INSIGHTS - FEBRUARY 2025

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

29,096

Annual Sales

£39bn +

Employees

829,947

Economic Contribution 

£24bn

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Location of Residential Care Companies

Residential Care Companies by Size

61% Micro

33% Small

5% Mid

1% Large

0% Mega

Residential Care Companies by Age

36% Young

35% Startup

17% Established

12% Mature

0% New

Fastest Growing Residential Care Companies

28% Declining

27% Healthy

23% Rapid

14% High

8% Low

Residential Care Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

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 29,096 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of  £39 billion .

The Industry employs around 829,946 people and contributes £24 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Residential Care companies is London with 6,794 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 312.

The largest Residential Care company is Care Uk Community Partnerships Ltd with a turnover of £454.6m. 61% 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 Young businesses (36%) 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 140%. Other fast growing companies include Sanders Senior Living Limited (88%), Ideal Carehomes Limited (82%) and Healthcare Homes (Spring) Limited (77%).

The UK Residential Care Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 13.20x, Turnover multiple of 1.82x and a Net Asset multiple of 3.30x.