Star Granite & Bronze

What Star Granite & Bronze does

Star Granite & Bronze, operating commercially as Matthews Granite, is a wholesale B2B manufacturer of granite memorials headquartered in Elberton, Georgia — the historic center of the U.S. granite industry. Founded in 1951, the company produces high-quality, custom-designed granite and bronze memorialization products for cemetery operators and monument retailers across the United States, and self-describes as one of the largest providers of granite memorialization in the country.

The company's core product portfolio is organized into five lines: Legacy Estates® (family mausoleums and estate memorials in Walk-In, Walk-Up, Mixed Use, and Monument Estates configurations), Cremation Destinations™ (turnkey cremation garden solutions including Columbaria, Ossuaries, Benches, Pedestals, Posts & Boulders, and Statuary), Monuments & Markers (Upright monuments and Flats/Bevels/Slants), Burial Vaults (casket and urn vaults), and Matthews Design Pro (an online design and proofing tool). Production is grounded in capital-intensive granite manufacturing and finishing operations, with skilled design and project management teams guiding partners through a four-step consultative process from concept to completion.

The business model is project-based B2B sales with quote-driven pricing on custom and standardized memorials, distributed via direct sales relationships with cemetery operators and monument retailers. Matthews Design Pro extends the channel digitally, enabling same-day personalized proofs for standard product orders. The company operates as a division of Matthews International Corporation, leveraging the parent's corporate identity under the Matthews Memorialization umbrella. No public pricing, revenue figures, or named customer relationships are disclosed in the available data.

Name

Star Granite & Bronze

Legal name

Matthews International Corporation

Website

https://stargranite.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Star Granite & Bronze (operating as Matthews Granite) is a wholesale B2B manufacturer of granite memorials founded in 1951 in Elberton, Georgia, serving cemetery operators and monument retailers across the United States with custom granite and bronze memorialization products and online design tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Granite Memorial Products Manufacturing

NAICS

Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing (327991), Dimension Stone Mining and Quarrying (212311)

SIC

Cut Stone & Stone Products (3281)

akta.pro primary industry

Granite Quarrying & Dimension Stone Fabrication (IMAKAHAD)

Keywords

• Granite memorial manufacturing
• Cemetery monuments wholesale
• Burial vault products
• Cremation memorial solutions
• Family mausoleum construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Elberton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Granite Memorial Products: Sale of granite memorialization products including monuments, markers, family estates, cremation destinations, and burial vaults to cemetery and monument industry partners. Products are high-quality, custom-designed memorials for burial and cremation memorialization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Star Granite & Bronze is a wholesale, B2B manufacturer of granite memorialization products for cemetery operators and monument retailers. Its product portfolio includes Legacy Estates® family mausoleums, Cremation Destinations™ garden installations, Monuments & Markers (upright and flat/bevel/slant), and Burial Vaults (casket and urn). The company supports partners with design and project management services from concept to completion, including an online ordering platform (Matthews Design Pro) that delivers same-day personalized proofs.

Product overview

Matthews Granite offers a comprehensive portfolio of granite memorialization products and solutions for the cemetery and monument industries. The product line consists of five main offerings: Legacy Estates® (family estate memorials in Walk-In, Walk-Up, Mixed Use, and Monument Estates configurations), Cremation Destinations™ (turnkey cremation garden solutions with Columbaria, Ossuaries, Benches, Pedestals, Posts & Boulders, and Statuary), Monuments & Markers (Upright and Flats/Bevels/Slants for burial and cremation), Burial Vaults (Casket and Urn Vaults), and Matthews Design Pro (an internal online design and ordering platform). The company positions itself as a total solutions provider guiding projects from concept to completion through skilled design and project management teams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Legacy Estates®: Family mausoleum and estate memorialization products including Walk-In, Walk-Up, Mixed Use, and Monument Estates options.
• Cremation Destinations™
• Matthews Design Pro
• Matthews Children's Foundation

Products and services

• Legacy Estates® Family estate memorials available in Walk-In, Walk-Up, Mixed Use, and Monument Estates configurations, designed to preserve family heritage for generations. Targeted at cemetery operators and monument retailers serving end-consumer families.
• Cremation Destinations™ Turnkey garden program offering cremation memorialization options including Columbaria, Ossuaries & Scattering, Benches, Pedestals, Posts & Boulders, and Statuary & Features for families choosing cremation.
• Monuments & Markers High-quality cremation and burial granite products including Upright monuments and Flats, Bevels & Slants markers, offered for fitting tributes to families.
• Burial Vaults Casket Burial Vaults and Urn Vaults produced for burial memorialization applications, distributed to cemetery operators and monument retailers.
• Matthews Design Pro Online design and ordering platform enabling trade partners to order standard products and receive personalized proofs the same day. Used by cemetery and monument industry partners.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/162568290434946
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/matthews-memorialization

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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