NY Funeral Firm Listing Fields | Source and Meaning Guide

Direct answer and scope

The checked NYSDOH Opened Firms report is the source for the core firm-row fields: firm name, address, city, ZIP code, phone, county, and manager. A listing using that report may be described only as listed in NYSDOH's Opened Firms report, with the report revision identified as July 2026.

Those fields identify and contact a firm and record the manager field supplied by the report. They do not describe the firm's offerings, ownership, hours, languages, accessibility, religious affiliation, or other provider characteristics. Such details require separate current evidence and should not be read into an administrative row.

The report is also not a measure of how a firm performs or an official endorsement. Its fields should therefore be read as registry information with a stated source revision, rather than as a comparative judgment.

How to use the official evidence

Start with the report source and revision. The firm name, street address, city, ZIP code, phone, county, and manager should be understood as the fields supplied by the checked Opened Firms report. The July 2026 revision tells you which report version supports that description.

Read the manager field separately from the active-manager label. Funeral directors require biennial registration, and NYSDOH's active-registration name list is updated monthly. When the directory shows a name match, the permitted description is that the manager's name matched the NYSDOH active-registration list on the checked date.

A name match is limited to the name comparison described above. It is not a rating of the provider, and the directory should not infer a license number from the match. The report's manager field and the active-registration name list are different evidence sources with different update patterns.

The renderer also displays the source revision, active-manager name match, closed-firm conflict result, and verification date used by the directory. These are distinct evidence fields. The source revision identifies the checked official report version, while the verification date identifies when the evidence used by the directory was checked.

Decision framework

For identity, compare the displayed firm name and address with the corresponding fields in the Opened Firms report. The city, ZIP code, county, and phone provide additional administrative reference points from that same report. Treat each as a supplied field rather than as evidence of an unlisted characteristic.

For the manager field, distinguish the name printed in the Opened Firms row from a separate active-registration name-match label. The first is a field in the report; the second indicates that a name was matched against the checked NYSDOH active-registration list. Keeping those functions separate prevents the name-match label from being treated as a broader conclusion.

For dates, ask what each date describes. The July 2026 revision belongs to the checked Opened Firms report. The active-manager result is tied to the checked date for the monthly active-registration list. The renderer's verification date records the date used by the directory for its evidence check.

For status questions beyond these fields, use the fields as a starting point for the next verification step rather than as the answer. A listing can communicate the measured registry snapshot and its labels, but the supplied evidence does not establish services, current availability, pricing, ownership, or other provider attributes.

Limits and what to verify next

The Opened Firms report supplies administrative identity, contact, and manager fields. It does not supply ratings, quality findings, or endorsement. Accordingly, a listing based on the report should not be presented with a status label that suggests a judgment about the firm.

The active-manager name match has a similarly narrow meaning. It records a match to the NYSDOH active-registration name list on the checked date. It does not provide a license number and does not change the meaning of the Opened Firms fields.

The displayed closed-firm conflict result is another renderer field associated with the validated evidence process. Read it together with the source and verification dates shown by the directory. The supplied evidence supports displaying that result, but it does not establish additional provider facts beyond the measured registry snapshot.

For current decisions, verify the matters that are important to you directly with the firm and through current official information. Ask about the specific services, arrangements, prices, timing, and other terms you need; those subjects are outside the administrative fields described here.

Questions people ask

The answers below keep the Opened Firms report, the active-registration name list, and the directory's verification record separate. Each answer describes only the meaning supported by the supplied evidence.

Evidence behind this page

Each point below is restricted to what the cited primary source supports. Administrative listing status is not a quality endorsement.