Bestattungshaus Frankenheim GmbH & Co.KG

What Bestattungshaus Frankenheim GmbH & Co.KG does

Bestattungshaus Frankenheim GmbH & Co.KG is a family-owned funeral services provider headquartered in the Düsseldorf area of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, tracing its origins to 1872 and now in its sixth generation of ownership. The company operates approximately 10 branches across Düsseldorf, Mettmann, and Krefeld and employs roughly 60 people, serving bereaved families across the region with end-of-end funeral services.

Its service portfolio covers the full funeral value chain: traditional burial and cremation logistics, funeral transport and ceremonial organization, grief counseling (via the Trauerkolleg established in 2010), pre-planning and funeral cost insurance arrangements, columbarium operations, and own stone masonry work. The Heerdt branch opened in January 2026, and the firm has expanded its footprint over time through both greenfield openings and acquisitions (including Bestattungen Sinzig Hütting).

The business model is B2C and transaction-based, with revenue generated per funeral case plus ancillary services (counseling, memorial products, pre-planning contracts, columbarium niches). Distribution is local and proximity-driven, supplemented by newer digital channels including the TrostTage platform and a podcast launched in 2024–2025. ÖKOPROFIT environmental certification (2025) signals operational discipline but is not a revenue driver. The company does not disclose financial results; based on employee count and German industry benchmarks, annual revenue is estimated in the low-to-mid tens of millions of euros.

Name

Bestattungshaus Frankenheim GmbH & Co.KG

Legal name

Bestattungshaus Frankenheim GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://bestattungshaus-frankenheim.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1872

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bestattungshaus Frankenheim is a sixth-generation, family-owned funeral services provider founded in 1872, operating approximately 10 branches across Düsseldorf, Mettmann, and Krefeld and serving bereaved families with full-service funeral logistics, grief counseling, pre-planning, columbarium, and stone masonry services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Funeral and Bereavement Services

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

Bereavement, Grief & Family Support Services (Hospice-Linked) (HLAFAEAO)

Keywords

• Funeral services
• Grief counseling
• Burial arrangements
• Cremation services
• Columbarium facilities

Headquarters

HQ city

Düsseldorf-Derendorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Funeral Services: Core business: arranging and conducting burials and cremations including earth burial, cremation, urn burial, sea burial, nature burial, and columbarium services. Includes transportation, hygiene care, dressing, coffin/urn selection, funeral ceremony organization, and grave site coordination.
2. Funeral Pre-planning: Pre-arranged funeral plans allowing customers to organize and pre-finance their own funeral. Treuhandkonto (escrow account) option for secure fund storage. Removes burden from family members during grief.
3. Grief Counseling Services: Trauerkolleg Frankenheim provides grief support including support groups, individual sessions, meeting points for mourners, and professional grief counseling. Some services free, others fee-based.
4. Memorial Products: Sale of memorial print materials (Trauerdrucksachen), coffin and urn displays, grave markers through affiliated stone masonry business.
5. Stone Masonry Services: Associated stone masonry master business (Creative Grabmal und Natursteingestaltung GmbH) provides grave marker design, consultation, and installation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bestattungshaus Frankenheim is a full-service funeral home arranging and conducting burials, cremations, and alternative dispositions (earth burial, cremation, urn burial, sea burial, natural burial, columbarium interment) including body transportation, hygiene care, dressing, coffin/urn selection, ceremony organization, and grave site coordination. It also operates grief counseling services (Trauerkolleg) and funeral pre-planning with trust account (Treuhandkonto) options, complemented by in-house stone masonry for grave markers and three private columbarium facilities.

