State data · CMS September 2026
Nursing homes in North Carolina
North Carolina has 419 nursing homes certified for Medicare or Medicaid, with 43,850 certified beds and a median occupancy of 87.4% (US median 85.7%). 84% are for-profit, 14% nonprofit and 2% government-owned, and 76% belong to a chain or affiliated group. HUD has endorsed 110 FHA-insured Section 232 nursing home loans in North Carolina since fiscal 2001, totaling $0.9 billion in original principal, 23 of them since fiscal 2021.
- Facilities
- 419
- Certified beds
- 43,850
- Median occupancy
- 87.4%
- Median nurse hours / resident day
- 3.53
- HUD 232 loans since FY2001
- 110
Star ratings
CMS overall ratings for the 415 rated North Carolina facilities. 2 are Special Focus Facilities and 10 are candidates, the CMS list for homes with a history of serious quality problems.
Ownership
| Measure | North Carolina | Share |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit | 350 | 84% |
| Nonprofit | 60 | 14% |
| Government | 9 | 2% |
| Changed ownership in the last 12 months | 0 | 0% |
| Private equity owner self-reported to CMS | 1 | 0% |
| REIT owner self-reported to CMS | 31 | 7% |
Largest chains and affiliated groups in North Carolina
- Liberty Senior Living: 36 facilities
- Principle Long Term Care: 36 facilities
- Saber Healthcare Group: 27 facilities
- Sanstone Health & Rehabilitation: 18 facilities
- Avardis Health: 16 facilities
- Lifeworks Rehab: 16 facilities
- Pruitthealth: 15 facilities
- Cch Healthcare: 15 facilities
- Simcha Hyman & Naftali Zanziper: 14 facilities
- Alliance Health Group: 13 facilities
Facilities with HUD Section 232 history
53 North Carolina facilities match at least one FHA-insured loan in HUD's healthcare database, most recent endorsement first.
Largest by certified beds
- Longleaf Neuro-Medical Treatment Center, Wilson: 248 beds
- Premier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Jacksonville: 239 beds
- Alpine Health and Rehabilitation of Asheboro, Asheboro: 238 beds
- Carver Living Center, Durham: 232 beds
- Willow Valley Center for Nursing and Rehabilitatio, Winston-Salem: 230 beds
- Mary Gran Nursing Center, Clinton: 212 beds
- Maple Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, Greensboro: 210 beds
- Margate Health and Rehabilitation, LLC, Jefferson: 210 beds
- University Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Charlotte: 207 beds
- Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Franklin: 200 beds
Every North Carolina facility
The full list is sorted by city, 3 pages of up to 200.
Aberdeen to HuntersvilleHuntersville to WilsonWilson to Zebulon
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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