Butler Funeral Home

Name

Butler Funeral Home

Legal name

Butler Funeral Home, Inc.

Website

https://butlerfh.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1926

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Funeral Services

NAICS

Funeral Homes and Funeral Services (812210), Cemeteries and Crematories (812220)

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PRIMARYBPAGACAK

Palliative Care, Hospice & Serious Illness Support

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

SECONDARYFSAIABAF

Final Expense / Burial Life Insurance

Financial & Insurance/Insurance — Life & Health/Whole & Universal Life Insurance

Keywords

• Funeral services
• Cremation services
• Pre-planning funeral
• Veterans burial
• Grief support

Headquarters

HQ city

Roseboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Traditional Funeral Services: Full-service funeral arrangements including visitation, funeral service, burial, use of facilities, hearse, and related professional services. One-time service fees plus merchandise (caskets, vaults, urns).
2. Cremation Services: Cremation arrangements including traditional funeral followed by cremation, memorial services, and permanent memorialization options (urns, columbarium, burial, scattering).
3. Pre-need/Pre-planning Services: Advance funeral planning services where families can pre-arrange and potentially pre-fund funeral services. Includes preneed insurance policies and life insurance options.
4. Death Certificate Services: Funeral directors obtain certified death certificates as part of their service to families.
5. Personalization Services: Additional customization services including tribute videos, DVD productions, photo displays, and keepsakes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Butler Funeral Home provides traditional funeral services (visitation, funeral ceremony, burial, hearse, merchandise such as caskets and vaults), cremation services (including traditional funeral followed by cremation and memorialization options), pre-planning/preneed services with insurance-based funding, veterans burial benefits assistance, personalization services (tribute videos, DVDs, photo displays, keepsakes), and grief support resources. It operates two funeral home facilities in Roseboro and Stedman, North Carolina, and sells complementary merchandise including caskets, vaults, and urns.

Product overview

Butler Funeral Home is an independent, privately owned funeral home providing distinctive funeral and cremation services since 1926. The company offers a portfolio of core services including Traditional Funeral Services (viewing, visitation, and funeral services) and Cremation Services (traditional funeral followed by cremation, memorial services, and graveside services). Additional service modules include Personalization Services (tribute videos, slideshows, music, and poetry), Veterans Services (VA benefits and military honors), Planning Ahead/Pre-Planning services with online forms, Immediate Need services, and Grief Support resources. The company also provides digital services including Online Obituaries, Send Flowers (local florist integration), Online Memorials, and Tribute Videos. All services are designed to be affordable and personalized to honor each family's loved ones.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Traditional Funeral Services Full-service funeral arrangements including visitation/viewing, funeral ceremony (held in the funeral home chapel, a church, or other family-chosen venue), burial, use of facilities, hearse and service car, basic services fee, body preparation, embalming, memorial printed package, and related merchandise such as caskets and cemetery vaults. Sold directly to families.
• Cremation Services Cremation arrangements including traditional funeral service followed by cremation, standalone cremation with memorial service, graveside services, and permanent memorialization options (urns, columbarium, burial, or scattering). Costs include cremation fees plus any chosen memorial or viewing service.
• Veterans Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Staff committed to carrying out pre-arranged arrangements as directed, providing peace of mind to families.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tukios, Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationTukios provides the website platform powering Butler Funeral Home's online presence. This includes obituary management, online memorials, funeral arrangement forms, email notifications, and website hosting. Tukios is a third-party SaaS provider specifically serving funeral homes.
• Local FloristsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with local florists for flower delivery to funeral services. Customers can order flowers directly through the Butler Funeral Home website, with orders fulfilled by local florists and hand-delivered.
• National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)minorOthersProfessional membership organization for funeral directors. Provides resources, continuing education, advocacy, and professional standards for members.
• North Carolina Funeral Directors Association (NCFDA)minorOthersState-level professional association for funeral directors in North Carolina. Provides advocacy, education, and networking for member funeral homes.
• Batesville Casket Co.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCasket manufacturer listed as a helpful link for families. Butler Funeral Home offers Batesville caskets as merchandise options for funeral services.
• Wilbert VaultsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVault manufacturer listed as a helpful link. Burial vaults are offered as part of traditional funeral service merchandise options.
• Griefsteps (Grief Support Program)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGriefsteps provides a year of weekly grief support messages to families served by Butler Funeral Home. This includes email-based grief support resources designed to provide strength and comfort during the challenging first year following a loss.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Tribute Technology: Tribute Technology is the parent company of Tukios and other funeral-home technology platforms. It is comparable to Butler Funeral Home as a key technology supplier powering Butler's online memorials, obituary notifications, and family arrangement forms, making it an enabling ecosystem peer rather than a direct competitor.
• Batesville Casket Company: Batesville is a leading North American manufacturer of burial caskets and a partner Butler offers to families. It is comparable as an upstream supplier of funeral merchandise that Butler resells as part of its traditional service packages, making it an ecosystem enabler rather than a competitor.
• Griefsteps: Griefsteps provides year-long weekly grief support email programs to families served by partner funeral homes, including Butler. It is comparable as an aftercare partner that extends Butler's family engagement beyond the funeral service, positioning it as an ecosystem enabler rather than a competitor.
• Wilbert Burial Vaults: Wilbert is a major U.S. manufacturer of burial vaults used in traditional funeral services. It is comparable to Butler Funeral Home as a merchandise partner whose products are bundled into Butler's traditional service offering, functioning as an enabling supplier in the same death care value chain.

Broad incumbents

• Carriage Services: Carriage Services is a publicly traded provider of funeral and cemetery services across the U.S. It is comparable to Butler as a multi-location death care provider offering traditional funeral, cremation, and personalization services, but operates as a publicly listed consolidator rather than a family-owned independent.
• StoneMor Partners: StoneMor is a multi-location operator of funeral homes and cemeteries in the U.S. It is comparable to Butler as a death care services provider offering traditional, cremation, and memorialization options, but operates as a much larger, publicly held consolidator.
• NorthStar Memorial Group: NorthStar Memorial Group is a private equity-backed funeral and cemetery consolidator operating across multiple U.S. states. It is comparable to Butler Funeral Home as a death care services provider, but competes by acquiring and scaling independents rather than growing organically in a single county.
• Foundation Partners Group: Foundation Partners Group is a private equity-backed owner and operator of funeral homes and cemeteries across the U.S. It is comparable to Butler as a multi-location death care operator with traditional, cremation, and personalization offerings, but pursues an acquisition-led growth strategy in contrast to Butler's organic, family-built footprint.
• Park Lawn Corporation: Park Lawn Corporation is a Canadian-headquartered death care provider with operations across the U.S. and Canada. It is comparable to Butler Funeral Home as a multi-location provider of funeral, cremation, and cemetery services, though it operates at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Service Corporation International: SCI is the largest funeral, cemetery, and cremation operator in North America, operating under brands including Dignity Memorial. It is comparable to Butler Funeral Home as a provider of traditional funeral, cremation, and pre-need services, but at vastly larger scale and with a national footprint rather than a single-county, family-owned focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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