CROWN HILL CEMETERY INC

Name

CROWN HILL CEMETERY INC

Legal name

Crown Hill Cemetery

Website

https://crownhillcemetery.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

1903

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cemetery and Memorial Services

NAICS

Cemeteries and Crematories (81222)

akta.pro primary industry

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

Keywords

• Cemetery burial services
• Cremation niche columbarium
• Prearrangement funeral planning
• Memorial monument services
• Endowed care cemetery

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Burial Plot and Space Sales: Revenue generated from the sale of traditional burial plots, cremation niches, urn gardens, and columbarium spaces. The cemetery offers thousands of spaces still available for purchase.
2. Endowed Care (Perpetual Care): A portion of each burial plot, crypt, or niche purchase is placed into an endowed care fund. The interest income from this fund is used strictly for ongoing cemetery maintenance including mowing, landscaping, tree care, road maintenance, and general upkeep of shared spaces.
3. Prearrangement Services: Assistance with making burial prearrangements before the need arises, generating revenue through advance planning services and related arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Crown Hill Cemetery sells traditional burial plots, cremation niches in a columbarium, urn gardens, and memorial spaces at a privately owned, non-denominational cemetery in north Seattle. The company also provides prearrangement planning services and maintains an endowed care fund whose interest income funds perpetual grounds maintenance. Supporting offerings include grief support resources and online obituary publication.

Product overview

Crown Hill Cemetery is a privately owned, non-denominational cemetery founded in 1903, offering a single integrated suite of burial and memorial services. The core offerings include Traditional Burial, Cremation Burial (via Urn Gardens), and Cremation Niches in a Columbarium. The cemetery also provides Upright Monuments, Private Family Estates, Memorial Walls, and Prearrangement Services. Supporting services include Grief Support Resources and Obituary Publication. The cemetery is notable for being one of the few cemeteries still permitting upright monuments and maintaining thousands of available spaces across its serene, tree-lined grounds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Traditional Burial Traditional ground burial services providing a final resting place for loved ones, with individual and companion grave spaces available on the cemetery grounds.
• Cremation Burial (Urn Gardens) Cremation burial arrangements including individual and companion Urn Gardens for the in-ground placement of cremated remains.
• Cremation Niches (Columbarium) Above-ground cremation niches housed in a Columbarium building for placement of cremated remains in an indoor memorial setting.
• Upright Monuments Permission and support for families to install traditional standing grave markers, a differentiator versus modern flat-marker-only cemeteries.
• Private Family Estates Designated areas for private family burial plots and mausoleums within the cemetery grounds.
• Memorial Walls Commemorative walls, including the Remembered Forever Memorial Wall, for honoring loved ones.
• Prearrangement Services Assistance with making burial arrangements before the need arises, allowing individuals to plan their own or a loved one's final resting place in advance.
• Grief Support Resources Educational resources and partnerships with organizations like Grievers Library, Faith & Grief Ministries, and Center for Loss & Life Transition to support bereaved families.
• Obituary Publication Online obituary posting service allowing families to share memorial information and tributes for their loved ones on the cemetery's website.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Grievers LibraryminorOthersGrievers Library is a free book program for grievers located outside the Crown Hill Cemetery office. The cemetery hosts this initiative which provides free grief books for children, teens, and adults in the Seattle area. The program includes book boxes, global library links, and EZreads excerpts.
• Boy ScoutsminorOthersParticipate in annual Memorial Day Roll Call Ceremony to honor fallen veterans at Crown Hill Cemetery.
• ElksminorOthersParticipate in annual Memorial Day Roll Call Ceremony to honor fallen veterans at Crown Hill Cemetery.
• VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars)minorOthersParticipate in annual Memorial Day Roll Call Ceremony to honor fallen veterans at Crown Hill Cemetery.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• StoneMor Partners: Multi-site cemetery operator with comparable mix of traditional burial, cremation, and prearrangement products. Same revenue model (plot sales plus perpetual care funds) and same regulatory exposure to cemetery licensing requirements.
• Park Lawn Corporation: Public cemetery and funeral services company operating across North America. Directly comparable business model — cemetery plot/niche sales, endowed care, prearrangement — though at significantly larger scale and geographic diversification.
• Carriage Services: Public death-care company combining funeral homes and cemeteries. Comparable product set and perpetual-care funding model, though at national scale with active M&A strategy — a potential strategic peer for valuation benchmarking.
• Everstory Partners: Private cemetery and funeral operator (formerly part of StoneMor) with a portfolio of community cemeteries. Comparable in operating model, perpetual-care funding, and prearrangement offerings.
• Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park & Funeral Home: Direct Seattle-area competitor operating both a cemetery and funeral services. Highly comparable geography, product mix (traditional burial, cremation, prearrangement), and customer base as Crown Hill.
• Foundation Partners Group: Private equity-backed cemetery and funeral home operator. Same core services (burial plots, cremation, prearrangement) and same licensed-operator regulatory dynamic; a plausible acquirer type for Crown Hill.

Broad incumbents

• Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries: Large, established private cemetery operator known for upright monuments, park-like grounds, and on-site services. Shares Crown Hill's positioning as a destination cemetery rather than a simple burial ground.
• Rose Hills Memorial Park: One of the largest cemeteries in North America, offering traditional burial, cremation, mausoleums, and prearrangement. Comparable product breadth but vastly larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Service Corporation International (SCI): Largest North American funeral and cemetery operator (Dignity Memorial brand). Comparable in core service line — cemetery plot sales, cremation niches, prearrangement — but operates nationally at vastly greater scale and with sophisticated digital channels.

Regional players

• Cypress Lawn Memorial Park: Historic, privately operated cemetery on the West Coast with traditional burial, cremation, and prearrangement services. Comparable in heritage (founded in the late 1800s), private ownership, and product mix to Crown Hill, but operates in a different (Southern California) geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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