Horizon Funeral and Cremation Services Inc.

What Horizon Funeral and Cremation Services Inc. does

Horizon Funeral and Cremation Services Inc. is a single-location funeral, cremation, and burial services provider headquartered at 4650 N Federal Highway, Lighthouse Point, Florida, founded in 2008 and operating with approximately five employees. It operates as an affiliate of the Dignity Memorial network, which is owned by SCI Shared Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of Service Corporation International (SCI) — a publicly traded death-care conglomerate whose North American network spans 1,900+ funeral, cremation, and cemetery providers serving more than 375,000 families annually. Horizon serves Broward County families across eight communities (Boca Raton, Wilton Manors, Delray Beach, Coconut Creek, Deerfield Beach, Hillsboro Beach, Lighthouse Point, and Pompano Beach), with a product portfolio spanning traditional funerals, cremation (including an on-site private crematory with a CANA-licensed identification-pendant custody-of-care program), burial and cemetery property, celebration-of-life events, veterans honors, religious and cultural funeral traditions, prepaid pre-need plans, and post-service grief support.

The company's go-to-market is direct-to-consumer and multi-channel: walk-in consultations at the Lighthouse Point facility, 24/7 phone availability (954-519-1550), online quote requests, free planning guides, and virtual pre-planning consultations, supplemented by an obituary-update email subscription and community dining events for pre-planning awareness. Revenue is generated primarily through one-time per-service fees for funeral, cremation, and burial packages; recurring/multi-year prepaid funeral contracts (with up to 10% discount and low-interest trust-funded options); and ancillary merchandise, cemetery property, and grief-support services. Technology components are consumer-facing rather than algorithmic — live webcasting, custom tribute video production, and interactive online memorials — with third-party integrations including Teleflora (flowers), CareCredit (financing), Google Maps (directions), and Charles Nechtem Associates (grief helpline). No AI/ML capabilities, patents, or proprietary software platforms are disclosed. The company's competitive position is structurally a function of its parent-network affiliation: brand, service guarantees, prepaid plan portability, and operating playbooks are inherited from the Dignity Memorial network rather than developed independently by Horizon itself.

Name

Horizon Funeral and Cremation Services Inc.

Legal name

Horizon Funeral & Cremation Services

Website

https://horizonfuneralcremation.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Horizon Funeral and Cremation Services is a single-location funeral, cremation, and burial provider in Lighthouse Point, Florida, operating within the Dignity Memorial network (SCI) and serving Broward County families across eight communities with at-need, pre-need, and grief support services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lighthouse Point

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Funeral Services: Traditional funeral services including ceremonies, visitations, and memorials with flexible spaces for both intimate gatherings and large events. Includes arrangement rooms, chapel, and reception venues.
2. Cremation Services: Full cremation services with private crematory, including custody-of-care guarantees. Offers all-inclusive pricing options and various cremation choices (with or without memorial services).
3. Burial Services: Burial services including cemetery property sales, burial permits, and memorialization options.
4. Prepaid Funeral Plans: Pre-need funeral planning contracts that lock in today's prices. Includes up to 10% off prepaid plans, lifetime flexibility for changes, and relocation protection to any qualifying Dignity Memorial provider in North America. Offers low interest options on trust-funded contracts.
5. Memorial Merchandise: Caskets, urns, cremation containers, memorial keepsakes, funeral flowers, and program materials.
6. Cemetery Property: Burial plots, cremation niches, columbarium spaces, and cemetery memorialization property. Offers up to 10% off on cemetery property.
7. Grief Support Services: 24-hour Compassion Helpline and access to curated grief library resources for families after service completion.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Horizon Funeral & Cremation Services provides traditional funeral, cremation, and burial services from a single modern facility in Lighthouse Point, Florida. The company operates an on-site private crematory, offers prepaid funeral planning contracts, and supports families with personalization technology (live webcasting, tribute videos, online memorials) and post-service grief support through a 24-hour helpline. Services are delivered under the Dignity Memorial network brand, with prepaid plans portable across 1,900+ North American providers.

