Korea Medical Institute

Name

Korea Medical Institute

Legal name

재단법인 한국의학연구소

Website

https://kmi.or.kr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health Screening Services

NAICS

Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (62151)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Urinalysis & Routine Screening Diagnostics (HLAHAAAG)

Keywords

• Health screening services
• Preventive diagnostic checkups
• Corporate occupational health
• AI medical diagnostics
• National insurance examinations

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Health Checkup Services: Fee-for-service model where individuals pay out-of-pocket or via private insurance for comprehensive health screening programs. KMI offers tiered programs (White, Silver, Gold, Carnation) priced at 600,000–1,650,000 KRW, plus specialized programs and add-on examinations.
2. National Health Insurance (NHI) Checkups: KMI participates in Korea's national health insurance program, providing mandated general health checkups and cancer screenings for insured individuals, funded through NHI reimbursements.
3. Corporate/Enterprise Health Screening: B2B services where KMI provides comprehensive health screening programs for companies, including on-site mobile screening vehicle services. Pricing is negotiated per corporate contract based on program scope and employee count.
4. Global/International Health Screening: Dedicated health checkup programs for foreigners and overseas Koreans, offered at premium pricing with multilingual support, including visa medical examinations (e.g., E2 visa at KRW 100,000).
5. Special Health Diagnosis (Occupational): Specialized occupational health screening services mandated by Korea's Occupational Safety and Health Act for workers exposed to 181 types of hazardous factors, performed at KMI's 7 centers.
6. Certificate and Document Issuance: Fees charged for issuing medical certificates, diagnostic reports, medical records copies, foreign-language health reports, and video recordings, ranging from free to KRW 30,000 per issuance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Korea Medical Institute (KMI) is a comprehensive health screening institution operating 8 centers across South Korea, providing preventive diagnostic examinations including individual checkups (White, Silver, Gold, Carnation, pre-marriage packages), corporate and occupational health programs, national insurance screenings, and multilingual global health checkups for foreign residents and overseas Koreans. Services are delivered through advanced imaging (3.0T MRI, 128-channel CT), AI-assisted colonoscopy and chest X-ray diagnostics, total laboratory automation, and KMI's proprietary KICS digital health screening platform that integrates scheduling, examination, and result delivery.

Product overview

KMI operates as a comprehensive health screening institution offering a multi-tiered portfolio of health examination services across eight nationwide centers. The core offering centers on KICS (Korea Medical Institute Smart Health Screening System), KMI's proprietary digital health checkup platform launched in 2021, which integrates scheduling, medical history, examination workflow, and result delivery into a unified digital experience. Surrounding this platform are KMI's principal service lines: Individual Health Checkup (with White, Silver, Gold, Carnation, and pre-marriage packages), Corporate Health Checkup (with mobile screening vehicles and occupational health services), National (Insurance) Health Checkup, Special Occupational and Environmental Health Diagnosis, and Global Health Checkup (with dedicated multilingual programs for foreigners and overseas Koreans). Add-on precision examination modules and vaccination services supplement the core programs. KMI also develops and deploys AI-powered diagnostic tools including real-time colonoscopy polyp detection and chest X-ray analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KICS: Korea's first smart health screening system, launched in 2021, which digitizes paper charts and medical questionnaires and integrates the entire screening process for convenient result viewing via smartphone and PC.
• KMI 특별함

