HomeFuneral costs by stateVirginiaVirginia Beach
How much does a funeral cost in Virginia Beach, VA?
A traditional burial with a service in the Virginia Beach metro area averages $9,020 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $16,280, which is about 9% above the Virginia figure of $14,920. The metro takes in Chesapeake and Norfolk as well as Virginia Beach.
What Virginia Beach funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 30 funeral homes trading across 3 towns in the Virginia Beach area with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $3,555. Fitchett Funeral Home Inc in Chesapeake is recorded at $750, Virginia Funeral Service, Inc. in Norfolk at $4,795, which is 6.4 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 30, 3 come in under $1,000, 3 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 3 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 21 ask $3,000 or more. Every one of them publishes a basic services fee as well, the charge you cannot decline whatever else you turn down. Ring three at random rather than one and you would expect to pay $1,000 less than the $3,079 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitchett Funeral Home Inc | Chesapeake, VA | $750 | $1,350 |
| Community Funeral Home, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $895 | $1,250 |
| Community Funeral Home | Virginia Beach, VA | $895 | $1,250 |
| Hale Funeral Home | Norfolk, VA | $1,200 | $1,600 |
| Seven Cities Cremation Society, LLC | Chesapeake, VA | $1,840 | $1,135 |
| Graves Funeral Home, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $1,985 | $1,165 |
| Family Choice Funerals & Cremations | Virginia Beach, VA | $2,065 | $1,795 |
| Graham Funeral Home | Chesapeake, VA | $2,260 | $2,895 |
| Riddick Funeral Service | Norfolk, VA | $2,425 | $1,525 |
| Altmeyer Funeral Homes & Crematory - Chesapeake Chapel | Chesapeake, VA | $3,115 | $2,450 |
| Altmeyer Funeral Homes - Maestas Chapel | Virginia Beach, VA | $3,115 | $2,450 |
| Altmeyer Funeral Homes - Southside Chapel | Virginia Beach, VA | $3,115 | $2,450 |
| Oman Funeral Home & Crematory | Chesapeake, VA | $3,250 | $2,650 |
| H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments | Virginia Beach, VA | $3,400 | $3,450 |
| Oliver, H D, Funeral Apartments Inc | Chesapeake, VA | $3,555 | $3,450 |
| Colonial Crematorium, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $3,555 | $3,450 |
| Hollomon-Brown Funeral Homes/Great Bridge Chp | Chesapeake, VA | $3,565 | $2,900 |
| Snellings Funeral Homes/G Washington Hwy Chapel | Chesapeake, VA | $3,565 | $2,900 |
| Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home - Tidewater Drive Chapel | Norfolk, VA | $3,565 | $2,900 |
| Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, Inc. | Virginia Beach, VA | $3,565 | $2,900 |
| Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home - Great Neck Chapel | Virginia Beach, VA | $3,565 | $2,900 |
| Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Incorporated | Virginia Beach, VA | $3,565 | $2,900 |
| Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home - Lynnhaven Chapel | Virginia Beach, VA | $3,565 | $2,900 |
| Hollomon-Brown Funeral Homes - Princess Anne Chapel & Crematory | Virginia Beach, VA | $3,565 | $2,900 |
| Woodlawn Funeral Home & Crematory | Norfolk, VA | $3,850 | $2,650 |
| Smith & Williams Funeral Home | Norfolk, VA | $4,325 | $4,995 |
| Rosewood-Kellum Funeral Home | Virginia Beach, VA | $4,325 | $4,995 |
| Smith & Williams Funeral Home - Kempsville | Virginia Beach, VA | $4,325 | $4,995 |
| Metropolitan Funeral Service - Granby Chapel | Norfolk, VA | $4,795 | $2,995 |
| Virginia Funeral Service, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $4,795 | $2,995 |
Recorded from the Parting funeral home directory in September 2026. The source publishes no date of its own. Prices for other homes on this list carry their own dates, shown on each home's page. They are the figures we hold rather than quotes, several are years old, and no funeral home is bound by them.
Estimated burial with a service in Virginia Beach
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$6,600
- Casket, standard$2,420
- Cemetery plot$2,000
- Opening and closing the grave$1,680
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,640
- Headstone or marker$1,940
Most families have no plan for this
A burial insurance policy is written to cover exactly this amount. It pays out in days rather than months, and for most people over 50 there is no medical exam, only health questions.
The calculator is set to Virginia Beach. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 30 homes charge against the Virginia median, a factor of 1.26, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $16,280 in Virginia Beach
| Item | Billed by | Virginia Beach | Virginia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $6,600 | $5,230 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,420 | $2,510 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $2,000 | $2,140 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,680 | $1,330 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,640 | $1,700 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $1,940 | $2,010 |
| Total | $16,280 | $14,920 |
The 30 published fees above put Virginia Beach at $2,900 against $1,800 across Virginia, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 1.26, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Virginia Beach at 99.8 against 106.8 for Virginia (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the Virginia page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the Virginia Beach area
The Census counts 89 death care establishments in the Virginia Beach metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 803 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 30 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $4,045. That is 6.4 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Virginia Beach and Virginia as a whole.
Cremation in Virginia Beach
Cremation with a service models out at $7,290 here, about $1,730 less than a burial at the funeral home because there is no casket, plot, vault or headstone to buy. Strip the service out and the Virginia Beach homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $3,555, 30 of them measured, 3 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $3,735 on the ceremony, the viewing and the staff time around it. For a family choosing on price alone that gap is the whole decision, and it is a bigger number than anything the metro comparison above turns on.
Your rights when you ring a Virginia Beach funeral home
All 30 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Fitchett Funeral Home Inc at $750 and Virginia Funeral Service, Inc. at $4,795 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $3,555 in the middle of that list is worth $2,805 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of Virginia funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $16,280 in Virginia Beach
$16,280 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $1,360 more than the Virginia average, which is the sort of thing people get wrong when they pick a round figure. It pays out in days rather than weeks, and for most people over 50 there is no medical exam.
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How much does a funeral cost in Virginia Beach?
About $16,280 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $9,020 goes to the funeral home and $7,260 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the South Atlantic survey median moved by what 30 Virginia Beach homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Virginia Beach than the rest of Virginia?
Yes, by about 9%, $16,280 against $14,920, and it is mostly the land under the plot rather than the funeral home. Inside the metro the same direct cremation runs from $750 to $4,795, a wider gap than the one between Virginia Beach and Virginia.
How much does cremation cost in Virginia Beach?
The middle of the 30 Virginia Beach area homes we hold a price for charges $3,555 for a direct cremation, from $750 at Fitchett Funeral Home Inc up to $4,795 at Virginia Funeral Service, Inc.. Add a service and the model puts it near $7,290. Every price here is one we hold rather than a quote, several are years old, and each carries its own date on that home's page.
Which funeral home is cheapest in Virginia Beach?
Fitchett Funeral Home Inc in Chesapeake, at $750, and 2 other Virginia Beach area homes are also under $1,000. Virginia Funeral Service, Inc. is $4,045 higher for the same service. Prices move and several of ours are years old, so treat the list as where to start ringing, worth about $1,000 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Virginia Beach funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Virginia Beach the published ones run $1,135 to $4,995 with $2,900 in the middle, across the 30 we hold. It is the charge you cannot decline whatever else you turn down, so it sets the floor under everything else on this page, and Fitchett Funeral Home Inc, cheapest here on cremation at $750, asks $1,350 for it.