Product overview

Horizon Funeral & Cremation Services offers a comprehensive suite of funeral, cremation, and burial services as part of the Dignity Memorial network. The core offerings include traditional funeral services, cremation with a private on-site crematory, and burial services, all supported by ancillary offerings such as pre-planning packages, personalized celebration of life events, veterans funeral services, and grief support. Additional value-added services include live webcasting, tribute video production, online memorial platforms, memory books, and keepsake programs. The company also provides religious and cultural funeral traditions support. The product portfolio is structured as a unified service offering with modular add-ons for personalization and convenience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Funeral Services Traditional funeral services accommodating intimate gatherings to large events, with flexible spaces for memorials and receptions, valet parking, and modern technology offerings including streaming music and tribute video production. Offered to Broward County families at-need or through pre-planning contracts.
• Cremation Services All-inclusive cremation services featuring an on-site private crematory, identification pendant and custody-of-care program, expertise in scattering ashes, and CANA-certified crematory operators. Available to families in Broward County with or without memorial services.
• Burial Services Cemetery burial services including property options, burial permits, and memorialization solutions for Broward County families.
• Prepaid Funeral Plans Pre-need funeral planning contracts that lock in today's prices, with up to 10% off prepaid plans, lifetime flexibility for changes, and relocation protection to any qualifying Dignity Memorial provider in North America. Low interest options available on trust-funded contracts.
• Celebration of Life Services Personalized memorial services honoring the unique life of the deceased, with customizable themes such as garden parties, butterfly releases, or grand celebrations featuring personal memorabilia. Offered to Broward County families.
• Veterans Funeral and Burial Services Specialized funeral, cremation, and burial services honoring veterans with military funeral honors, delivered by experienced funeral directors dedicated to honoring military service.
• Memorial Merchandise Caskets, urns, cremation containers, memorial keepsakes, funeral flowers, and program materials sold alongside service packages.
• Cemetery Property Burial plots, cremation niches, columbarium spaces, and cemetery memorialization property offered to families, with up to 10% off on cemetery property.
• Grief Support Services Access to a curated grief library with expert articles and a 24-hour Compassion Helpline provided by Charles Nechtem Associates, available to families for up to 13 months after a service.
• Religious and Cultural Funeral Traditions Specialized services for observing Catholic rituals, Hindu practices, Jewish customs, and other religious and cultural funeral traditions for Broward County families.
• Live Webcasting Live webcasting technology enabling remote family members and friends to participate in remembrance services via live video streaming.
• Tribute Video Production Custom video production featuring cherished photos played during celebrations of life, with the final video given to families as a keepsake.
• Interactive Online Memorial Free online memorial platform allowing families to share service details and invite friends to contribute photos, videos, and fond memories.
• Memory Book Collectible book capturing images and heartfelt messages from family and friends to preserve a loved one's life story for future generations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 24/7 availability - real person answers anytime
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Dignity MemorialcoreOthersHorizon Funeral & Cremation Services is part of the Dignity Memorial network, a brand of SCI Shared Resources, LLC comprising 1,900+ funeral, cremation and cemetery providers. The network provides standardized service guarantees, benefits, and prepaid plan portability across North America, serving over 375,000 families annually.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Tulip Cremation: Direct-to-consumer online cremation startup offering simple, low-cost arrangements. Comparable to Horizon's cremation services with a fundamentally different digital-first, low-overhead model that competes for the same families.
• Everdays: Digital end-of-life planning platform enabling pre-need discovery and family connection. Comparable to Horizon's online pre-planning and grief-support features as a technology-enabled alternative for funeral pre-arrangement.

Others

• Funeral Consumers Alliance: Nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that promotes funeral cost transparency and simple, low-cost options. Relevant context for Horizon's pricing strategy given FCA's role in shaping consumer expectations around funeral pricing.
• Precoa (Pre-Need Marketing): Pre-need funeral planning marketing partner that drives pre-arranged funeral contracts for funeral homes. Comparable in addressing the same pre-need market Horizon targets with its prepaid funeral plans.

Broad incumbents

• Dignity PLC: UK-based funeral services operator sharing the 'Dignity' brand lineage. While geographically separate, it is comparable as a major funeral home brand and operator competing in the same death-care category.
• Service Corporation International: Parent company of Horizon via SCI Shared Resources, LLC. The largest North American funeral, cremation, and cemetery operator with thousands of locations; directly comparable as the ultimate operator and consolidator of Horizon and its peers.

Direct peers

• Carriage Services: Publicly traded funeral and cemetery services provider operating ~170 locations across the U.S. Directly comparable to Horizon's parent-owned multi-site model with overlapping service offerings (funerals, cremation, pre-need).
• Neptune Society: Direct-cremation specialist owned by SCI (Horizon's parent). Directly comparable as a cremation-focused brand within the same corporate family, addressing the same cremation market with a different go-to-market.
• StoneMor Partners: Publicly traded operator of cemeteries and funeral homes in the U.S. Comparable through its cemetery property, cremation, and memorial merchandise offerings, which overlap with Horizon's burial and cremation services.
• Foundation Partners Group: Privately held funeral home and cemetery operator owned by Sentinel Capital Partners, with a multi-state network of locations. Closely comparable multi-site operator model with similar cremation, burial, and pre-need services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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