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What is a home health or home care business worth? Limited data
Home health and home care businesses that sold from 2021 to 2025 went for a median of 3x seller's discretionary earnings (SDE). The middle half sold for 2.22x to 3.63x. [1]
Last verified October 24, 2026
What multiple do home health and home care businesses sell for?
- Lower quartile
- 2.22x
- Median
- 3x
- Upper quartile
- 3.63x
Times seller's discretionary earnings (SDE). Home health & home care, BizBuySell, sales 2021–2025; sample size not published.
SDE is the profit one owner takes out of the business: pre-tax profit plus one owner's pay and perks, interest, depreciation and one-time costs. How we calculate it.
Limited data. BizBuySell publishes no quartiles for its parent group, so we can't yet test whether it prices differently. Treat these figures as provisional.
What do larger home health and home care businesses sell for?
Above about $2 million of price, buyers price on EBITDA (earnings after paying a manager) instead of SDE, and private equity buyers enter the market. These ranges are advisor estimates for larger firms, labeled as such. Don't apply them to an owner-run business.
| Size | Advisor range | Source |
|---|---|---|
| $1M–$3M | 4.0x–6.5x adj. EBITDA (non-medical home care) | [2] |
| $3M–$10M | 5.5x–8.5x (non-medical) | [2] |
| $10M+ | 9.5x–13.5x (Medicare-certified home health) | [2] |
| $15M+ | 11x–14.5x (hospice) | [2] |
Non-medical bands labeled directional (Home Care Pulse 2025, NAHC 2025). Amedisys/UnitedHealth implied about 19x (strategic buyer).
How should you use these numbers?
Multiply your SDE by a multiple in the range to get a rough price for the business, not counting real estate. Where you land in the range depends on how much the business depends on you, how much revenue repeats, growth, customer concentration and the other factors in the calculator. Half of all sales land outside the quartile range, so a real deal can go higher or lower.
An estimate for planning, not an appraisal. It is not tax, legal or investment advice. For a sale, a bank loan, a partner buyout, a divorce or an estate, hire a certified appraiser (CVA, ABV or ASA).
Where do these numbers come from?
Sources and the dates we checked them
| # | Source | Data period | Published | Type | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BizBuySell Valuation Benchmarks: Home Health Care BizBuySell (CoStar Group) | Businesses sold 2021–2025 | Businesses sold 2021–2025 | transaction data | 2026-10-24 |
| 2 | Healthcare services M&A multiples 2026 CT Acquisitions | Not stated | 2026-07-01 | advisor estimate | 2026-10-24 |