Consultation outcome

Funerals market: insight gathering

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 23 August 2024
• Last updated: 7 August 2025 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The CMA has published its third and final annual funeral markets review.

Feedback received

Summary of anonymous responses

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Summary of named responses

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AW Lymn The Family Funeral Service

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Child Funeral Charity

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Co-operative Group Limited

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Quaker Social Action

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SAIF

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Westerleigh Group

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Original consultation

Summary

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is inviting interested parties to provide insights on the funerals market to enable the CMA to consider next steps, including whether or not to consult on a market investigation reference.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
11am on 23 August 2024 to 5pm on 20 September 2024

Consultation description

The purpose of this insight gathering exercise is to invite interested parties to provide views on the funerals market.

Published 23 August 2024

Last updated 7 August 2025 + show all updates

1. 7 August 2025

   Consultation responses published.

2. 23 August 2024

   First published.