What is Care Acquire?

Care Acquire is a brokerless marketplace where verified buyers and sellers of UK care businesses connect directly, without a broker in the middle, with a 1% commission.

How much does it cost to buy or sell on Care Acquire?

Care Acquire charges a 1% commission from each side, buyer and seller. A portion is taken at Heads of Terms, with the balance on completion, plus a low monthly subscription. There is no separate broker commission layered on top, so the total is a fraction of the 5% to 10% a broker typically charges.

How does Care Acquire keep the marketplace high quality?

Every buyer and seller is personally verified before they enter the platform, so quality is guaranteed on both sides of every deal.

Care Acquire | The Brokerless UK Care Business Marketplace

The Direct Marketplace for UK Care Businesses

Make deals on your own terms

A transparent business marketplace for UK care, where verified buyers and sellers meet directly, no broker in the middle

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Every buyer and seller personally verified

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Gold verified buyerProof of funds

1% commissionFar below broker rates

Every buyer and seller personally verified 20+ years of care-sector insight A 1% commission, vs 5% to 10% standard broker fees A large pool of brokerless authenticated opportunities CQC & TUPE deal-readiness guides Built by people who know care M&A

The market today

The care market today is fragmented

Buyers and sellers struggle to find each other, and the tools that exist were never built for this sector. We are changing that

The problem

Traditional care brokerage is opaque and expensive. Owners spend decades building a legacy, only to lose 5% to 10% in broker commissions while giving up control over who sees confidential operational data. Meanwhile, buyers face fragmented networks, inflated valuations and unvetted opportunities.

What we do

A direct platform engineered for clean, confident exits. Care Acquire combines a verified deal network with step-by-step acquisition education. We give sellers the tools to work through valuation benchmarking, deal readiness and deal structuring, so you can negotiate like a professional and close without the broker tax.

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For sellers

Exit well, on your terms

Reach genuine, verified buyers directly and choose who makes the cut, instead of settling for whoever is most active in your area

For buyers

Acquire with confidence

Browse a large pool of authenticated care opportunities and move through each deal at your own pace

4.5xthe 5-year average deal volume

In the market

A sector ready to move

Buyer demand now outweighs the care businesses openly for sale, and a generational transfer of ownership is only widening the gap

The opportunity

The opportunity in UK care

A generational transfer of wealth is moving through the sector right now, and the timing has never mattered more

£11bn+ of care-sector transactions in play across the UK

Private capital is at an all-time high

More money is looking for quality care businesses than at any point in the sector's history

Demand for decades

An ageing population makes care one of the few sectors with dependable, long-term demand ahead

A growing pool of acquisition targets

More owners are ready to move on than ever, opening real choice for the right buyers

Access to deal education

Learn how deals get done so you stay in control from first conversation to completion

Leverage on both sides of the market

Buyers and sellers both negotiate from a position of choice, not scarcity

Deal intelligence

No broker does not mean you are on your own

We give sellers and buyers the deal-readiness playbooks the professionals use, so you can reach top-of-market value and negotiate with confidence, without paying broker commission

Valuation & exit readiness

Understand EBITDA multiples, freehold against leasehold, and how your CQC rating shapes your exit value, before you list

Deal documents & readiness

We provide the NDA and Heads of Terms that frame the deal, plus readiness checklists that keep things moving. The solicitor handles the legal due diligence

Direct negotiation guidance

How to structure Heads of Terms, weigh deferred consideration, and run buyer conversations while protecting your staff and confidentiality

The platform

One platform, built for both sides

Meet, verify, agree and complete, all in one place. See what Care Acquire gives you, whichever side of the deal you are on

Choose who makes the cut

Accept or reject every connection request, so you only ever talk to buyers who genuinely fit

Confidential by default

Private details stay protected behind an NDA and a secure deal room until you decide to share

List once, reach a verified market

Create your listing, have it verified, and put your business in front of a large pool of authenticated buyers in UK care. You stay in control from first message to completion, with a 1% commission agreed at Heads of Terms

Browse real opportunities

Search, filter and explore verified listings instead of chasing word-of-mouth and dead-end forums

Verified or Gold verified

Choose the level of access that fits, from standard verification to a Gold badge and included data-room access

Move through the deal in one place

Connect, sign an NDA, agree Heads of Terms and enter a secure deal room where you can review documents and bring in your advisors. Complete offline when you are ready, with a 1% commission payable on completion

Mobile and desktop

Track conversations, listings and deal rooms wherever you are

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Why now

Demand already outweighs what is openly for sale

Off-market, thousands of owners would sell yet never appear in any dataset. As baby-boomer owners age out of the sector, that hidden supply is only going to grow, and the analysts who track the market all point the same way.

Demand > supply

Demand for good-quality care assets now exceeds the number of available opportunities on the market

Colliers

Mostly off-market

A majority of care businesses change hands through private introductions, bypassing public listings entirely

Redwoods Dowling Kerr

Acute shortage

An acute shortage of care homes available on the open market, right across every value range in the sector

Christie & Co

Your deal

Three steps, on your terms

From first sign-up to a completed deal, you stay in control the whole way through

01 · Onboard

Get verified

Prove who you are before you enter, so the whole platform stays genuinely high quality on both sides

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02 · Access

Find your match

Interact with a large pool of authenticated buyers and sellers, and connect directly

03 · Transact

Close on your terms

Buy or sell directly, with no broker in the middle and a clear 1% commission, nothing hidden

Max 1%commission

We personally verify every buyer and seller who enters, so quality is guaranteed on both sides

20+years in
care M&A

We know care

Built by people who know care M&A

Our team has been in care M&A for 20 years. We know that transacting in this sector is bittersweet, with high broker commission and low transparency taking control out of your hands.

With Care Acquire, you get access to the full spectrum of opportunity, and you get to decide who makes the cut. Acquisition education keeps you in the driver's seat of your own deals.

You can compare, contrast and explore a wide range of potential deals, giving you the freedom to choose the opportunity that truly fits your goals, values and long-term plans.

The Care Acquire Team

Be first in line

Take part in the new era of care-sector acquisitions

Whether you are ready to buy, ready to sell, or simply want to see what is possible, Care Acquire is here. Join the waitlist and start your journey today

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