Care homes across Scotland

How care homes across Scotland are graded

Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 939 of 981 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.

• Excellent (6) 0
• Very good (5) 111
• Good (4) 615
• Adequate (3) 188
• Weak (2) 23
• Unsatisfactory (1) 2

Care homes across Scotland

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Premium and Featured listings are promoted placements (the provider pays, or occasionally we give a plan) and appear first. They never change a grade.

Where care homes are based

Glasgow 160 Edinburgh 73 Aberdeen 45 Dundee 30 Ayr 22 Falkirk 20 Inverness 19 Kilmarnock 19 Perth 18 Kirkcaldy 16 Stirling 14 Dunfermline 13 Livingston 12 Greenock 11

Common questions

How many care homes are there across Scotland?

There are 981 registered with the Care Inspectorate and listed here (data as at 30 September 2026). The same address can hold more than one registration, so this is a count of registrations, not buildings.

How are care homes across Scotland graded?

The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 939 of these have published grades. For 726 of them the lowest grade is Good (4) or better, and for 25 it is Weak (2) or Unsatisfactory (1). A service with no grade has not been graded yet, which is common for new registrations.

How recently have they been inspected?

774 of the 981 were graded in the last 12 months. Each service page shows the date, because a grade describes the service on the day it was inspected.

How do I choose one?

Use the grades as a starting point, not a verdict: read the latest inspection report on the Care Inspectorate's own page for each service, visit if you can, and ask the questions that matter to you. Your council's social work department or health and social care partnership can also help. We do not recommend any one service.

Browse by council area

Glasgow City 90 Fife 79 City of Edinburgh 73 Highland 63 Aberdeenshire 56 South Lanarkshire 54 Aberdeen City 46 Perth & Kinross 44 South Ayrshire 33 West Lothian 32 Dumfries & Galloway 31 Falkirk 30 Angus 28 Dundee City 27 North Lanarkshire 27 Renfrewshire 26 North Ayrshire 25 Scottish Borders 24 East Ayrshire 23 Stirling 20 East Dunbartonshire 19 Argyll & Bute 17 East Lothian 17 Inverclyde 16 Moray 15 East Renfrewshire 14 Midlothian 12 West Dunbartonshire 11 Shetland Islands 9 Na h-Eileanan Siar 8 Clackmannanshire 7 Orkney Islands 5