What NEA licensing means

You will see some firms marked "NEA-licensed funeral parlour". Here is what that does and doesn't tell you.

What is licensed

The National Environment Agency (NEA) licenses funeral parlours that have embalming facilities, under the Environmental Public Health Act. There is no licence for being a funeral director as such.

Embalmers who work in a licensed parlour must be registered with NEA. Registration requires an infection-control course and supervised experience.

Contractors who do exhumation, niche plaque or tombstone work at NEA-managed facilities must also be registered with NEA.

What the badge tells you

NEA's list (as at August 2026) has 30 numbered entries. Two are for body washing only, and one firm, Direct Funeral Services, has two premises. That leaves 27 operators with licensed embalming premises, which is what our badge counts. It counts operators, not buildings.

The badge means the firm operates premises NEA has licensed as a funeral parlour with embalming facilities. Where NEA names a different licence holder from the name families know (Woodlands Memorial is licensed to Duo Land Pte Ltd, for example), the listing shows it. We also show whether NEA lists wake halls at those premises.

What it doesn't tell you

A firm without the badge is not unlicensed: there is no licence for arranging funerals as such. Being absent from our matched list doesn't tell you how a firm operates, so if embalming is needed, ask the firm where it will be done. The badge says nothing about price, service quality or which religions a firm serves.

Two organisations on NEA's list are licensed for body washing services only. We show them separately.

Source: NEA, List of Licensed Funeral Parlours and Registered Embalmers, updated as at August 2026.