{
  "name": "The 2026 Aim Radar Index",
  "publisher": "Aim (AIM Automations Ltd)",
  "page": "https://www.weaim.io/home-care-statistics",
  "method": "Counts and shares calculated by Aim from the public care regulator registers and official population data that power Aim Radar. No Aim customer data is used.",
  "licence": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This service uses Care Quality Commission information, available under the Open Government Licence v3.0.",
  "sources": {
    "England": "Care Quality Commission, HSCA active locations and latest ratings, 1 October 2026",
    "Wales": "Care Inspectorate Wales, directory of services, 19 October 2026",
    "Scotland": "Care Inspectorate, datastore (Support Service: Care at Home), 31 August 2026",
    "Northern Ireland": "RQIA, register of domiciliary care agencies, 8 June 2026",
    "population": "England and Wales: ONS small area population estimates, mid-2024 (mid-2022 for change). Scotland: National Records of Scotland small area population estimates, mid-2024 (mid-2022 for change).",
    "census": "England and Wales: Census 2021 (ONS). Scotland: Scotland's Census 2022 (National Records of Scotland).",
    "attendance_allowance": "DWP Stat-Xplore: England and Wales March 2026; Scotland February 2025"
  },
  "definitions": {
    "home care service (England)": "An active, non-dormant CQC location with the service type 'Domiciliary care service'.",
    "rating (England)": "The overall rating for the homecare service where CQC publishes one, otherwise the location's overall rating.",
    "rating (Wales)": "Care Inspectorate Wales 'Care and Support' rating; services with an office in Wales.",
    "rating (Scotland)": "The lowest of the service's current Care Inspectorate key-question grades.",
    "within 5 miles": "Registered home care locations within 5 miles of the centre of a postcode district."
  },
  "uk_registered_home_care_services": 15937,
  "england_cqc": {
    "source": "CQC register of active locations and latest ratings, 1 October 2026",
    "locations": 13588,
    "providers": 10564,
    "single_location_providers": 9409,
    "single_location_providers_pct": 89.1,
    "locations_run_by_single_location_providers_pct": 69.2,
    "largest_providers": [
      [
        "Midshires Care Limited",
        150
      ],
      [
        "Yourlife Management Services Limited",
        123
      ]
    ],
    "rated": 8997,
    "no_published_rating": 4591,
    "no_published_rating_pct": 33.8,
    "ratings": {
      "Outstanding": {
        "locations": 438,
        "pct_of_rated": 4.9,
        "pct_of_all": 3.2
      },
      "Good": {
        "locations": 7425,
        "pct_of_rated": 82.5,
        "pct_of_all": 54.6
      },
      "Requires improvement": {
        "locations": 1086,
        "pct_of_rated": 12.1,
        "pct_of_all": 8.0
      },
      "Inadequate": {
        "locations": 48,
        "pct_of_rated": 0.5,
        "pct_of_all": 0.4
      }
    },
    "good_or_outstanding_pct_of_rated": 87.4,
    "rating_age_years_median": 4.24,
    "rating_older_than_years": {
      "1": {
        "locations": 7627,
        "pct_of_rated": 84.8
      },
      "2": {
        "locations": 6879,
        "pct_of_rated": 76.5
      },
      "3": {
        "locations": 6377,
        "pct_of_rated": 70.9
      },
      "4": {
        "locations": 4867,
        "pct_of_rated": 54.1
      },
      "5": {
        "locations": 3650,
        "pct_of_rated": 40.6
      },
      "6": {
        "locations": 3062,
        "pct_of_rated": 34.0
      },
      "7": {
        "locations": 2072,
        "pct_of_rated": 23.0
      }
    },
    "oldest_rating_years": 9.7,
    "unrated_registered_more_than_years": {
      "1": 4026,
      "2": 2906,
      "3": 1717
    },
    "unrated_median_years_registered": 2.45,
    "median_years_registered": 5.89,
    "registered_within_years": {
      "1": {
        "locations": 653,
        "pct": 4.8
      },
      "2": {
        "locations": 1917,
        "pct": 14.1
      },
      "3": {
        "locations": 3367,
        "pct": 24.8
      },
      "5": {
        "locations": 5967,
        "pct": 43.9
      },
      "10": {
        "locations": 9884,
        "pct": 72.7
      }
    },
    "active_locations_by_registration_year": {
      "2021": 1016,
      "2022": 1174,
      "2023": 1494,
      "2024": 1338,
      "2025": 1176,
      "2026": 468
    },
    "serves_dementia": {
      "locations": 10739,
      "pct": 79.0
    },
    "serves_older_people": {
      "locations": 12453,
      "pct": 91.6
    },
    "most_locations_by_local_authority": [
