INSIGHTS - APRIL 2024

UK Residential Care Industry

UK Residential Care Industry Information

The residential care industry provides live-in care along with nursing, supervisory or social care services. It also includes childrens homes, temporary homeless shelters and juvenile correction facilities.

Active Businesses

26,653

Annual Sales

£35bn +

Employees

788,684

Economic Contribution 

£21bn

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Location of Residential Care Companies

Residential Care Companies by Size

62% Micro

32% Small

5% Mid

1% Large

0% Mega

Residential Care Companies by Age

38% Startup

32% Young

17% Established

12% Mature

1% New

Fastest Growing Residential Care Companies

27% Declining

26% Healthy

23% Rapid

14% High

10% Low

Residential Care Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Residential Care Industry Valuation

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Residential Care Industry Valuation

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Note - from March 2020 multiples are calculated monthly, prior to this they were calculated on an annual basis.
UK Residential care activities Industry Insights

There are 26,653 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £35 billion .

The Industry employs around 788,684 people and contributes £21 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Residential Care companies is London with 6,178 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 281.

The largest Residential Care company is Care Uk Community Partnerships Ltd with a turnover of £454.6m. 62% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 5% Mid companies.

12% of the Residential Care Industry is made up of 12% Mature but the majority are Startup businesses (38%) the oldest company is Shaftesbury Society (The) founded in 1893.

Residential Care industry has a number of high growth companies (14%), the fastest growing company is Redwood Tower Uk Opco 2 Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 142%. Other fast growing companies include Sanders Senior Living Limited (109%), Keys Child Care (Holdings) Limited (102%) and Ideal Carehomes Limited (82%).

The UK Residential Care Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 10.99x, Turnover multiple of 1.92x and a Net Asset multiple of 3.16x.