Product overview

Bestattungshaus Frankenheim is a funeral services company offering a holistic portfolio centered on three pillars: funeral services (Bestattungen), grief counseling (Trauerbegleitung), and funeral pre-planning (Bestattungsvorsorge). Their core funeral services include various burial types (earth burial, cremation, urn burial, columbarium, natural burial, sea burial) delivered through 11 locations in Düsseldorf, Mettmann, and Krefeld. The Trauerkolleg Frankenheim serves as the umbrella brand for grief support (individual counseling, grief groups, specialized programs) and professional training. They supplement with facilities (funeral chapels, columbariums), stonemasonry services, and digital offerings including the podcast "Sterbenswörtchen," online memorial pages, flower ordering, inheritance guides, event ticketing, and media library. Community engagement includes the Kreativwettbewerb creative competition and TrostTage events platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sterbenswörtchen: Podcast series hosted by Juliane and Victoria Frankenheim about topics related to dying, death, and grief.
• TrostTage
• Kreativwettbewerb

Products and services

• Bestattungen (Funeral Services) Comprehensive funeral services including earth burial (Erdbestattung), cremation (Feuerbestattung), urn burial (Urnenbestattung), natural burial (Naturbestattung), sea burial (Seebestattung), columbarium interment, and special arrangements; covering deceased transportation, hygiene care, dressing, coffin/urn selection, ceremony organization, and grave site coordination for bereaved families.
• Trauerbegleitung (Grief Counseling)

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sinzig Hüting (now Frankenheim Krefeld)coreOthers · 1 January 2009Acquisition of Sinzig Hüting funeral institute in Krefeld, now operating as Frankenheim Krefeld branch. Includes columbarium opened in 2020.
• Trauerkolleg FrankenheimcoreOthersComprehensive grief support platform bundling qualified grief counseling services, support groups, and professional training programs.
• Hospizverein Düsseldorf-NordminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with hospice association for organizing Trauerakademie 'Trauer ist Kultur' grief academy with approximately 150 professional and volunteer grief counselors from across Germany.
• Trauerinstitut DeutschlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organized the Trauerakademie 'Trauer ist Kultur' grief academy with Hospizverein Düsseldorf-Nord and Trauerinstitut Deutschland.
• Schlichtungsstelle des Kuratoriums Deutsche Bestattungskultur e.V.minorOthersDispute resolution body for consumer disputes. Company declares willingness to participate in conciliation proceedings before this body.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ahorn Gruppe: One of Germany's largest private funeral home chains operating dozens of branches nationwide with columbarium and pre-planning offerings. Directly comparable as a multi-branch German funeral services provider targeting bereaved families with a similar full-service model.
• Kuron GmbH: German provider of cemetery, columbarium, and memorial services with a focus on maintenance-free urn cemeteries. Closely comparable to Frankenheim's columbarium operations in Düsseldorf-Garath, Derendorf, and Krefeld.
• Bestattungen Walter: Established German funeral services provider offering burials, cremations, pre-planning, and grief support across multiple branches. Comparable to Frankenheim as a multi-location regional funeral home serving B2C customers with similar full-service offerings.
• Bestattungshaus Pieper: Mid-sized German regional funeral home group offering a full suite of burial, cremation, pre-planning, and grief services. Comparable to Frankenheim in scale, customer segment, and service mix within the German market.

Broad incumbents

• Dignity plc: UK-listed funeral services group operating a network of funeral homes across the UK. Comparable in business model and customer segment to Frankenheim but as a broader, scaled incumbent with public-market discipline.
• Service Corporation International (SCI): Global, publicly-listed funeral, cremation, and cemetery services conglomerate operating thousands of locations. Comparable to Frankenheim in core funeral and cemetery services, but at vastly greater scale and with a different operating model.

Emerging players

• FriedWald GmbH: German market leader in nature/bury-in-the-forest burials operating across Germany. Comparable to Frankenheim's Naturbestattung offering but with a distinct standardized, low-overhead model that competes for the same cremation customers.
• Bestatter.de (220.000.de): Leading German online platform for arranging funeral services at transparent, lower-cost prices. Comparable to Frankenheim as a competitor for the same end customer, but with a digital-first, discount model that pressures traditional funeral home economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Bestattungshaus.Frankenheim
• Instagraminstagram.com/frankenheimschwestern
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bestattungshaus-frankenheim-gmbh-&-co-kg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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