What doctari does

doctari is a Berlin-based healthcare staffing platform that has operated in Germany since 2008, functioning as a temporary employment agency (Zeitarbeitsfirma) for medical professionals. The company runs a two-sided marketplace connecting approximately 2,800 medical facility partners—including hospitals, clinics, medical practices, and Medizinische Versorgungszentren (MVZs)—with physicians, nurses, and specialized medical staff (e.g., MTRA, OTA) seeking temporary assignments and, in some cases, permanent placement. doctari acts as the legal employer during each assignment (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung), handling contracting, billing, and organization, while medical professionals may earn up to EUR120 per hour gross (doctors) or EUR6,600 per month gross (nursing staff) plus allowances.

The core technology stack centers on a digital staffing platform (doctari Plattform) with a mobile app for iOS and Android that enables professionals to discover jobs, manage applications, and digitally track their time. The platform supports 12,000+ temporary placements and 4,000 permanent placement offers annually across 70 medical specialties, with the company claiming one placement every six minutes. Supporting tools include a salary calculator (doctari Gehaltsrechner), an editorial magazine (doctari Magazin), research whitepapers, and two podcasts (Stationäre Aufnahme and Einsatzbereit), together forming a content-led demand-generation layer. The group operates through multiple wholly-owned subsidiaries—doctari Ärzte ANÜ GmbH (physicians), doctari Med ANÜ GmbH (medical professionals), doctari Pflege ANÜ GmbH (nursing), doctari Strahlenmed ANÜ GmbH (radiation medicine), doctari city GmbH (urban/regional staffing), and doctari Fachpflege GmbH (specialized nursing)—and sub-brands doctari city and doctari pro.

Revenue is generated as transaction fees on each temporary staffing assignment: doctari earns the spread between what facilities pay for staffing services and what it pays as employer to the assigned professional. Service is free for medical professionals, while medical facilities pay for placements via a sales-led motion supplemented by digital self-service. The go-to-market combines direct field sales with dedicated account managers by segment (e.g., Sabine Nagel for doctors, Carina Petrovic for nursing) and self-serve registration through doctari.de and the mobile app. doctari received funding from Permira Credit in July 2018 and acquired Planerio (shift scheduling) and Viantro (physician placement) in 2021. The management board is led by Prof. Dr. Cai-Nicolas Ziegler (Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung), alongside Silke Oltrogge and Dr. Marion Trautbeck-Kim.

Name

doctari

Legal name

doctari GmbH

Website

https://doctari.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

doctari is a Berlin-based medical staffing platform founded in 2008 that places physicians, nurses, and specialized medical staff into temporary and permanent roles at German hospitals, clinics, practices, and MVZs under Arbeitnehmerüberlassung, supported by 2,800+ facility partners and ~300 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians) (BPACAFAH), Healthcare Non-Clinical Temp Staffing (BPACACAO)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing services
• Medical temporary staffing
• Physician placement
• Nurse recruitment
• Medical workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Temporary staffing / Arbeitnehmerüberlassung: doctari operates as a temporary staffing agency (Zeitarbeitsfirma) for medical personnel. They employ medical professionals and lease them to medical facilities for temporary assignments. Revenue is generated through the margin between what facilities pay for staffing services and what doctari pays as employer to the temporary worker.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

doctari operates a digital staffing platform that places doctors, nurses, and specialized medical staff into temporary (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung) and permanent positions at hospitals, clinics, medical practices, and MVZs (Medizinische Versorgungszentren) across Germany. doctari acts as the legal employer for the duration of each temporary assignment, handling contracts, payroll, billing, and organization, while candidates register free of charge and receive personalized job matches. The company also operates the doctari mobile app for iOS and Android, the doctari Magazin editorial hub, and sub-brands doctari city and doctari pro.

