakes Granite on design, craft, and delivery of granite bases for public sculptures and monuments nationwide.
• Great Lakes GranitestrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Patten Monument Group partnership for designing, crafting, and delivering granite bases that support and complement bronze and mixed-media sculptures.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Find A Grave: Massive gravesite memorial and GPS-locator database owned by Ancestry. Directly overlaps with Monumark's gravesite-locator and digital memorial functionality, and competes for the family's post-purchase memorial engagement.
• Legacy.com: Largest obituary and memorial aggregation platform in the U.S. While not a monument manufacturer, it sits upstream of the monument purchase decision and shapes family memorial behavior—analogous to Monumark's role in Patten's digital layer.
• Ancestry: Family-history platform with Find A Grave as a subsidiary. Competes for the same digitally-engaged grieving-family audience that Monumark targets, and increasingly bundles memorialization into family-tree products.

Direct peers

• Matthews International: Publicly traded provider of memorialization products and cemetery/funeral home solutions with a dedicated Cemetery Products business. Most directly comparable scaled competitor to Patten in the manufacture and sale of bronze memorials, granite markers, and cremation products.
• Cold Spring Granite: U.S. granite manufacturer supplying memorials, mausoleums, and civic monuments. Comparable in material base (granite), product mix (cemetery monuments, civic memorials), and customized-engraving service offering.
• Rock of Ages (Polycor): Operates one of North America's premier granite quarries and manufactures granite memorials, monuments, and mausoleums. Directly comparable on materials, product category (granite headstones, monuments, mausoleums), and B2B/B2C monument delivery model.
• Elberton Granite Association: Trade association for Georgia granite monument producers, the heart of the U.S. memorial industry. Member firms supply granite markers, monuments, and mausoleums comparable to Patten's core product lines.
• Barre Granite Association: Industry association representing Vermont granite monument manufacturers. Member firms compete with Patten on upright monuments, custom memorials, and cemetery installations—directly comparable product, customer, and craft-trade basis.
• Star Granite: Granite monument manufacturer producing cemetery markers, mausoleums, and civic monuments. Comparable on materials, customization, and cemetery channel partnerships.

Emerging players

• Everloved: Online memorial and funeral-planning platform that helps families build digital tributes and arrange services. Emerging competitor in the digital memorialization space where Patten's Monumark also operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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