Federal NAICS Codes

NAICS 812220

Cemeteries and Crematories

Explore obligations, trends, recent awards, and incumbent contractors for NAICS 812220.

NAICS 812220 federal market metrics

Total obligations
$215.3M
Total awards
877 awards
Active obligations
$3.6M
Size standard
$25,000,000 receipts

What this NAICS covers

NAICS 812220 covers establishments that operate cemeteries and crematories, provide interment and cremation services, sell burial plots and niches, and manage on-site memorialization and mausoleum operations.

Federal opportunities under 812220 typically involve operation or long-term lease of national burial grounds, performance of scheduled interments and cremations, plot sales recordkeeping, and maintenance of memorial assets following federal requirements for disposition and documentation.

FY2025 snapshot

Obligations
$5.6M
Awards
75
Average award
$74.3K
Change from FY2024
-21.7%

Recent awards

Search contractors

$11,492

WORRELL CONTRACTING CO INC

Department of Veterans Affairs

PIID
36C78626N0337
PSC
Z1PZ - MAINTENANCE OF OTHER NON-BUILDING FACILITIES

$4,200

AB CEMETERY MANAGEMENT INC.

Department of Veterans Affairs

PIID
36C78626N0318
PSC
S208 - HOUSEKEEPING- LANDSCAPING/GROUNDSKEEPING

$51,747

VIKING BROS LLC

Department of Veterans Affairs

PIID
36C78626N50618
PSC
S208 - HOUSEKEEPING- LANDSCAPING/GROUNDSKEEPING

$3,649

LAW-JONES FUNERAL HOMES, INC.

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

PIID
15B41926P00000075
PSC
G001 - SOCIAL- CARE OF REMAINS AND/OR FUNERAL

$102,500

PATRIOT CAPITAL VENTURES LLC

Department of Veterans Affairs

PIID
36C78626P50203
PSC
S208 - HOUSEKEEPING- LANDSCAPING/GROUNDSKEEPING

$244,007

PATRIOT CAPITAL VENTURES LLC

Department of Veterans Affairs

PIID
36C78626N50522
PSC
S208 - HOUSEKEEPING- LANDSCAPING/GROUNDSKEEPING

FAQ

What work fits NAICS 812220?
  • Operate and manage a government burial ground including plot sales, scheduling and performance of interments, niche sales, and perpetual care obligations.
  • Provide contracted cremation services with chain-of-custody procedures, issuance of cremation certificates, and return of remains or ashes to designated recipients.
  • Manage mausoleum and columbarium operations including sale of crypts or niches, recordkeeping, and on-site memorial services.
  • Perform perpetual care and landscape management as an integrated part of cemetery operations, including grave marking and maintenance of memorial structures.
When is NAICS 812220 a weak fit?
  • Landscape maintenance contracts for groundskeeping only - lacks plot sales, interment or cremation operations, and transfer of burial rights required for cemetery operation.
  • Funeral home and mortuary services - focuses on embalming, viewings, and funeral directing without ownership or operation of burial grounds or cremation facilities.
  • Construction of mausoleums or cemetery infrastructure - focuses on building work and not on ongoing cemetery operations, plot management, or perpetual care responsibilities.
What solicitation language points to NAICS 812220?
  • Scope language requiring plot inventory, interment scheduling, issuance of burial or cremation certificates, and maintenance of burial records.
  • Performance requirements for secure chain-of-custody, handling, documentation of human remains and ashes, and timely return to next of kin.
  • Contract clauses for perpetual care fund accounting, cemetery lot accounting, and periodic condition inspections of memorials and grounds.

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