Brookdale Senior Living Inc. BKD

What this company does

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. operates and manages independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities. As of December 31, 2025, it owned 370 communities (33,262 units), leased 178 communities (10,608 units), and managed 36 communities (4,374 units). As of December 31, 2025, it employed approximately 33,000 associates, 68% of whom were full-time. For the year ended December 31, 2025, it generated 93.9% of its resident fee revenue from private pay residents, 4.8% from government reimbursement programs, and 1.3% from other payor sources. As of December 31, 2025, it had three reportable segments: Independent Living; Assisted Living and Memory Care; and CCRCs. It was formed as a Delaware corporation in June 2005 to combine two senior living operating companies, Brookdale Living Communities, Inc. and Alterra Healthcare Corporation, which had been operating independently since 1986 and 1981, respectively.

Written from the business description in Brookdale Senior Living Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 19 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.