No overall rating shown
- Colchester, CO2 8JX
East of England
Home care in Essex
There are 452 home care services in Essex registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the regulator of adult social care in England.
280 of the 309 with an overall rating from CQC (91%) are rated Good or Outstanding. 143 have no overall rating shown, usually because CQC has not rated them yet or rates the parts of the service separately. CQC data as at 13 October 2026.
Find the right one near you
Search by postcode to see home care by distance, with a map.
How home care in Essex are rated
The 309 with an overall rating from CQC, in CQC’s own words. We never turn these into a score of our own.
- Outstanding12 services (4%)Show them: rated Outstanding
- Good268 services (87%)Show them: rated Good
- Requires improvement28 services (9%)Show them: rated Requires improvement
- Inadequate1 service (0%)Show them: rated Inadequate
- No overall rating shown143 servicesShow them: no overall rating shown
A service with no overall rating may be new, or CQC may rate the parts of it separately. What the ratings mean.
Home care in Essex
Showing 121 to 140 of 452 services.
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from May 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Chelmsford, CM1 2PB
- Goodrated 3 months ago
- Colchester, CO1 2ZF
- Goodrated 5 years ago
Rating from August 2021 (more than 2 years ago)
- Harlow, CM18 7BL
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from February 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Halstead, CO9 2AR
- Goodrated 6 months ago
- Saffron Walden, CB11 3AQ
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from July 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO7 7EE
- Goodrated 6 months ago
- Colchester, CO7 0AE
- No overall rating shown
- Harlow, CM19 5AN
- No overall rating shown
- Basildon, SS14 3BB
- Outstandingrated 6 years ago
Rating from April 2020 (more than 2 years ago)
- Braintree, CM7 9SE
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from December 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO6 2JX
- Goodrated 8 years ago
Rating from September 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Braintree, CM7 3AN
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from May 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Thorpe Le Soken, CO16 0EA
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Brentwood, CM13 1PZ
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from July 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Chelmsford, CM2 0DG
- No overall rating shown
- Witham, CM8 3SY
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Braintree, CM77 6RL
- No overall rating shown
- Chelmsford, CM1 1PE
- Goodrated 2 months ago
- Chelmsford, CM1 1PE
Other kinds of care in Essex
Services registered with CQC here, by kind of care.
Home care in nearby areas
Councils close by. You can often look further afield for more choice.
Choosing home care
Home care (sometimes called domiciliary care) means carers who visit you at home to help with things like washing, dressing, meals and medicines. You stay in your own home.
Things to check
- Ask whether you will have the same carers each time, and what happens if one is off sick.
- Ask how visit times are agreed, and what happens if a carer is running late.
- Ask how long each visit lasts, and whether travel time is counted in it.
- Read the latest CQC report, and ask how the provider checks that visits happen.
Whoever ends up paying, you can ask your council’s adult social care team for a free assessment of what help you need. Our guide explains what to expect and what to ask.
About this information
CQC data as at 13 October 2026. Services not currently providing care, and services that are no longer registered, are not listed.
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