UnitedHealth Group
Health insurance and health services · United States
UnitedHealth Group sells health insurance through UnitedHealthcare and runs care, pharmacy and data services through Optum.
What makes it different
One US agency pays over four in ten of its revenue dollars.
44%Revenue from CMS premiumsFY2025
CMS, which runs Medicare, pays premiums to UnitedHealth Group, so government funding rules shape its results.
How big it is
How big is UnitedHealth Group?
$447.6BRevenuesFY2025
49.8MPeople served2025
390,000Employees2025
How it makes money FY2025
Health plans bring in three quarters of revenue.
- UnitedHealthcare77%$342.7B
- Optum Rx13%$57.7B
- Optum Health8%$36.9B
- Optum Insight1%$6.4B
How the business works
Insure people. Treat them. Supply their drugs.
- 1UnitedHealthcare health plans
- 2Optum Health care delivery
- 3Optum Rx pharmacy services
Optum earns large revenue by serving UnitedHealthcare, which the group cancels out in consolidated results.
Who owns it
- The Vanguard Group10.11%
- BlackRock, Inc.7.99%
CEO: Stephen Hemsley
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 7-01Incorporated in Minnesota
- 5-11Medicare Part D enrollment begins
- 2-20Acquires PacifiCare
- 2011Optum becomes the second platform
- 0-03Acquires Change Healthcare
Sources
Every number on this page comes from UnitedHealth Group's own reports.
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What UnitedHealth Group tracks24 metrics
UnitedHealthcare people served
Medicare Advantage people served
Optum Health consumers served
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
The full timeline17 moments
2021
2025
2026
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