NAICS 812210

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in preparing the dead for burial or interment and conducting funerals (i.e., providing facilities for wakes, arranging transportation for the dead, selling caskets and related merchandise).  Funeral homes combined with crematories are included in this industry.

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• The top of each industry vertical page includes the NAICS code and the NAICS definition for that industry segment.
• The source data is Risk Management Association's Annual Statement Studies. As you may know, RMA collects financial statements from banks, and aggregates the findings for all industries.
• RMA presents their data in 3 sections: the Top Quartile, the Middle Quartiles, the Bottom Quartile. RMA data also is available by five different ranges of annual sales volume. 
• We have identified five key ratios (from the dozens of ratios available) that are particularly important for Owners of Service Businesses to monitor, project, and manage:
  • OPERATING EXPENSES Percent
  • Pre-Tax PROFIT Percent
  • OFFICERS, OWNERS COMPENSATION Percent
  • CURRENT Ratio
  • DEBT-TO-WORTH Ratio
• Our exclusive Benchmark Trend Charts show the median value reported by RMA for each of these key ratios each year. 

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