Getting a list of care homes should not need a freedom of information request
You need the care homes in one area, with their service types and published business details, in a spreadsheet you can sort. The CQC website is useful for checking one home, but that is not the same job.
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What is happening
Public records show repeated freedom of information requests asking the CQC for a list of care homes. The standard official route is to download the directory and identify care homes inside the file.
That is why list brokers can charge four-figure annual prices for versions of a public organisational register. You have not missed a simple list-builder on the CQC website.
What it disrupts
- A basic market-mapping or supplier-list task becomes a file-conversion and filtering exercise.
- Buying a broker list can mean an annual commitment when you need one current slice.
- The most commercially tempting alternative is often a personal email list, which is not part of the public register and carries a different legal risk.
Why it happens
- The public website is lookup-shaped, while the official downloads are bulk files intended for analysis.
- Useful fields differ between the public directory, the monthly ODS file and the subscription-key API.
- Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have separate care regulators, so there is no single CQC-backed UK care-home register.
Checks to make now
- Confirm that England is the geography you need and that CQC-registered locations are the right population.
- Choose the smallest useful combination of region, local authority, care-home status, service type, specialism and postcode.
- If one home's current registration is critical to a decision, check its live CQC profile before acting.
Where DataScoop fits
DataScoop maintains a queryable copy of the public CQC directory. The current catalogue contains 57,080 registered locations and was last imported on 2026-08-25.
Filter care homes by region, local authority, service type, specialism, provider or postcode. Preview 25 rows free, then download the matching organisational records as a CSV for £4.99.
Where it fits, and where it does not
Good fit
- Suppliers, recruiters, researchers and analysts who need the organisational directory in a workable list.
- Repeat users who want the same filters through CSV, REST API or MCP.
Not the right fit
- Consumer care recommendations or decisions that require the latest inspection judgement for one home.
- Manager names, personal email lists, or ratings and bed counts: those fields are not in the current DataScoop directory feed.
Proof and boundaries
Coverage is England only. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland use separate regulators that DataScoop does not currently carry.
The current feed contains locations, providers, service types, specialisms and published business details. It does not currently contain ratings or bed counts.
DataScoop inherits the official source's publication lag. The import date makes that boundary visible; check the live CQC register for a time-sensitive decision.
There is no customer outcome claim yet. The proof is the visible filter set, free preview, source date and CQC attribution.
Questions people ask
Can I get manager names or email addresses?
No. DataScoop serves the organisational register and deliberately excludes personal contact lists. The current fields include location and provider names, service types, public business addresses, published phone numbers and websites.
Is this every care home in the UK?
No. It covers locations on the CQC register in England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have separate regulators that DataScoop does not currently carry.
How current is it?
The page shows the current DataScoop import date. DataScoop inherits any delay in CQC's own publishing, so check the live CQC profile when a decision depends on one home's latest status.
Does it include ratings and bed counts?
Not in the current directory feed. Those fields require the CQC subscription-key ingest and should not be expected until that ingest is enabled and verified.
Get the public care-home directory into a spreadsheet
Start with the area and service type. Preview the records free before deciding whether the full list is useful.
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