What Europa Group does

Europa Group (legal entity 1987 SAS) is a privately held French healthcare information, education, and communications platform headquartered in Toulouse, founded in 1987. The group operates four integrated business pillars: Courses & Congresses (organizing 135 medical congresses per year across 26 countries with 115,000 participants, anchored by the flagship EuroPCR cardiology congress and run through Europa Organisation, Downtown Europe, K.I.T. Group, and Insight Outside); Digital & Publishing (50+ medical publications reaching 900,000+ readers annually, including Edimark's 27 specialty journals, APM International, and 1Health's animal and human health media); Training & Education (10,000+ learners per year, 60+ DPC-certified online courses, and the Sauv'Gard program training 7,500+ paramedical staff annually through ID Webformation and integrated congress workshops); and Communication & Services (medical education, sales force support, advisory boards, webinars, and targeted press relations for pharmaceutical and MedTech clients via PRPA, Bosphore Sense, AGM, and Publiclin').

The platform is built on a federation of 20+ wholly-owned specialized subsidiaries rather than a single integrated technology stack, supported by digital infrastructure for e-learning (ID Webformation), digital publishing (web, mobile, podcast, video), congress management (participant, speaker, exhibitor, AV, and hotel booking systems), and attendee management. Revenue is generated through four parallel streams: professional services fees for congress organization (registration fees, exhibitor sponsorships); subscription and recurring revenue from medical publishing; professional services for DPC-certified training programs; and bespoke communication, medical education, and PR services billed to pharmaceutical and MedTech enterprises. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; all four streams operate on custom enterprise contracts.

The group serves three core customer segments: healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists) seeking continuing education and medical updates; medical societies and professional organizations (AFC, EAPCI, SFC, Institut Curie, HCL, CNCH, LINNC, RICAI, JNLF) requiring congress production and community management; and pharmaceutical and MedTech companies (Sanofi, Pfizer, Roche, Novartis, MSD, BMS, Amgen, Gilead, Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, Abbott, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Royal Canin) purchasing medical education, congress presence, and targeted communication. The group employs 550+ people across France (Toulouse, Paris, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lyon), Belgium (Brussels), and Germany (Berlin via K.I.T. Group), and is in the process of becoming a Société à Mission under France's PACTE law.

Name

Europa Group

Legal name

1987 SAS

Website

https://europa-group.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Europa Group is a French healthcare information and education platform that organizes 135 medical congresses annually across 26 countries, publishes 50+ medical journals reaching 900,000+ readers, trains 10,000+ healthcare professionals yearly, and delivers medical education and communication services to pharmaceutical and MedTech companies through 20+ specialized subsidiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Information, Education & Communication Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical, Scientific & Healthcare Congress Organizers (THAHACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Medical Congresses (MPAGAGAF), Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ), Medical & Clinical Reference (Physicians, Nursing, Allied Health) (EDAGAGAA), Healthcare & Life Sciences PR (MPAAADAD), Medical & Health Sciences Congresses (THAHAJAA)

Keywords

• Medical congress organization
• Healthcare publishing services
• Continuing medical education
• Medical communication services
• Healthcare event management

Headquarters

HQ city

Toulouse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Congress Organization Services: Europa Group designs, organizes, and manages medical congresses as producer, co-producer, or professional congress organizer. Revenue comes from registration fees, exhibitor sponsorships, and related services. The company organizes 135 congresses annually across 26 countries with 115,000 participants.
2. Publishing and Digital Media: Publishing and distribution of scientific and medical academic and journalistic publications in print and digital formats. Includes academic journals, news bulletins, special editions, community websites, and multimedia content. Serves over 900,000 annual readers across more than 50 publications.
3. Training and Education Services: Healthcare professional training including in-person training for health center employees, e-learning DPC training for liberal professionals, and integrated DPC workshops at congresses. Services over 10,000 learners annually with 60+ certified courses.
4. Communication Services to Pharma and MedTech: Medical education, communication strategy, sales force support, scientific events organization, marketing campaigns, and targeted press relations for pharmaceutical and medical technology companies. Delivers over 60 seminars, 40+ webinars, and 16 advisory boards annually.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Europa Group designs, organizes, and manages medical congresses worldwide, publishes scientific and medical journals and digital content, delivers continuing professional development (DPC) training for healthcare professionals, and provides medical communication services to pharmaceutical and MedTech companies. It operates four business pillars: Courses & Congresses, Digital & Publishing, Training & Education, and Communication & Services, serving as a trusted intermediary connecting healthcare professionals, medical societies, and industry stakeholders.

Product overview

Europa Group operates as a multi-faceted healthcare information and education company with four core business pillars: Courses & Congresses (135 congresses/year across 26 countries), Digital & Publishing (50+ publications with 900,000+ readers), Training & Education (10,000+ learners/year), and Communication & Services. The company functions as a platform of specialized subsidiaries rather than a single unified product, with key brands including Europa Organisation (congress management), APM International (health news), Edimark (27 medical journals), PCR/EuroPCR (cardiology education), 1Health (animal/human health media), ID Webformation (dental e-learning), and PRPA (health PR). Recent acquisitions include K.I.T. Group (2026) for worldwide congress capacity and 1Health (2023) for animal health expansion. The group serves as a trusted third party connecting healthcare professionals with pharmaceutical and MedTech industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Europa Organisation: Professional congress organizer (PCO) designing and delivering medical conferences worldwide.
• PCR
• APM International
• Edimark
• ID Webformation
• AGM / AGM Digital / AGM Com
• Downtown Europe
• Insight Outside
• Bosphore Sense
• 1Health
• K.I.T. Group
• CHAM
• PRPA
• PubliClin
• Meeting Lab
• Philia Medical Editions

