87 - RESIDENTIAL CARE ACTIVITIES Companies in United Kingdom
Approximately 90,692 real businesses classified under 87 - Residential care activities in United Kingdom, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 90,692 real businesses classified under 87 - Residential care activities operate in United Kingdom. Covers companies officially classified under UK SIC 2007 code 87 (Residential care activities), part of United Kingdom's UK SIC 2007 classification of economic activities. This division is one of the sub-sectors making up the broader Human Health and Social Work Activities sector. Ownership, beneficial-ownership disclosure and company-registration rules for businesses under this specific activity code follow the same general framework that applies across Human Health and Social Work Activities in United Kingdom.
30 companies under this specific code are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Human Health and Social Work Activities companies in United Kingdom follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full United Kingdom beneficial ownership overviewTop 87 - Residential care activities Companies in United Kingdom
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code Q in United Kingdom, as of the last reconciliation.
Section Q is 4% of the United Kingdom register by entity count and its 10th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Human Health and Social Work Activities in the UK runs on a registration system distinct from company incorporation. Anyone providing a regulated care activity in England — a care home, a domiciliary care agency, a supported-living service — must register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which assesses whether services will be safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led. The CQC tightened its process significantly from 9 February 2026: new applications must now be complete, accurate and inspection-ready from submission, with incomplete applications returned or rejected rather than chased for missing documents as before.
Most applications in 2026 take 10 to 16 weeks to decide, and once approved, a provider pays an annual fee of £239 plus around £54 per service user, per registered location — the CQC is also working through a backlog, targeting 9,000 assessments by the end of September 2026. For verification, a UK care provider’s actual authority to operate rests entirely on its CQC registration status per location, not on its company filing, and a provider running multiple sites carries a multiplied fee and compliance exposure worth tracing across its full registered portfolio.
United Kingdom Human Health and Social Work Activities, by the register
Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.
Entities by sub-sector
SIC division level, live from official registries.
Active vs. inactive
Section Q entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section Q, United Kingdom. 968 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses United Kingdom human health and social work activities ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
CQC registration verification
Providing a regulated care activity in England requires registration with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) — since 9 February 2026, applications must be complete and inspection-ready from submission, with incomplete ones returned or rejected outright rather than chased up.
Application-timeline and fee check
Most 2026 CQC applications take 10 to 16 weeks to decide; once approved, providers pay an annual fee of £239 plus roughly £54 per service user per location — real, checkable figures against a care provider’s claimed registration status and scale.
Managing-body and multi-location structure
A single provider often runs several CQC-registered locations under one company; assessing one care home or agency can mean understanding the provider’s wider registered portfolio and its per-location fee exposure.
Sub-sectors within Human Health and Social Work Activities
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own United Kingdom company directory.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many companies are classified under 87 - Residential care activities in United Kingdom?
Approximately 90,692 businesses are classified under 87 - Residential care activities in United Kingdom.
What does UK SIC 2007 code 87 cover?
87 - Residential care activities is the official name for this activity under United Kingdom's UK SIC 2007 classification of economic activities. It is a sub-category within the broader Human Health and Social Work Activities sector.
How is this different from the broader Human Health and Social Work Activities category?
Human Health and Social Work Activities is the top-level sector; UK SIC 2007 code 87 identifies one specific activity within it, letting you narrow a search to exactly this business type rather than the whole sector.
What ownership information is available for these companies?
The same beneficial-ownership, shareholder and officer disclosure framework applies as for any other company in United Kingdom, regardless of its specific activity classification. See the individual company profile for the full ownership picture, or the Human Health and Social Work Activities sector overview for the general national framework.
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