Kays-Ponger & Uselton Family of Funeral Homes and Cremation Services

What Kays-Ponger & Uselton Family of Funeral Homes and Cremation Services does

Kays-Ponger & Uselton Family of Funeral Homes and Cremation Services operates four physical funeral home locations across Englewood, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, and Venice in southwest Florida, serving individuals and families requiring funeral, cremation, and memorial services. The company is a local operating affiliate within the Dignity Memorial network, a brand of Service Corporation International (SCI), with the legal entity being SCI Shared Resources, LLC headquartered in Houston, Texas. Service offerings include traditional funeral services, cremation (direct cremation, cremation with memorial, cremation with funeral), personalized memorial and celebration of life ceremonies, veterans burial services, cemetery and cremation property sales, and grief support resources. The business has a 4.9-star rating across 805 reviews. Notably, the company offers prepaid funeral plans that are transferable across the Dignity Memorial network's 2,000+ locations, providing a recurring/subscription revenue component atop the primarily one-time service revenue model.

The business operates a direct-to-consumer go-to-market model with 24/7 phone availability for immediate needs and online pre-planning inquiry forms that route to funeral planning advisors. Marketing channels include a website obituary directory with email/phone notification subscriptions and educational content covering pre-planning, funeral costs, cremation options, and grief support. The company has no proprietary technology platform and operates as a traditional service provider. Revenue is generated primarily through one-time service fees at the point of need, supplemented by prepaid funeral plans that lock in current pricing and provide the family financial and emotional relief. Pricing is quote-based through personalized consultation rather than publicly disclosed tiers, though a free pricing guide is available for download. The customer base is comprised of individual consumers and families, with veterans as a secondary segment. Despite serving multiple locations, the entity itself employs only 11 people, indicating heavy reliance on shared back-office services from the SCI parent organization.

Name

Kays-Ponger & Uselton Family of Funeral Homes and Cremation Services

Legal name

SCI Shared Resources, LLC

Website

https://kays-ponger.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kays-Ponger & Uselton is a four-location funeral and cremation service provider serving individuals and families in Englewood, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, and Venice, Florida. It operates as an affiliate within Service Corporation International's Dignity Memorial network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Funeral and Cremation Services

NAICS

Funeral Homes and Funeral Services (812210), Cemeteries and Crematories (81222)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Business Services (7380)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLADALAL

End-of-Life Planning & Hospice/Palliative Care Coordination

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Senior Care Coordination & Case Management (Geriatric Care Management)

Keywords

• Funeral services
• Cremation services
• Memorial services
• Prepaid funeral plans
• Cemetery property

Headquarters

HQ city

Port Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Funeral Services: One-time funeral and memorial service arrangements including viewing, ceremony, and burial services. Revenue generated at point of service delivery.
2. Cremation Services: Cremation arrangements including direct cremation, cremation with memorial service, and related merchandise.
3. Prepaid Funeral Plans: Prearranged funeral and cremation plans sold in advance, providing recurring revenue stream with long-term payment structures. Plans are transferable across Dignity Memorial network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kays-Ponger & Uselton provides end-of-life funeral, cremation, and memorial services to individuals and families in southwest Florida through multiple physical funeral home locations. Core offerings include traditional funeral services, cremation services (direct, with memorial, with funeral), celebration of life ceremonies, prepaid funeral plans with network transferability, cemetery property, veterans burial services, and grief support resources. The company operates 24/7 and is part of the Dignity Memorial network of Service Corporation International.

Product overview

Kays-Ponger & Uselton Funeral Homes & Cremation Services is a funeral service provider offering a comprehensive suite of end-of-life services. The core offerings include traditional funeral services, cremation services (direct cremation, cremation with memorial, and cremation with funeral), and personalized memorial/celebration of life ceremonies. These are supported by prepaid funeral planning products that provide advance arrangement options with national transferability across the Dignity Memorial network. Additional offerings include cemetery property sales with a Purchase Protection Plan, veterans burial services, and grief support resources. The company operates multiple locations throughout Englewood, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, and Venice, Florida, and is part of the Dignity Memorial network of over 1,900 locations serving over 375,000 families annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Funeral Services
• Cremation Services
• Memorial Services and Celebration of Life

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Foundation Partners Group: Private multi-brand funeral and cemetery operator backed by investment partners; comparable as a privately held consolidator running regional funeral home clusters similar to the Kays-Ponger & Uselton footprint.
• NorthStar Memorial Group: Private consolidator of funeral homes and cemeteries operating regional clusters; comparable as a private multi-location death-care operator pursuing similar growth-by-acquisition strategies.
• Carriage Services: NYSE-listed provider of funeral and cemetery services operating multiple regional brands across the U.S.; directly comparable as a multi-location death-care operator with similar service mix and operating model.
• Park Lawn Corporation: TSX-listed funeral, cremation, and cemetery operator with locations across North America; closely comparable as a multi-brand consolidator in the same death-care services category.
• Everstory Partners: Private funeral home and cemetery operator with multiple regional brands; directly comparable as a multi-location death-care provider serving similar customer segments with comparable service offerings.
• StoneMor Partners: Funeral services and cemetery operator with locations across the U.S.; comparable as a regional-cluster death-care provider offering traditional funeral, cremation, and cemetery products.

Broad incumbents

• Service Corporation International: NYSE-listed parent of Kays-Ponger & Uselton through SCI Shared Resources, LLC; operates over 1,900 funeral and cemetery locations including the entire Dignity Memorial network, making it the direct parent and broadest incumbent comparable.

Emerging players

• Cake: Online end-of-life planning and comparison platform helping families arrange funerals nationwide; an emerging player attacking the pre-planning and price-comparison layer that traditional operators like Kays-Ponger & Uselton depend on.
• Tulip Cremation: Direct-to-consumer online cremation provider with a tech-forward, transparent-pricing model; represents the digital-native disruptor whose value proposition contrasts with Kays-Ponger & Uselton's traditional, consultation-based approach.

Regional players

• Dignity plc: UK-listed funeral services operator with a comparable brand name and similar service offering (funerals, cremations, pre-paid plans); relevant regional comparable that does not directly compete in the U.S. market but illustrates the network-brand strategy used by Dignity Memorial.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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