Name

NDC

Legal name

NDC, Inc.

Website

https://ndc-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Distribution Services

NAICS

Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers (42421), Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers (424210)

SIC

Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047), Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries (5122)

akta.pro primary industry

OTC & Consumer Health Distributors (HLAIAJAC)

Keywords

• Healthcare supply chain
• Medical distribution services
• Group purchasing organization
• Rebate administration
• Pharmaceutical distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Fees: NDC's NuEdge Alliance GPO aggregates purchasing power of distributors to secure competitive pricing from manufacturers. NDC earns fees from facilitated transactions and volume-based arrangements.
2. Contract & Rebate Processing Services: CORE Services processes over $100 million in rebates annually for partners who typically realize average discounts of 33%. Revenue comes from service fees for rebate administration and contract management.
3. Master Distribution: NDC aggregates distributor network volume to offer access to manufacturer branded products. NDC assumes inventory ownership and provides fulfillment through strategically located distribution centers.
4. 3PL Services: Scalable, customizable warehousing, fulfillment, and regulatory support for manufacturers and distributors needing turnkey logistics solutions. NDC manages inventory for clients with ownership retained by them.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NDC operates as a master wholesale organization and healthcare distribution platform aggregating the collective purchasing power of 1,500+ distributors and providing manufacturers efficient access to the non-acute healthcare channel across 450+ brand partners. The company sells supply chain solutions including master distribution, healthcare 3PL warehousing and fulfillment, pharmaceutical sourcing, NuEdge Alliance GPO contracts, vaccine buying groups, CORE Services rebate administration, Market Insights analytics, SIMPOW marketing services, and dedicated field sales team support to medical, dental, physical rehab, and animal health markets.

Product overview

NDC operates as a master wholesale organization and healthcare distribution platform offering a multi-module portfolio of interconnected solutions spanning Market & Business Insights, Commercialization, Supply Chain, and Business Management. The core platform is anchored by the Market Insights Platform and Manufacturer Data Services (analytics layer), supported by NuEdge Alliance GPO and Vaccine Buying Groups (commercialization layer), Master Distribution and Healthcare 3PL Services (supply chain layer), and CORE Services and Contracts & Rebates Administration (back-office layer). Preferred Medical (An NDC Company) extends the platform into infusion and post-acute care distribution with the exclusive Wolf-Pak brand. SIMPOW Marketing Solutions and Sales Team Support provide go-to-market enablement, while a portfolio of owned events (NDC Exhibition, NDC Dental Forum, NDC Strategic Summits, NDC Dental Education Exchange), the Parcels of Info Podcast, and the Embark talent development program round out the ecosystem. With 450+ manufacturer partners, 1,500+ distributor partners, 6,808+ healthcare providers served, and 99.9% on-time shipping, the platform connects the fragmented non-acute healthcare distribution channel through aggregated scale, shared logistics, and data-driven intelligence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NuEdge Alliance: The only group purchasing organization designed specifically for medical distributors. Leverages collective purchasing power of nationwide member base to secure competitive pricing across medical and non-medical contracts.
• Wolf-Pak
• Main Street Vaccines
• National Physician Care
• CASA Alliance
• CORE Services
• SIMPOW
• Embark
• NuEdge Alliance
• Parcels of Info

