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Chemed acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Chemed bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
one franchise in South Carolina Word for word“In 2023, Roto-Rooter completed the acquisition of one franchise in South Carolina for $305,000 in cash and one franchise in Georgia for $3.689 million in cash.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	2023	$305,000 in cash
one franchise in Georgia Word for word“In 2023, Roto-Rooter completed the acquisition of one franchise in South Carolina for $305,000 in cash and one franchise in Georgia for $3.689 million in cash.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	2023	$3.689 million in cash
three franchises in New Jersey Word for word“In 2022, Roto-Rooter acquired three franchises in New Jersey for a total of $2.29 million in cash.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	2022	$2.29 million in cash
hospice assets of one Florida provider Word for word“VITAS purchased the hospice assets of one Florida provider for $1.24 million in cash.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	—	$1.24 million in cash
HSW RR, Inc. (HSW), substantially all of its assets and certain related assets of its affiliates Word for word“On August 2, 2019, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) to purchase substantially all of the assets of HSW RR, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“HSW”) and certain related assets of its affiliates, for $ 120.0 million, subject to a working capital adjustment that resulted in an additional $ 1.4 million payment to HSW.” 10-K for 2023	agreed acquisition	August 2, 2019	—
Roto-Rooter franchise and related assets in Oakland, CA Word for word“On July 1, 2019 , we completed the acquisition of a Roto-Rooter franchise and the related assets in Oakland, CA for $ 18.0 million in cash.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	July 1, 2019	$ 18.0 million in cash
one franchise in New Jersey (Roto-Rooter) Word for word“On March 11, 2024, Roto-Rooter completed the acquisition of one franchise in New Jersey for $5.8 million in cash.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	On March 11, 2024	$5.8 million in cash
one franchise in Texas (Roto-Rooter) Word for word“On March 27, 2024, Roto-Rooter completed the acquisition of one franchise in Texas for $1.5 million in cash.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	On March 27, 2024	$1.5 million in cash
one franchise in Kentucky (Roto-Rooter) Word for word“On August 20, 2024, Roto-Rooter completed the acquisition of one franchise in Kentucky for $5.1 million in cash.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	On August 20, 2024	$5.1 million in cash
all hospice operations and an assisted living facility from Covenant Health and Community Services, Inc d/b/a/ Covenant Care (Covenant) Word for word“On April 17, 2024, VITAS completed the purchase of all hospice operations and an assisted living facility from Covenant Health and Community Services, Inc d/b/a/ Covenant Care (“Covenant”) for an aggregated purchase price of $85.0 million in cash.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	On April 17, 2024	$85.0 million in cash
one franchise in Michigan Word for word“On January 3, 2025, Roto-Rooter completed the acquisition of one franchise in Michigan for $ 225,000 in cash.” 10-K for 2025	acquisition	On January 3, 2025	$ 225,000 in cash
one franchise in New Jersey Word for word“On March 11, 2024, Roto-Rooter completed the acquisition of one franchise in New Jersey for $ 5.8 million in cash.” 10-K for 2025	acquisition	On March 11, 2024	$ 5.8 million in cash
one franchise in Texas Word for word“On March 27, 2024, Roto-Rooter completed the acquisition of one franchise in Texas for $ 1.5 million in cash.” 10-K for 2025	acquisition	On March 27, 2024	$ 1.5 million in cash
one franchise in Kentucky Word for word“On August 20, 2024, Roto-Rooter completed the acquisition of one franchise in Kentucky for $ 5.1 million in cash.” 10-K for 2025	acquisition	On August 20, 2024	$ 5.1 million in cash
all hospice operations and an assisted living facility from Covenant Health and Community Services, Inc d/b/a/ Covenant Care Word for word“On April 17, 2024, VITAS completed the purchase of all hospice operations and an assisted living facility from Covenant Health and Community Services, Inc d/b/a/ Covenant Care (“Covenant”) for an aggregated purchase price of $ 85.0 million in cash.” 10-K for 2025	acquisition	On April 17, 2024	$ 85.0 million in cash
one franchise in South Carolina and one franchise in Georgia Word for word“In 2023, Roto-Rooter completed the acquisition of one franchise in South Carolina for $ 305,000 in cash and one franchise in Georgia for $ 3.689 million in cash.” 10-K for 2025	acquisition	In 2023	$ 305,000 in cash and one franchise in Georgia for $ 3.689 million in cash

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Goodwill from acquisitions
2017-12-31	$4.7 million	$4.4 million
2018-12-31	$53.2 million	$33.8 million
2019-12-31	$138 million	$66.7 million
2020-12-31	$3.6 million	$1.2 million
2022-12-31	$3.5 million	$2.8 million
2023-12-31	$4 million	$3.7 million
2024-12-31	$97.4 million	$81.9 million
2025-12-31	$225,000	$185,000

Deal filings since 2016

2026-04-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-04-17 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2022-06-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-09-17 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2018-06-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-11-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Chemed’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-27. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.