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Buy a domiciliary care agency in the UK
Domiciliary care is people, not property: 43 employees on average and barely a quarter own premises, because the work happens in the client’s home.
- 12,116companies on the Care Quality Commission register
- 31%trade from premises traceable to HM Land Registry
- 47employees on average
- 11years trading on average
- 24%have a charge outstanding
- 877publish a bed count
Figures read from the register data as at 20 August 2026.
What the Care Quality Commission registration means
Agencies providing personal care in someone’s own home must register with the Care Quality Commission. The registration names the provider and the office it operates from, and the CQC inspects and publishes an outcome.
Why buyers look here
Headcount is the asset. These are the largest employers on the platform outside food processing, and the youngest sector in care at ten years average trading. Local authority and NHS contracts dominate revenue and are invisible on any public register, which is why diligence here is a conversation, not a search.
What to check
- Only a quarter own premises. Most operate from a small office on a lease, so there is little asset security.
- Contract mix, and how much comes from one local authority, is the value driver and is not on any register.
- Staff turnover and sponsorship of overseas workers matter here more than in any other care sector.
- Many providers also hold a supported living registration; the two often sit in one company.
How to search
Choose Domiciliary care on the search screen and narrow by town, how long the business has traded, how ownership is held, and whether the premises are traceable. Searching is free and shows the shape of each company without naming it. A report on one company costs from £4.90.
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SME44 is an intelligence platform, not an adviser, and nothing here is for sale. Public registers contain errors and delays, and our matching of one register to another can too. Verify anything important against the source register before acting. Nothing here is legal, financial, tax or investment advice.