Bupa

British United Provident Association Limited
Company typeCompany limited by guarantee
IndustryHealth Insurance
Healthcare
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Headquarters,
Key people
Roger Davis (Group Chairman)
Iñaki Ereño (Group CEO)
ServicesHealth insurance
Healthcare services
RevenueIncrease £12.9 billion (2021)[1]
Increase £423 million (2021)[1]
Total assetsDecrease £16.6 billion (2021)[1]
Total equityIncrease £7.46 billion (2021)[1]
Number of employees
84,000 (2021)[1]
Websitewww.bupa.com

British United Provident Association Limited, trading as Bupa (/bpə/), is a British multinational health insurance and healthcare company with over 43 million customers worldwide.[1]

Bupa's origins and global headquarters are in the United Kingdom. Its main countries of operation are Australia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Chile, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Turkey, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico and the United States. It also has a presence across Latin America, the Middle East and Asia, including joint ventures in Saudi Arabia and India.[2]

Bupa is a private company limited by guarantee. It has no shareholders and reinvests its profits.[3]

Health insurance represents 71% of Bupa's revenues worldwide and 24.4 million of its customers. Bupa runs various health provision services for a further 19.2 million customers worldwide (21% of its revenue) including hospitals (primarily in Spain, Poland and Chile), outpatient clinics, dental centres and digital services. Bupa also runs aged care facilities in four countries; the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and New Zealand, which make up 8% of its revenue.[1]

It was ranked 83rd out of 750 global companies in the 2020 Forbes World's Best Employers List.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Bupa. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. ^ Full Year Results Presentation 2021
  3. ^ "Financial results". Bupa. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Forbes World's Best Employers List". Forbes. Retrieved 23 October 2020.