UnitedHealth Group
| Company type | Public |
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| Industry |
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| Founded |
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| Founder | Richard T. Burke |
| Headquarters | Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
| Services |
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| Revenue | US$400.3 billion (2024) |
| US$32.29 billion (2024) | |
| US$15.24 billion (2024) | |
| Total assets | US$298.3 billion (2024) |
| Total equity | US$98.27 billion (2024) |
Number of employees | c. 380,000 (2025) |
| Subsidiaries | ~2700 including
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| Website | unitedhealthgroup |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is an American multinational for-profit company specializing in health insurance and health care services based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Selling insurance products under UnitedHealthcare, and health care services under the Optum brand, it is the world's seventh-largest company by revenue and the largest health care company by revenue. The company is ranked eighth on the 2024 Fortune Global 500.[4]
UnitedHealth Group has a market capitalization of more than $460 billion as of 2024. The company is the largest health insurer in the United States, insuring over 50 million people.[5][6]
UnitedHealth Group has faced investigations, lawsuits, and fines, including SEC enforcement for stock option backdating, Medicare over-billing, unfair claims practices, mental health treatment denials, and anticompetitive behavior.
- ^ "UnitedHealth Group 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 27, 2025. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
- ^ "Subsidiaries of UnitedHealth Group". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- ^ "Investor Conference 2023" (PDF). UnitedHealth Group.
- ^ "Fortune Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ Chapman, -Michelle; Chapman, Associated Press Michelle; Press, Associated (May 13, 2025). "UnitedHealth Group, largest health insurer in U.S., withdraws financial outlook for 2025". PBS News. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
- ^ Fry, Erika. "How UnitedHealthcare and mega-insurers came to dominate the $4.5 trillion health care industry that Americans both hate and rely upon". Fortune. Retrieved September 1, 2025.