List of the 150 largest hospital operators & clinics Germany [2024]

List of 3 large clinics and hospital operators in Germany

Below we present the three largest hospital operators in Germany that are part of our comprehensive list. The dataset is available for immediate download as an Excel list and contains more than 150 hospital operators from Germany.

1. Helios Kliniken GmbH (Berlin)

Helios is the largest private hospital operator in Europe and is part of the Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA. In Germany alone, Helios owns 87 clinics and 130 medical care centers. Sales in Germany were €6.7 billion in 2021, and as much as €10.9 billion worldwide. More than 123,000 employees work for Fresenius Helios worldwide, providing care to more than 22 million people per year.

Update 2023: Particularly through and during the Corona pandemic, the approximately 21,000 employees of the Helios Group were enormously challenged. The hospital group has now reached an agreement with the trade union ver.di, which includes tax- and levy-free one-off payments. In addition, incomes will be increased by four percent – but by at least 150 euros – from July 2023 and July 2024 respectively.

Update 2024: Following the appointment of Ferdinand Nitschke as Digital Innovation Officer, it has now been announced that Dr. Pia Eikemeier will take over the new position of Head of Transformation Management on February 1, 2024.

2. Asklepios Kliniken GmbH & Co. KGaA (Hamburg)

In terms of revenue, Asklepios Kliniken is the second largest hospital group in Germany. The company was founded in Hamburg in 1985 by Dr. Bernard gr. Broermann, an auditor and lawyer. 67,000 employees in 170 facilities throughout Germany provide care for more than 3.5 million people each year. These include Europe’s largest hospital cluster in Hamburg and six maximum-care hospitals.

3. Sana Kliniken AG (Munich)

Sana Kliniken, headquartered in Munich, describes itself as an integrated healthcare provider. The company’s holdings include hospitals as well as service providers from outpatient care, hospital services, companies from the field of medical aid provision and the Sana Digital division. In total, 55 hospitals and 43 medical care centers belong to the hospital group, making Sana number three in Germany. Revenues have increased steadily in recent years and will reach €3.0 billion in 2021.

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This data is included in the list of hospital providers

• Company name
• General contact data (address, e-mail address, telephone number, URL)
• Name of the management
• Serial letter suitable for addressing the management (e.g. “Dear Dr. Müller”)
• Sales figures for the years 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (taken from the annual and consolidated financial statements)
• Employee figures for the years 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (taken from the annual and consolidated financial statements)
• Sector classification & Field of activity
• Identification of municipal hospitals and university clinics

Note: If the sales and employee figures are not included in a company’s own financial statements but in the parent company’s consolidated financial statements, the data from the respective consolidated financial statements are provided.

Broad coverage: hospital groups, university hospitals, municipal hospitals, etc.

Our list reflects the full range of Germany’s largest hospital operators. In addition to private hospital groups, the list also includes the largest university hospitals, municipal hospitals, hospital associations and church hospital operators. Convince yourself of the high quality of our data and save yourself the time-consuming independent research. Our data sets are always created manually and updated regularly. As a customer, you benefit from our free update service, which guarantees that updated data will be sent to you automatically within one year of purchase.

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