Equip Your Funeral Home: Top Supplies and Equipment

Whether you're upgrading an established funeral home or starting a new one, knowing which supplies and equipment you actually need keeps operations smooth and dignified. Here's a practical overview of the essentials.

The essentials

• Embalming equipment — a quality embalming table, machine, and instruments for proper preparation.
• Cold storage — a mortuary cooler sized to your caseload; often a legal requirement, always a practical one.
• Removal and transport — cots and stretchers and first-call supplies for safe, dignified removals.
• Prep-room consumables — PPE, fluids, disinfectants, and body bags, budgeted as ongoing costs.
• Lifting equipment — body lifts and trolleys to protect your staff.

Where to start

If you're building out in stages, prioritize refrigeration and a quality embalming table first, then transport and lifting, then consumables. Our mortuary equipment checklist lays out the priority order, and you can browse everything in our full equipment collection. If budget is the constraint, see our guide on financing funeral home equipment.