Products and services

• KICS (Korea Medical Institute Smart Health Screening System) KMI's proprietary digital health screening platform that replaces paper charts and medical questionnaires with digital equivalents and integrates scheduling, medical history, examination workflow, and result delivery into a unified digital experience accessible via smartphone and PC.
• Individual Health Checkup Personalized health screening programs for individual consumers including White (KRW 600,000), Silver (KRW 1,100,000), Gold Male (KRW 1,600,000), Gold Female (KRW 1,650,000), Carnation (KRW 900,000), and pre-marriage checkups (Male KRW 250,000 / Female KRW 350,000), with optional add-on specialized programs.
• Corporate Health Checkup Comprehensive workplace health screening programs for enterprise clients, including custom examination design, on-site mobile screening vehicle services, and a corporate manager management portal for HR to monitor reservation status and participation rates.
• National (Insurance) Health Checkup Government-mandated health screening programs for National Health Insurance subscribers, including general health examinations, cancer screenings (stomach, colorectal, liver, breast, cervical), and lifetime transition examinations for medical aid recipients aged 66 and above.
• Special Occupational and Environmental Health Diagnosis Specialized occupational health diagnostic services for workers exposed to 181 types of hazardous substances under Korea's Occupational Safety and Health Act, including workplace environment measurement and professional health management outsourcing. KMI holds the S-grade comprehensive evaluation rating.
• Global Health Checkup Multilingual health screening programs for foreigners and overseas Koreans through a dedicated global portal, offering Standard, Signature, and Noble packages for foreign nationals and Essential, Advanced, Premium, VIP, and Elder packages for overseas Koreans (up to 40% discount), with interpreter services and multilingual result reports.
• Precision / Add-on Examination Programs Specialized add-on examinations including lung (KRW 720,000), cardiovascular (KRW 800,000), digestive (KRW 700,000), cerebrovascular (KRW 1,120,000), women's (KRW 750,000), and allergy (KRW 720,000) precision checkups, plus vaccines (HPV, pneumonia, shingles, hepatitis A/B), genetic tests, and sleep endoscopy.
• Multilingual Smart Health Checkup Report Smart checkup report system that delivers patient health checkup results in multiple languages (English, Chinese, Japanese), launched to expand accessibility for international patients using the global health screening portal.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves 1.4 million+ examinees annually across 8 centers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Guardant HealthcoreTechnology or Integration · 5 March 2026KMI and Guardant Health signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on March 5, 2026, to collaborate on liquid biopsy-based cancer screening and genomic analysis. The partnership aims to develop precision oncology services and an integrated cancer management system in Korea, leveraging Guardant Health's genomic sequencing and liquid biopsy technology.
• Samsung Medical CenterflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partnership for rapid transfer of patients with abnormal screening findings requiring advanced medical treatment. One of over 50 partner hospitals in KMI's referral network.
• Asan Medical Center (서울아산병원)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partnership for advanced medical treatment following health screening. Major tertiary hospital in KMI's network of 50+ referral hospitals.
• Severance Hospital (신촌세브란스병원)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partnership for tertiary care after screening abnormalities. Major university hospital referral partner.
• Seoul National University Hospital (서울대병원)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partnership for advanced diagnostic and treatment services following health screening.
• Central Hospital / Catholic St. Mary's Hospital (etc.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of 50+ affiliated/superior general hospitals for rapid patient referrals after abnormal findings, including additional university hospitals beyond those individually named.
• Omnicare (주식회사 옴니케어)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner providing health checkup reservation agency and personal health screening services, assisting with KMI's service distribution.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Samsung Medical Center Health Screening Center (삼성서울병원 건강검진센터): One of Korea's flagship tertiary hospitals operating a high-volume, premium health screening and cancer screening division. Directly comparable on screening services, but backed by Samsung's full tertiary-care infrastructure — a competitive advantage (and an example) versus KMI's standalone foundation model.
• St. Mary's Health Checkup Center / Seoul St. Mary's Hospital Catholic Screening (가톨릭대학교 서울성모병원 건강검진센터): Korean tertiary hospital-based screening center serving both individual self-pay and NHI screening with precision add-ons. Comparable on screening service mix; structurally backed by a large Catholic hospital system, contrasting with KMI's foundation model.
• Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center (SNUH Gangnam Center): Operates a dedicated Gangnam Center focused on executive health checkups and precision screening, with a globally recognized brand. Comparable in premium precision-program orientation; benefits from SNUH's academic medical brand.
• Asan Medical Center Health Screening & Promotion Center (서울아산병원): Large tertiary hospital's dedicated screening center offering comprehensive and cancer-specific programs. Comparable on tertiary-aligned screening services, with the depth and brand of Asan's clinical infrastructure behind it.
• CHA Bundang Medical Center Health Screening Center (차의과학대학교 강남차병원): Major Korean tertiary hospital group with a dedicated premium 'Chaum' and Bundang checkup center offering comprehensive and precision screening. Comparable on the high-end screening side, but embedded in a broader hospital system — a key structural difference versus KMI's foundation model.

Regional players

• iKang Healthcare Group (中国 / 爱康国宾): One of China's leading private preventive healthcare platforms offering comprehensive physical exams and disease screening with corporate and individual channels. Comparable in B2C/B2B health screening model; China-focused rather than Korean.
• Raffles Medical Group (Singapore): Major integrated private healthcare provider in Singapore and broader Asia with well-known executive health screening and corporate health programs. Comparable in Asia-Pacific premium health checkup positioning and corporate client focus; primarily serves Southeast Asia rather than Korea.
• Meinian Onehealth (中国 / 美年健康): China's largest preventive health screening chain with hundreds of centers nationwide. Comparable in dedicated multi-center health checkup business model and tiered package structure; serves China rather than Korea but represents a comparable scaled model regionally.

Direct peers

• Korea Health Management Association (한국건강관리협회 / KHMA): National association operating a wide network of general health checkup centers across Korea under NHI mandates, plus workplace health screening. Directly comparable in service mix (NHI general checkups, cancer screening, occupational) and distribution model.
• Hanaro Medical Foundation (하나의료재단): One of Korea's largest dedicated health screening foundations, operating multiple nationwide screening centers with similar preventive checkup programs (general, cancer, occupational). Most directly comparable to KMI in business model, scale, and Korean B2C/B2B screening orientation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/kmiinmedia
• Facebookfacebook.com/KOREA.MEDICAL.INSTITUTE
• Instagraminstagram.com/health_kmi

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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