Nursing-home research
Explore CMS ratings, inspections, staffing, ownership, and federal records for every certified nursing home in the United States — reported exactly as CMS publishes them.
At a glance
- Nursing homes
- 14,700
- CMS-certified
- Rated by CMS
- 14,568
- of 14,700
- States & territories
- 53
- Ownership groups
- 1,288
- CMS-reported
Explore by state
Select a state on the map to open its directory, or search providers within it.
Hover, tap, or tab to a state — or use the menu above — to see its nursing homes count and open its directory.
National data profile
How the nation's certified nursing homes spread across the CMS five-star overall rating.
CMS overall rating distribution
How the nation's certified nursing homes spread across the CMS five-star overall rating.
CMS overall rating distribution
How the nation's certified nursing homes spread across the CMS five-star overall rating.
View as a table
| Rating | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CMS overall rating 5 | 3,039 | 20.7% |
| CMS overall rating 4 | 2,793 | 19.0% |
| CMS overall rating 3 | 2,843 | 19.3% |
| CMS overall rating 2 | 3,011 | 20.5% |
| CMS overall rating 1 | 2,882 | 19.6% |
| Not rated | 132 | 0.9% |
| Total | 14,700 | 100.0% |
CMS overall star rating as published in Provider Information, calculated by this site across the 14,700 certified nursing homes in this dataset. Facilities CMS does not rate are counted separately and never treated as zero; no rating is assigned by this site.
CMS-reported data
Based on the 14,568 facilities CMS assigns an overall rating; unrated facilities are shown separately, never as a zero.
CMS-reported data · updated 2026-08-21 · site-calculated context, not a CMS rating
Compare providers side by side
Put two to four on one screen and read them on the same CMS fields — exact CMS values, no ranking or recommendation.
Compare shows overall and component star ratings, certified beds, federal penalty totals, payment denials, the CMS abuse icon, and ownership for each facility you add — with a differences-only mode. Add facilities from any search result or facility page; the comparison has a shareable URL.
Compare Nursing Homes →Research ownership
CMS reports the ownership organization behind each facility. Facilities are grouped by CMS-reported ownership fields.
1,288 ownership groups are identified in this dataset, covering 11,839 of 14,700 facilities. An ownership profile shows a group’s size, geographic footprint, CMS rating landscape, and federal penalty records across every facility CMS associates with it. Grouping uses CMS’s own ownership fields and does not by itself imply legal responsibility or control.
Look up an ownership group →Latest research
- The geography of CMS five-star nursing homesThe state-to-state spread in 5-star share — and why it is not a state ranking.
- How CMS rates the nation's nursing homesNational overall-rating distribution and what drives it.
- Who owns America's nursing homesOwnership concentration across the sector.
- Federal penalties in the CMS recordHow common enforcement actually is.
- Nursing home staffing ratings across the U.S.Two in five facilities sit in CMS's bottom two staffing tiers — and 1 in 11 highly-rated homes is one of them.
- The CMS abuse icon: how common it is, and whereAbout one facility in ten carries it — and why its absence tells you far less than its presence.
- How many counties actually offer a choiceComparison advice assumes facilities to compare — this measures how often that holds.
Understand the data
- How to read CMS star ratingsWhat the overall and three component ratings measure.
- How to check a nursing homeA practical checklist for researching a facility.
- How to compare nursing homesReading two facilities side by side on the same fields.
- What are CMS federal penalties?Federal fines and what a penalty record means.
- What is the CMS abuse icon?What the icon flags — and what it does not.
- How to find nursing-home ownershipTracing a facility to its CMS-reported ownership group.
Home health agencies
Nursing homes and Medicare-certified home health agencies use different CMS quality systems and are never combined into one ranking.
Source and methodology
Frequently asked questions
How many nursing homes does this site cover?
SeniorCareRating.com includes 14,700 CMS-certified nursing homes across 53 states and territories, built from the official CMS Provider Data Catalog. CMS publishes an overall star rating for 14,568 of them; the rest are shown as not rated rather than as a zero.
Does this site rank or score nursing homes?
No. We report CMS-reported facts — star ratings, inspection citations, federal penalties, payment denials, staffing signals, care measures, and ownership — without adding any rating, score, ranking, or opinion. Where we calculate context, such as a county average, we label it as calculated and not a CMS rating.
How current is the nursing-home data?
The site is rebuilt from CMS source files, so every page reflects a dated snapshot rather than a live feed; the current nursing-home data was refreshed 2026-08-21. CMS data can lag current conditions, so confirm anything decision-critical with CMS Care Compare, your state survey agency, and the facility directly.
What is the difference between a nursing home and a skilled nursing facility?
CMS certifies the same buildings under both Medicare (skilled nursing facility) and Medicaid (nursing facility) programs. In everyday use, “skilled nursing facility” usually refers to short-term rehabilitation after a hospital stay, while “nursing home” usually refers to longer-term residential care. The CMS records on this site cover both.