Product overview

doctari operates as a medical staffing platform offering temporary staffing (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung) and permanent placement services for healthcare professionals across Germany. The core platform connects physicians, nurses, and specialized medical staff with hospitals, clinics, practices, and MVZs (medical care centers). The product portfolio includes the main doctari Plattform, mobile doctari App for iOS and Android, editorial content through doctari Magazin, research publications via doctari Whitepaper, and two podcast series (Stationäre Aufnahme and Einsatzbereit). Supporting tools include salary calculators (Gehaltsrechner) for career planning. The company also operates specialized sub-brands doctari city for urban facilities and doctari pro for premium placements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• doctari city: Urban/regional healthcare staffing service offering
• doctari pro

Products and services

• doctari Temporary Medical Staffing Service (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung) Core temporary staffing service in which doctari employs physicians, nurses, and specialized medical staff and leases them to hospitals, clinics, practices, and MVZs for defined assignments across Germany. doctari handles contracts, payroll, billing, and organization as the legal employer, while candidates register free of charge and receive personalized job matches.
• doctari Permanent Medical Placement (Festanstellung) Permanent placement service for medical professionals into direct-hire positions with healthcare facilities in Germany, offered alongside temporary staffing as part of the doctari platform.
• doctari Mobile App (iOS and Android) Mobile application published on iOS and Android that enables registered medical professionals to browse job listings, submit applications, manage assignments, and perform digital time tracking during placements.
• doctari city Specialized doctari sub-brand focused on staffing for urban and metropolitan healthcare facilities, addressing city-based medical workforce needs across Germany.
• doctari pro Specialized doctari sub-brand offering premium medical staffing services for highly specialized medical professionals and assignments with advanced qualification requirements.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12,000+ jobs available annually on the platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ARDOthersdoctari has been featured and mentioned in ARD broadcasting, indicating significant media presence and recognition in the German market.
• Süddeutsche ZeitungOthersdoctari has been featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung, one of Germany's leading national newspapers, indicating established media recognition.
• g12Othersdoctari has been featured in g12 media outlet, demonstrating visibility in German professional/healthcare media.
• Ärztevermittlung (Doctor Placement Services)coreTechnology or Integrationdoctari offers specialized doctor placement services with expertise in medical staffing, matching doctors with suitable temporary assignments across Germany.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Medwing: Berlin-based healthcare staffing marketplace operating across Germany and the UK. Medwing directly competes with doctari on temporary and permanent placement of nurses and physicians to hospitals and care facilities, using a similar two-sided digital platform model and freemium pricing for medical professionals.
• docwise: German medical staffing platform focused on connecting physicians (Ärzte) with hospitals and practices for temporary and locum assignments. Operates on the same Arbeitnehmerüberlassung-based model as doctari and targets the same physician candidate pool with similar value propositions.
• Time4Change: German medical recruitment and temporary staffing firm specializing in physician (Arzt) placement across hospitals, clinics, and rehabilitation facilities. Direct competitor in medical Zeitarbeit with overlapping facility relationships and similar above-tariff compensation structures.
• Personalwerk: German healthcare and medical staffing group operating in physician, nursing, and allied health temporary placement with multiple subsidiaries. Direct competitor to doctari's multi-vertical temporary staffing model with comparable facility relationships and candidate sourcing approaches.

Emerging players

• Pflegia: Digital marketplace for nursing professionals (Pflegekräfte) in Germany, offering job matching for permanent and temporary roles. While broader (Pflege-focused rather than cross-clinical), it directly competes with doctari's nursing vertical and increasingly with its temporary staffing placements via Zeitarbeit partnerships.

Broad incumbents

• GULP Medical / Adecco Medical: Adecco's specialist medical staffing arm in Germany and across Europe, part of the global Adecco Group. Competes with doctari on physician and nursing temporary placements but as part of a broad multi-vertical staffing portfolio rather than a healthcare-specialist platform.
• Randstad Healthcare (Germany): German arm of Randstad's healthcare staffing division providing temporary medical and nursing professionals to hospitals and care facilities. Operates broadly across staffing verticals rather than specializing exclusively in medical, making doctari the more specialized competitor in their overlap.
• Hays Healthcare: Hays' specialist healthcare division in Germany and the UK placing physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals into temporary and permanent roles. Broader professional staffing firm whose healthcare arm overlaps doctari's medical temporary placement focus.

Others

• Planerio: Workforce scheduling SaaS for healthcare facilities, acquired by doctari in 2021. An enabling technology platform for shift planning now within the doctari ecosystem; its standalone offering provides doctor and medical facility scheduling capabilities relevant to doctari's facility-side customers.
• Viantro: German doctor-to-doctor matching marketplace acquired by doctari in 2021. Specialized referral platform for physician placements that now operates within the doctari family; comparable to doctari's core marketplace model on the physician supply side.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@doctari1870
• Facebookfacebook.com/doctarigruppe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/doctari
• Instagraminstagram.com/doctari.de
• Xx.com/DoctariGruppe

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A2 records

Investments

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