Products and services

• Market Insights Platform Analytics platform that turns aggregated sales and pricing data from distributor, manufacturer, and third-party sources into actionable intelligence — helping distributors spot margin risk, benchmark performance, track sales trends, identify leakage, and model pricing scenarios. Used by NDC distributor and manufacturer partners.
• Manufacturer Data Services Provides manufacturers with anonymized, standardized sales tracing data from NDC's distributor network, offering visibility into channel performance, regional and customer trends, and field compensation reporting typically missing from other datasets. For medical product manufacturers seeking channel visibility.
• CORE Services NDC's rebate administration outsourcing service enabling distributors to maximize rebate earnings and manufacturers to process claims accurately at scale, with proprietary software, specialist expertise, and typically 8–10% error rejection before payout. Processes over $100M in rebates annually.
• Contracts & Rebates Administration Centralized management of end-to-end contract pricing and rebate processing across the healthcare supply chain, with average partner discounts of 33%. For healthcare distributors and manufacturers.
• SIMPOW Marketing Solutions Full-service outsourced marketing team for healthcare distributors and manufacturers offering creative design, strategic planning, digital execution, event marketing, product launch support, and multi-touch campaign execution via NDC's internal channels.
• Master Distribution Aggregates the collective strength of NDC's distributor network to offer manufacturers efficient access to over 104,000 branded products from 450+ healthcare manufacturers through a shared logistics platform with scalable fulfillment solutions. NDC assumes inventory ownership and provides fulfillment through strategically located distribution centers.
• Healthcare 3PL Services Scalable, customizable third-party logistics solution providing warehousing, fulfillment, and regulatory support for healthcare manufacturers and distributors, with four strategically located distribution centers totaling over 600,000 sq. ft. delivering 99.7% order accuracy, 99.9% inventory accuracy, and 99.5% on-time shipping. Inventory ownership retained by clients.
• Pharmaceutical Sourcing Connects manufacturers and independent distributors in the non-acute generics space — offering streamlined access to injectable products, emergency response drugs, ophthalmics, and a dental pharmaceutical portfolio. Serves a channel valued at over $200 million.
• Preferred Medical Distribution National wholesale distributor of medical supplies and equipment for infusion and non-acute care markets, serving home infusion pharmacies, infusion centers, ambulatory clinics, long-term care facilities, and post-acute providers with brand-name products and exclusive Wolf-Pak line.
• Wolf-Pak Brand Products Preferred Medical's exclusive IV sets and supplies brand delivering trusted quality, value, and reliability for infusion and post-acute care providers.
• NuEdge Alliance GPO The only GPO built specifically for medical distributors, offering access to over 1,000 Vizient and Provista contracts plus custom tiers, with no letters of participation required and no cost to enroll for distributors or manufacturers. Vizient-authorized medical GPO providing access to injectable generics and pharmaceutical sourcing.
• Vaccine Buying Groups (Main Street Vaccines, National Physician Care, CASA Alliance) Family of vaccine buying groups helping private practices access competitive pricing on vaccines from all major manufacturers with no membership fees, backed by over 40 years of combined vaccine experience and on-invoice discounts.
• Sales Team Support NDC's field sales organization structured with channel-dedicated Account Executives, a Business Intelligence Team, Sales Operations supporting Salesforce analysis and compliance, and Customer Service — serving both manufacturers seeking distributor channel visibility and distributors seeking expanded reach.
• Embark Talent Development Program Six-month professional development program for emerging and established leaders across NDC distributor and manufacturer partner organizations, featuring DISC self-assessment, quarterly in-person sessions in Nashville, peer cohort learning, and practical leadership frameworks.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.9% on-time shipping
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• VizientcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNDC provides access to Vizient contracts through its NuEdge Alliance GPO, giving distributors access to over 1,000 contracts for competitive pricing across medical and non-medical products.
• ProvistacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNDC provides access to Provista contracts through its NuEdge Alliance GPO, complementing Vizient contracts to offer broad portfolio of medical and non-medical contracts.
• Preferred MedicalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPreferred Medical is an NDC company and national wholesale distributor of medical supplies and equipment for the infusion and non-acute care markets. Serves home infusion pharmacies, infusion centers, ambulatory clinics, and long-term care facilities with Wolf-Pak brand products.
• Wolf Medical SupplycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLeading full-line national distributor of infusion and clean room supplies joined Preferred Medical in June 2022. Offers exclusive Wolf-Pak brand products and infusion pump services including rentals, repairs, and preventative maintenance.
• Main Street VaccinescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNational physician buying group providing best prices on quality vaccines and cost savings to approximately 7,000 physicians. Bill Smith serves as President overseeing NDC's vaccine buying group division.
• National Physician CarecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAcquired in 2018, NPC empowers NDC to offer total vaccine solutions from all leading manufacturers. Combined with National Discount Vaccine Alliance, extends physician reach to over 15,000 offices.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Henry Schein: Large distributor of dental, medical, and animal health products serving office-based practitioners and group practices. Directly comparable to NDC in dental and animal health channels and as a distributor-aggregator business model.
• Vizient: Healthcare performance improvement company and large GPO. NDC's NuEdge Alliance provides access to over 1,000 Vizient contracts, making Vizient both a partner and a comparable competitor in the GPO/contract services space.
• Owens & Minor: Medical/surgical product distributor serving hospitals, GPOs, and the acute/non-acute channels with logistics and supply chain services. Overlaps with NDC in medical supply distribution, 3PL warehousing, and home healthcare distribution.
• Concordance Healthcare Solutions: Independent medical/surgical distributor formed from the combination of several regional distributors, serving the acute and non-acute channels. Directly comparable to NDC's mission of aggregating independent distributors to compete with national chains.
• Medline Industries: Largest privately held medical supply manufacturer and distributor, serving hospitals, surgery centers, and non-acute providers. Closest private peer to NDC given similar non-acute channel focus, private ownership, and 3PL/logistics capabilities.
• Patterson Companies: Dental and animal health distributor serving veterinary and dental practices across North America. Comparable to NDC's dental and animal health segments via Preferred Medical and dental distribution operations.
• Premier Inc: Healthcare GPO and supply chain services company serving hospitals and non-acute providers. Comparable to NDC's NuEdge Alliance and CORE Services rebate administration capabilities in the GPO and contract management space.

Broad incumbents

• McKesson Corporation: Largest US pharmaceutical and medical distributor serving the entire healthcare value chain. NDC exists largely to help independent distributors compete against McKesson's direct relationships and scale; multiple NDC executives (CEO Jack Stephens, Chief Transformation Officer Sam David) came from McKesson.
• Cardinal Health: Top-tier US medical and pharmaceutical distributor serving hospitals, pharmacies, and ambulatory providers. Represents the type of national-scale incumbent that NDC's distributor network aims to compete against in the non-acute channel.
• Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen): Major US pharmaceutical distributor with significant presence in physician office, specialty, and animal health channels that overlap with NDC's service areas. Also serves as a benchmark for GPO and distribution scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ndc_inc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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