Funeral services in Australia
As of 5 November 2026, 1,158 funeral services companies are based in Australia; 2 are hiring right now and Sydney has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,158
- Hiring now
- 2 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Funeral directors · 906
- Top city
- Sydney · 39
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 91,560
Funeral services in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Funeral directors | 906 | 78% |
| Other funeral services | 123 | 11% |
| Crematoria & cemeteries | 113 | 10% |
| Memorial masons & headstones | 90 | 8% |
| Pet cremation services | 89 | 8% |
| Wedding celebrants | 30 | 3% |
| Other photography services | 2 | 0% |
| Brass bands & wind ensembles | 1 | 0% |
| Classical instrumental soloists | 1 | 0% |
| Consumer trade fair organisers | 1 | 0% |
| Event agencies | 1 | 0% |
| Event catering | 1 | 0% |
| Event venue hire | 1 | 0% |
| Event video production | 1 | 0% |
| Other event wedding services | 1 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 113 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 982 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 39 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 13 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 3 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 8 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 39 | 3% |
| Melbourne | 13 | 1% |
| Blacktown | 10 | 1% |
| Smithfield | 9 | 1% |
| Cheltenham | 7 | 1% |
| Perth | 6 | 1% |
| Adelaide | 5 | 0% |
| Darlinghurst | 5 | 0% |
| Box Hill | 4 | 0% |
| Canterbury | 4 | 0% |
| Drayton | 4 | 0% |
| Hurstville Grove | 4 | 0% |
The biggest funeral services companies in Australia
The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.
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The stack of funeral services in Australia
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
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1,158 funeral services companies are based in Australia; 2 are hiring right now and Sydney has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/australia/funeral_services)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Funeral services in Australia: questions
How many funeral services companies are there in Australia?
1,158 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Funeral services → leaf niches such as funeral directors, other funeral services, crematoria & cemeteries. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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