I am in a small midwest city and just this morning I heard that 3 yes THREE funeral homes are going out of business because of “economic hard times”.
I never thought FUNERAL HOMES could have hard times since their business never really ends but I have seen it now.
Yup, whole lines of stores boarded up. When I moved here in 2006 there was a new very nice strip mall with 4 stores, a Pet store, a Circuit City, a Pier I and one other. Starting in ‘08 they began closing and now the row is empty.
The town I live in has maybe 50,000 people if that.
I think cremation is having a big impact on the funeral home business.