Sector
Health & social care
232,895 UK companies classified under health & social care. Public register information only.
Sector insights
Health & social care in the United Kingdom
Counts over the Companies House register as loaded on 2026-09-14. Dissolved companies are excluded. No financial figures are involved.
232,895Companies on the register
4.2%of UK companies5,503,259 across all sectors
5 yearsMedian company age6 years across all sectors
1.0%In insolvency proceedings1.9% across all sectors
New companies per year
How old they are
Health & social care
All sectors
- Under 3 years 28%
- 3 to 9 years 41%
- 10 to 19 years 24%
- 20 years or more 7.2%
6.1% carry a proposal to strike off (7.3% across all sectors). That is mostly dormant companies being removed, so it is not counted as insolvency.
What they do
- Other human health activities SIC 8690083,17336%
- Specialists medical practice activities SIC 8622029,20813%
- General medical practice activities SIC 8621023,80510%
- Dental practice activities SIC 8623019,1618.2%
- Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c. SIC 8899014,1836.1%
- Hospital activities SIC 8610111,9755.1%
- Other residential care activities n.e.c. SIC 879009,3094.0%
- Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse SIC 872008,5323.7%
- Child day-care activities SIC 889108,3953.6%
- Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled SIC 873007,2173.1%
- Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled SIC 881006,6542.9%
- Residential nursing care facilities SIC 871006,2382.7%
Where they are registered
- 34,74115%
- 6,3112.7%
- 5,8942.5%
- 3,1331.3%
- 3,0641.3%
- 2,7841.2%
- 2,7441.2%
- 2,5751.1%
- 2,3881.0%
- 2,2010.9%
Legal forms
- Private Limited Company213,59192%
- Community Interest Company7,0623.0%
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)6,1252.6%
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)5,9172.5%
- Private Unlimited Company164<0.1%
- Public Limited Company32<0.1%
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