Products and services

• Courses & Congresses End-to-end medical congress organization services including event management, scientific program design, speaker coordination, exhibitor management, technical and audiovisual production, and hotel booking. Europa Group delivers 135 congresses per year across 26 countries reaching 115,000 participants annually through its Europa Organisation subsidiary and other PCOs (Downtown Europe, Insight Outside, K.I.T. Group).
• Digital & Publishing Scientific and medical publishing and distribution in print and digital formats, including academic journals, news bulletins, special editions, community websites, podcasts, and video content. Manages 50+ medical publications reaching 900,000+ annual readers through Edimark (27 journals), APM International, L'Information Dentaire, 1Health, and other publishing subsidiaries.
• Training & Education Healthcare professional training services delivered through in-person training for health center employees, e-learning DPC (Développement Professionnel Continu) training for liberal professionals, and virtual classroom formats. Includes ID Webformation (over 10,000 annual learners, 60+ certified DPC courses for dentists, pharmacists, doctors, and nurses), Sauv'Gard (7,500+ paramedical professionals trained annually), and integrated DPC workshops at congresses.
• Communication & Services Medical communication services for pharmaceutical and MedTech companies including medical education (Publiclin), sales force support, scientific event organization (symposia, advisory boards, webinars), marketing campaigns, and targeted health press relations (PRPA). Delivers over 60 seminars, 40+ webinars, and 16 advisory boards annually for clients such as Sanofi, Pfizer, Roche, Abbott, Novartis, MSD, and Medtronic.

Quantifiable outcome

• Customer satisfaction score of 9.2/10 for congress services
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 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

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• K.I.T. GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 June 2026Europa Group acquired K.I.T. Group, a Berlin-based congress management agency with offices in eleven cities and a worldwide partner network. K.I.T. Group has organized over 3,500 congresses across five continents and is certified ISO 20121:2024 and ISO 27001. This acquisition strengthens Europa Group's global congress organization capabilities.
• 1HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 January 2023Europa Group acquired 1Health, a multi-channel media and services group active in human and animal health. The acquisition expanded Europa's activities in animal and environmental health while reinforcing its presence in human health within a holistic health approach.
• AbbottminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• SanofiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor pharmaceutical partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• PfizerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• RocheminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• Novartis (through Takeda)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• Boehringer IngelheimminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• MSDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• Bristol-Myers SquibbminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• AmgenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBiotechnology partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• GileadminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• LillyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• MedtronicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedTech partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• Boston ScientificminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedTech partner supporting Europa Group's congress and communication activities.
• Royal CaninminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnimal health partner supporting Europa Group's animal health activities.
• CNAM (Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench national health insurance institution partner for healthcare information initiatives.
• LEEM (Les Entreprises du Médicament)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench pharmaceutical industry association partner for healthcare information initiatives.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Kenes Group: Kenes Group is one of the world's largest dedicated Professional Congress Organizers (PCOs) focused on medical and scientific associations, organizing hundreds of congresses annually. Directly comparable to Europa Organisation/Europa Group's congress organization core business with similar society-client base and global reach.
• MCI Group: MCI Group is a global meetings, events, and association management company with a large healthcare and life sciences practice (MCI Health). Directly comparable to Europa Group across congress organization, association management, and HCP engagement services at similar scale.
• Springer Healthcare: Springer Healthcare is a medical communications and publishing business within Springer Nature, offering medical education, publications, and congress-related services to pharma clients. Directly overlaps with Europa Group's Communication & Services and Digital & Publishing divisions serving pharma.
• Congrex Switzerland: Congrex is an association and conference management company serving medical and scientific associations across Europe. Direct peer to Europa Organisation in providing PCO services to medical societies and associations.
• Doc Congress: Doc Congress is a Professional Congress Organizer specializing in medical and scientific congresses across Europe. Direct peer to Europa Organisation in the European medical PCO market.

Broad incumbents

• Elsevier (RELX): Elsevier publishes major medical journals (The Lancet, Cell) and operates clinical decision support and education platforms. Overlaps with Europa Group's medical publishing business as a global incumbent in scientific and medical publishing.
• Informa (Health/Pharma Intelligence): Informa operates large-scale healthcare events (e.g., ESC Congress, Arab Health) and pharma intelligence services. Comparable to Europa Group as a broader incumbent spanning healthcare congresses, publishing, and intelligence, though at much larger scale and with broader industry coverage.
• Wolters Kluwer Health: Wolters Kluwer Health provides medical journals, clinical decision tools, and continuing medical education (Lippincott, Ovid, UpToDate). Comparable to Europa Group's Digital & Publishing and Training & Education divisions as a much larger incumbent in medical publishing and clinician education.

Emerging players

• Medscape (WebMD Health Corp): Medscape is a leading digital medical education and news platform for physicians. Comparable to Europa Group's digital publishing and e-learning offerings as a digital-native healthcare professional education and information platform.

Others

• Ogilvy Health: Ogilvy Health is a large healthcare-focused communications and PR agency serving pharma clients with medical education, brand communications, and HCP engagement. Comparable to Europa Group's Communication & Services division (PRPA, Bosphore Sense, Publiclin') at a larger agency-network scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A4 records

Investments

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