      [
        "Essex",
        451
      ],
      [
        "Kent",
        394
      ],
      [
        "Hampshire",
        336
      ],
      [
        "Hertfordshire",
        319
      ],
      [
        "Birmingham",
        296
      ],
      [
        "Surrey",
        292
      ],
      [
        "Lancashire",
        275
      ],
      [
        "Leeds",
        234
      ],
      [
        "Suffolk",
        203
      ],
      [
        "West Sussex",
        199
      ]
    ]
  },
  "nations": {
    "England": {
      "registered_home_care_services": 13588,
      "postcode_districts": 2058,
      "population": 58634451,
      "aged_65_plus": 10983590,
      "aged_75_plus": 5462240,
      "aged_85_plus": 1484306,
      "aged_75_plus_change_pct_mid2022_to_mid2024": 6.11,
      "aged_85_plus_change_pct_mid2022_to_mid2024": 4.15,
      "attendance_allowance_cases": 1573481,
      "attendance_allowance_per_1000_aged_65_plus": 143.3,
      "services_per_10000_aged_75_plus": 24.9,
      "people_aged_75_plus_per_service": 402,
      "one_person_households_aged_66_plus": 3002535,
      "one_person_households_aged_66_plus_pct": 12.8,
      "unpaid_carers_20_plus_hours": 2375182,
      "unpaid_carers_20_plus_hours_pct": 4.45,
      "districts": {
        "median_services_within_5_miles": 43.0,
        "none_within_5_miles": 50,
        "none_within_5_miles_pct": 2.4,
        "fewer_than_5": 252,
        "fewer_than_5_pct": 12.2,
        "fifty_or_more": 950,
        "fifty_or_more_pct": 46.2,
        "most_within_5_miles": 621,
        "services_per_10000_aged_75_plus_within_5_miles": {
          "p10": 8.8,
          "median": 24.0,
          "p90": 47.1
        }
      }
    },
    "Wales": {
      "registered_home_care_services": 718,
      "postcode_districts": 176,
      "population": 3172806,
      "aged_65_plus": 690210,
      "aged_75_plus": 338943,
      "aged_85_plus": 87318,
      "aged_75_plus_change_pct_mid2022_to_mid2024": 6.08,
      "aged_85_plus_change_pct_mid2022_to_mid2024": 2.84,
      "attendance_allowance_cases": 122606,
      "attendance_allowance_per_1000_aged_65_plus": 177.6,
      "services_per_10000_aged_75_plus": 21.2,
      "people_aged_75_plus_per_service": 472,
      "one_person_households_aged_66_plus": 195422,
      "one_person_households_aged_66_plus_pct": 14.6,
      "unpaid_carers_20_plus_hours": 171835,
      "unpaid_carers_20_plus_hours_pct": 5.85,
      "districts": {
        "median_services_within_5_miles": 6.0,
        "none_within_5_miles": 23,
        "none_within_5_miles_pct": 13.1,
        "fewer_than_5": 83,
        "fewer_than_5_pct": 47.2,
        "fifty_or_more": 18,
        "fifty_or_more_pct": 10.2,
        "most_within_5_miles": 148,
        "services_per_10000_aged_75_plus_within_5_miles": {
          "p10": 0.0,
          "median": 15.9,
          "p90": 34.8
        }
      },
      "ratings": {
        "None published": 272,
        "Good": 270,
        "Excellent": 152,
        "Requires Improvement": 22,
        "Requires Significant Improvement": 2
      }
    },
    "Scotland": {
      "registered_home_care_services": 1292,
      "postcode_districts": 392,
      "population": 5542725,
      "aged_65_plus": 1141022,
      "aged_75_plus": 528015,
      "aged_85_plus": 135642,
      "aged_75_plus_change_pct_mid2022_to_mid2024": 6.06,
      "aged_85_plus_change_pct_mid2022_to_mid2024": 3.24,
      "attendance_allowance_cases": 155211,
      "attendance_allowance_per_1000_aged_65_plus": 136.0,
      "services_per_10000_aged_75_plus": 24.5,
      "people_aged_75_plus_per_service": 409,
      "one_person_households_aged_66_plus": 358324,
      "one_person_households_aged_66_plus_pct": 14.3,
      "unpaid_carers_20_plus_hours": 277138,
      "unpaid_carers_20_plus_hours_pct": 5.23,
      "districts": {
        "median_services_within_5_miles": 6.0,
        "none_within_5_miles": 101,
        "none_within_5_miles_pct": 25.8,
        "fewer_than_5": 186,
        "fewer_than_5_pct": 47.4,
        "fifty_or_more": 79,
        "fifty_or_more_pct": 20.2,
        "most_within_5_miles": 186,
        "services_per_10000_aged_75_plus_within_5_miles": {
          "p10": 0.0,
          "median": 21.8,
          "p90": 42.2
        }
      },
      "ratings": {
        "Good (4 of 6)": 624,
        "Very good (5 of 6)": 282,
        "None published": 217,
        "Adequate (3 of 6)": 142,
        "Weak (2 of 6)": 22,
        "Excellent (6 of 6)": 4,
        "Unsatisfactory (1 of 6)": 1
      }
    },
    "Northern Ireland": {
      "registered_home_care_services": 339
    }
  }
}