Business phone system for funeral homes and funeral services in Missouri

How many funeral homes and funeral services operate in Missouri

Missouri had 406 funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, according to Census County Business Patterns (NAICS 812210, Funeral Homes and Funeral Services). They employed 2,784 people in mid-March and reported $106.2 million in annual payroll. That is the 15th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Funeral homes and funeral services make up 0.27% of the 151,475 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Missouri has 6.5 funeral homes and funeral services, 45.6% above the national rate of 4.5. The average establishment has 6.9 employees against 7.1 nationally. Payroll per employee is $38,138, 12.6% below the U.S. figure of $43,650.

Funeral homes and funeral services by metro area in Missouri

Census published funeral home counts for 20 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Missouri. The largest is St. Louis, MO-IL, with 143 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 26% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at funeral homes and funeral services in Missouri

49.5% of Missouri's funeral homes and funeral services with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 49.3% nationally. 80.2% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

Calls a funeral home in Missouri has to catch

Funeral homes receive calls at any hour, often at a family's most difficult moment, so every call must be answered with care. Coordination with clergy, cemeteries and florists also happens by phone. That holds for funeral homes and funeral services in Missouri as much as anywhere.

Calls a funeral home in Missouri might handle in a typical week include:

• A florist calls about a delivery.
• A hospice calls about a transfer.
• A family calls after a death at home.

After-hours calls

Calls about a death come at any hour and must reach a staff member.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

What a phone system costs a funeral home in Missouri

Funeral homes and funeral services in Missouri average 6.9 employees, so the comparison uses a 7-person team. Priced per seat, 7 users would run $210.00 a month on RingCentral RingEX Core and $174.65 on Ooma Office Pro (month-to-month list prices, checked September 28, 2026). On Callata the same 7 people cost $139.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $852. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in Missouri

Missouri has 9 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your families know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for funeral homes and funeral services in Missouri

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Missouri, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.