Top 15 companies add 4% market share in just two years
The top five players in the hospital, lab and nursing home markets in Europe and the Middle East have consolidated between 2-4% of their markets since 2018.
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Despite spending most of the year in a global pandemic, the fifteen players grew organically and inorganically to make an extra €6.7bn in sales between them by the end of 2020.
The five largest hospital players in Europe and the Middle East – Fresenius Helios (including Quironsalud), Mediclinic, Asklepios, Ramsay and Sana – took in €2.6bn more sales in 2020 vs 2018, earning an extra 3% market share in the process. The hospital market over the two years grew about 12%. For actual market sizes and growth rates at the county and sub-sector level, please go to HBI Intelligence.
The lab market has seen huge growth since 2018 at 35%, thanks largely to the significant role the market played in COVID-19 testing. Its five largest players – Synlab, Sonic, Cerba, Unilabs and Biogroup (all in EMEA only) – added an extra €1.9bn in sales, taking an extra 2% of the market.
For nursing homes, Korian, Orpea, Domus Vi, Colisee and Barchester, have added €2.1bn in sales since 2018. They have consolidated the most: taking an extra 4% of a market that has grown at just 2.6% in two years.
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