NAICS 621610 · California overview

Home Health & Home Care Services in San Bernardino County

San Bernardino County had 354 Home Health establishments in 2023, ranking 3 of 43 California counties and accounting for 6.3% of the statewide total.

Establishments (2023)
354
Rank 3 of 43 counties
Employees
8,430
Mid-March employment
Annual payroll
$285M
All establishments
Per 10k residents
1.6
2,224,091 residents

More recent reading

BLS QCEW, 2026Q1

The figures above are County Business Patterns, which carries the size distribution but runs about two years behind. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes quarterly, so this is the same industry roughly 3 years later. The two count different universes, Census counts establishments with paid employees in the March pay period and BLS counts worksites covered by unemployment insurance during the quarter, so the numbers are not directly comparable and either can be the larger.

Establishments
367
2026Q1
Employment
6,044
Quarter-end level
Average weekly wage
$880
Per covered worker
Quarterly trend
+3.1%
2025Q2 to 2026Q1
Concentration vs the national averageBLS, 2026Q1

0.60 location quotient. Home Health employment in San Bernardino County is about 1.7 times less concentrated than in the United States as a whole.

Computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not derived here. Above 1.0 means the industry is a larger share of local employment than of national employment.

Establishments by size

Employee-count distribution for Home Health in San Bernardino County. 174 of 354 establishments (49%) employ 10 or more people, the practical floor for most acquisition financing.

EmployeesEstablishmentsShareDistribution
1-411833.3%
5-95816.4%
10-197320.6%
20-498022.6%
50-99215.9%

Establishment trend

Year-over-year establishment counts, County Business Patterns. Net growth of 26.9% since 2020.

YearEstablishmentsChange
2020279n/a
2021310+31
2022338+28
2023354+16

How this market compares

San Bernardino County against every other county in California on the same measure. The median excludes places under 2,000 residents, where per-capita figures are arithmetically true but analytically useless.

Densely served1.6 per 10,000 residents, against a state median of 0.8

Well above the state median for this industry. A crowded market: expect established competitors and price pressure, but also a deeper pool of businesses to buy.

Vs state median
+94%
Businesses per resident
Rank by count
#3
of 43 counties
Rank by density
#3
of 43 ranked
Since 2020
+27%
Change in establishments

Density compares home health & home care services provision per resident. It does not measure revenue, profitability or whether a market is worth entering.

Business size mix

San Bernardino is more consolidated than California as a whole: fewer micro-operators and a larger share of businesses with real headcount. Fewer targets, but the ones that exist are more likely to be financeable.

Share of establishmentsSan BernardinoCaliforniaDifference
Under 5 employeesOwner-operated, often no management layer33.3%42.7%-9.4%
5 to 49 employeesThe range most individual buyers target59.6%46.4%+13.3%
10 or more employeesPractical floor for acquisition financing49.2%38.7%+10.5%

What acquirers look at

Demographics guarantee demand growth. Licensure transfer and payor mix, private pay versus Medicaid, determine whether the business is actually financeable.

Cities in San Bernardino

The figures above cover the county as a whole. These are the places within it.

Other industries in San Bernardino

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Establishment counts, employment and annual payroll by NAICS. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2026Q1). Quarterly establishment counts and employment for employers covered by unemployment insurance. Retrieved 2026-09-08.