Graystone Associates, Inc.®
Strategic advice, data analytics and professional development, specializing in the business of funeral service.
Business focused.
People centered.
Data driven.
Graystone Associates, Inc.® is a business advisory firm specializing in funeral service. Our clients are among the top performing independent firms in the United States, Canada and Southeast Asia.
Founded in 2003, Graystone has more than 17 years of experience working with many of the best funeral service operators. With a combination of business experience and profession-specific knowledge, Graystone delivers improvements in both staff performance and business operations to every client we serve.
Graystone’s exclusive method of combining professional development with data analytics and actionable business insight is unlike anything in our profession. So much so, Graystone holds 23 trademarks awarded by the United States Office of Trademarks and Patents.
At Graystone, we help our clients solve problems and foster growth, in a continuous, sustainable way.
Graystone Team
Founded in 2003. Headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Awarded 23 trademarks from the United States Office of Trademarks and Patents, for our proprietary training methods and tools.
Among the Graystone team:
Eight staff members who travel onsite working closely with clients
Five Licensed Funeral Directors, delivering management and staff training
Our staff, combined, offers well over 100 years of experience in the funeral industry.
Our additional expertise and backgrounds include:
Cemetery and combo management; operations and sales management
Crematory management and compliance
Merchandising, margin expansion and cost alignment
Corporate finance
Corporate human resources
Our Clients
More than 100 family owned businesses.
Located throughout the United States, Canada and Southeast Asia.
Our clients employ:
More than 1,200 funeral directors
More than 4,000 employees
Our clients are leading providers in the market, and growing in volume, marketshare, revenue and service levels of profitability.
Clients are:
Traditional funeral homes, serving more than 75,000 families per year
Cremation societies and cemeteries, serving more than 10,000 families per year
Pet, flower, monument and/or wedding business
