What does a typical home care provider in England look like?
Size, ownership, websites and the people supported, for the 11,058 home care and supported living providers in CQC's active locations file of 1 October 2026.
Source: CQC open data, 1 October 2026, aggregated by Care Upkeep. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information from the Care Quality Commission.
89%run one location
77%have a website
96%have a Companies House number
202individual providers
Small, single-site and incorporated. 89% of providers run one location, 97% are organisations rather than individuals or partnerships, and 96% have a Companies House number.
77% have a website recorded by CQC. The most common service user bands are older people and younger adults.
Providers by number of locations
Ownership type
Service user bands, by locations
A location can register for several bands. 14,594 locations in total.
Other service types registered alongside
Service types with at least 20 home care or supported living locations.
What this means for the market
Nearly ten thousand single-location companies each need the same core documents and each carry their own review dates. There is no head office to keep them current. That is the gap the upkeep plan is built for.
Definitions. "Home care and supported living" means active, non-dormant CQC locations whose service type includes "Domiciliary care service" or "Supported living service", in England, in the CQC active locations file dated 1 October 2026. A provider is the registered legal entity; a location is a registered base. "No rating yet" combines CQC's "Not yet rated" and "Not Rated" values. Figures are aggregates; no provider is named.
Who this is not for. Anyone wanting staff numbers or turnover: CQC's file does not hold them. Skills for Care publishes workforce data.
Questions
How many home care providers have a website?
8,545 of 11,058 (77%) have a website recorded in CQC's file.
How many home care agencies run more than one location?
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