Most home healthcare businesses in Canada change hands at a multiple of their normalized earnings, typically EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), adjusted for owner add-backs. The multiple itself depends on your size, location, growth trajectory, and how much the business depends on you, the owner.
Home healthcare and home-care agencies are valued on recurring client hours, payer relationships, and caregiver retention. Steady contracted or funded client hours, low client and staff churn, and supervisors who manage scheduling lift value; volatile private-pay volume, caregiver turnover, and owner-led operations weigh it down.
Pushes the number up
- Recurring, contracted or funded client hours
- Low client and caregiver churn
- Supervisors who manage scheduling and care
- A diversified payer mix
Pulls the number down
- Volatile private-pay or non-contracted hours
- High caregiver turnover
- Owner manages scheduling and clients directly
- Concentration in one payer or referral source
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Get My InsightsHome healthcare agencies are valued as a multiple of normalized EBITDA. Recurring client hours, payer diversity, caregiver retention, and owner dependence all move the number. Clariva shows the benchmark range for your size and province.
Higher for agencies with recurring funded hours and supervisors running care; lower for owner-led operations reliant on volatile private-pay work. Enter your numbers to see your range.
Yes. Contracted or funded client hours make revenue predictable, which buyers reward over volatile private-pay volume.
No. The estimate is for benchmarking and context only, and does not replace a formal business valuation. For a transaction, work with an M&A advisor or a Chartered Business Valuator (CBV).
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