Home Care / Domiciliary: business succession in the UK

Name: Home Care / Domiciliary business succession in the UK
Creator: ExitRadar
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3,699 UK home care / domiciliary companies (38.8%) have a director aged 60 or over.

6.4 points above the all-trades average of 32.4%.

Companies measured9,525

Director aged 60+3,699

Exposure rate38.8%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology

9,525

Companies measured

3,699

With a director 60+

1,598

With a director 70+

38.8%

Exposure rate

Of the 3,699 with a director over 60, 411 score 50 or higher on business quality. That figure is an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Home Care / Domiciliary by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
Scotland	389	186	47.8%
South West	689	306	44.4%
Wales	254	109	42.9%
London	2,354	920	39.1%
South East	1,354	526	38.8%
North West	967	356	36.8%
West Midlands	863	310	35.9%
East of England	1,014	355	35%
Yorkshire & The Humber	640	223	34.8%
East Midlands	678	225	33.2%

Combinations with fewer than 250 measured companies are not listed separately. They are still counted in every total on this page.

Next step

This page counts director ages across the whole register. If you are looking to buy rather than to research, our Healthcare pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

See UK Healthcare →

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Home Care / Domiciliary: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/health-home-care/

Need a cut that is not published here, such as a different trade grouping, a finer geography or the underlying distribution? Get in touch and we will usually provide it. Methodology.

Method. Figures cover the 3,631,842 active UK companies where Companies House records an age bracket for at least one serving director (94.0% of the 3,863,328 companies on the active register). A company counts as succession-exposed when its oldest serving director is 60 or over. We do not use the board average, which would hide a 70-year-old founder sitting alongside younger co-directors. The business-quality figure covers only the subset our model assesses; see the methodology for why that is far smaller than the number with filed accounts. Data as at 11 October 2026; updated quarterly, next update January 2027. Full methodology.