16
Tracked transactions
Insights
Care home market insights
Sector data and comment for operators, buyers and investors: market size, ratings, the biggest operators, recent deals and where yields sit.
£7.3bn
Disclosed deal value
5.25%
Prime yield (Q3 2025)
6%
Operational yield
We track the UK care home market so operators, buyers and investors do not have to: how big the sector is, how it is rated, who the major operators are, what is trading and where yields sit. Our market-data briefs are refreshed from the latest CQC data; our comment draws on more than 25 years arranging care home finance.
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The data desk
Our citable datasets, refreshed from each monthly CQC release.
Care Home Market Index
England's registered care home market in one page: homes, beds, ratings and operator concentration by county, with a free CSV download. Updated monthly from CQC data.
Care home transactions and yields
16 recent UK care home deals, from £7.3bn of disclosed value, plus prime and operational yield trends. Attributed to Knight Frank, Christie & Co and the trade press.
Briefs
Market data and comment
Data-led briefs on the state of the sector.
Market data
The UK care home market in numbers
England's registered care home stock, its bed supply, ratings and operators, drawn from the latest CQC data.
Market dataCare home ratings across England
How England's registered care homes are rated by the Care Quality Commission, and why ratings matter to lenders.
CommentWhy care home consolidation is accelerating
Platform and whole-company deals now dominate sector M&A. Here is why, and what it means if you operate or invest in care homes.
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