Funeral services in United Kingdom
As of 5 November 2026, 3,627 funeral services companies are based in United Kingdom; 3 are hiring right now and Nottingham has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 3,627
- Hiring now
- 3 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Funeral directors · 2,620
- Top city
- Nottingham · 147
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 283,647
Funeral services in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Funeral directors | 2,620 | 72% |
| Other funeral services | 832 | 23% |
| Crematoria & cemeteries | 463 | 13% |
| Memorial masons & headstones | 437 | 12% |
| Pet cremation services | 235 | 6% |
| Wedding celebrants | 115 | 3% |
| Wedding ceremony musicians | 12 | 0% |
| Other event wedding services | 8 | 0% |
| Event styling & floristry | 5 | 0% |
| Amusement & theme parks | 2 | 0% |
| Brass bands & wind ensembles | 2 | 0% |
| Classical & opera singers | 2 | 0% |
| Event video production | 2 | 0% |
| General spiritual practitioners | 2 | 0% |
| Other pet services | 2 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 395 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,965 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 232 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 30 · 2 |
| 201-500 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | 147 | 4% |
| Bristol | 19 | 1% |
| London | 17 | 0% |
| Glasgow | 14 | 0% |
| Sheffield | 13 | 0% |
| Croydon | 11 | 0% |
| Edinburgh | 11 | 0% |
| Leeds | 10 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 10 | 0% |
| Newport | 9 | 0% |
| Manchester | 8 | 0% |
| Sutton Coldfield | 8 | 0% |
The biggest funeral services companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of funeral services in United Kingdom
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3,627 funeral services companies are based in United Kingdom; 3 are hiring right now and Nottingham has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/united-kingdom/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 United Kingdom: questions
How many funeral services companies are there in United Kingdom?
3,627 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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