Which Texas funeral homes belong to chains?

Who owns the familiar names?

Dignity Memorial is SCI’s brand. SCI reported 164 Texas funeral-service locations and 65 Texas cemeteries at year-end 2025. Those are the company’s counts. The licensing search is a better check for whether a particular address holds an active funeral-home license. In Katy, the Carriage directory advertised a Schmidt address whose license was marked closed, while the Grand Parkway location held an active license. In College Station, the state listed the Callaway-Jones planning center as a funeral establishment. A count based on directory names alone would get both wrong. SCI annual report · Texas funeral license search · Park Lawn acquisition announcement · Park Lawn transaction history

How much did the sampled homes charge?

The comparison adds basic services, local transfer, embalming, dressing and casketing, weekday viewing, a standard funeral-home ceremony and a hearse. It excludes a casket, cemetery costs and other third-party charges. The published subtotal gives families a common starting point for checking a package.

In Houston, the two group medians were $5,430 apart. One chain-affiliated home, Advantage, priced the basket at $5,025, below the local median, while Forest Park Westheimer reached $13,185. The ranges matter when the next decision is which provider to call. Advantage’s price list

The way a home bundles direct cremation can change the comparison. MeadowLawn’s January 2026 price list gave a $4,325 provider-container tariff and a $1,795 discounted package with the specified core services. Using the tariff puts the two San Antonio local providers’ median at $3,187.50, slightly above the chain sample’s $3,080. Counting the documented package lowers the local median to $1,922.50. Ask about the container, transfer and crematory fee in the same call. MeadowLawn price list, January 2026

How to compare two quotes

Look up the funeral home by street address in the Texas license search, then check whether the name on the estimate is the same business. If the corporate owner matters to you, look for an acquisition announcement or an exhibit listing subsidiaries. A surname on the sign can survive a sale.

Ask each provider for the prices of the same items, and compare an itemized subtotal with any package. Under the FTC Funeral Rule, providers must give requested price information by phone and provide a General Price List when an in-person discussion about arrangements or prices begins. Before agreeing to services, ask for the written statement showing what you selected and what each item costs. Texas Funeral Service Commission · FTC Funeral Rule guidance

How we got this

The analysis uses 23 published price lists available by November 10, 2026, covering 13 chain-affiliated and 10 local or independent providers. The median chain list was 35 days old. The median local list was 379 days old. The medians compare that small sample of listed prices, with different publication dates and viewing terms. They measure neither the size of the Texas market nor what happened to prices after a sale. The practical test is the written quote for the services a family plans to buy.