AZ Herentals

What AZ Herentals does

AZ Herentals (legally AZ St.-Elisabeth Herentals vzw) is a regional, non-profit hospital located in Herentals, Belgium, providing professional basic healthcare to the Kempen region. The hospital operates 243 inpatient beds across multiple nursing departments, supported by 1,000+ staff and 160 self-employed physicians, delivering a full range of acute services including emergency care, general and day surgery, maternity care, oncology, radiology, and outpatient consultations. Service volumes are mid-scale — 694 births attended in 2025 and 12 operating theaters indicating moderate regional throughput rather than quaternary complexity. Customer concentration is diffuse, drawing from the general population of the Kempen catchment via emergency access, GP referrals, scheduled appointments, and home-care channels, with no single enterprise payer dominating.

The hospital's technology backbone centers on the nexuzhealth electronic patient record (EPR) system shared across a network of Flemish hospitals, supplemented by patient-facing tools: the mynexuzhealth portal for record/test/appointment access, myRCOVR (co-developed with Jessa Ziekenhuis Hasselt) for ERAS-based digital surgical pathways, the AZH Gids companion app for real-time patient tracking via wristband chips, and a QR-code access control system for visitors. A new energy-neutral sustainable building (Blok M, opened June 2026) houses expanded capacity. The hospital is undergoing a structural transformation: it is merging with AZ Turnhout to form AZ Kempen effective 2027 across three campuses, with Heilig Hartziekenhuis Mol exploring entry to expand to four hospitals.

Revenue is generated primarily through Belgian regulated healthcare tariffs (RIZIV/INAMI standardized fees), supplemented by room supplements (capped at maximum 150% professional fees — among the lowest in Antwerp province), outpatient consultation fees, procedural and surgical billing, and a small podology service paid entirely out-of-pocket. The GTM motion is direct-to-patient and direct-to-consumer: walk-ins, GP referrals, online appointment booking, and home-delivered services such as home chemotherapy via partnership with Wit-Gele Kruis van Antwerpen. Subscription, transaction-fee, and unit-pricing revenue streams coexist, but pricing is substantially regulated and pricing power is constrained by the Belgian public-payer framework. No equity funding, parent company, or M&A sponsorship exists — the entity is a private vzw with no disclosed financials.

Name

AZ Herentals

Legal name

AZ St.-Elisabeth Herentals vzw

Website

https://azherentals.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

AZ Herentals (AZ St.-Elisabeth Herentals vzw) is a 243-bed non-profit regional hospital in Herentals, Belgium, delivering professional basic healthcare — emergency, surgical, maternity, oncology, and outpatient services — to the Kempen region with 1,000+ staff and 160 physicians, currently merging with AZ Turnhout to form AZ Kempen by 2027.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Outpatient Care Centers (6214), Diagnostic Imaging Centers (621512)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital-Integrated Cancer Centers (Acute Oncology Programs) (HLAFAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternity & Perinatal Hospitals (Acute Care) (HLAFAAAJ), Ambulatory Specialty Clinics (Multi-Specialty & Single-Specialty) (HLAFABAA)

Keywords

• General hospital services
• Surgical day care
• Maternity care services
• Electronic patient records
• Home chemotherapy administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Herentals

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Hospital generates revenue through providing medical services including consultations, procedures, hospitalizations, and treatments. Pricing is largely regulated by Belgian healthcare legislation with standard tariffs for insured care and supplements for private rooms and non-conventioned physicians.
2. Outpatient Consultation Fees: Revenue from specialist consultations and outpatient treatments, with different billing for conventioned and non-conventioned physicians
3. Hospitalization and Room Supplements: Additional revenue from patient choice of private or shared rooms, with maximum 150% professional fee supplements charged
4. Medical Procedures and Surgery: Revenue from surgical procedures, diagnostic tests (NMR, RX), and medical interventions performed in the hospital

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AZ Herentals is a regional general hospital providing professional basic healthcare across 243 beds, 12 operating rooms, and multiple nursing departments. Core offerings include emergency care, surgical procedures, maternity services, outpatient consultations, oncology (including home chemotherapy administration), diagnostic imaging, and laboratory services, delivered by over 1,000 staff and 160 physicians under regulated Belgian healthcare tariffs.

Product overview

AZ Herentals is a modern regional hospital (AZ St.-Elisabeth Herentals vzw) offering professional basic healthcare with 243 beds, 1000+ staff members, and 160 physicians. The hospital operates a digital infrastructure centered on its nexuzhealth electronic patient record system, supplemented by patient-facing digital services including the Mynexuzhealth portal for accessing medical records and appointments, the myRCOVR digital care platform for surgical patients, and the AZH Gids companion app for tracking surgical progress. The hospital provides core inpatient services alongside specialized offerings such as home chemotherapy administration, surgical day care, and patient greeting cards, with a new sustainable facility (Blok M) opened in 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 694 births attended in 2025, showing stable maternity service volume
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• nexuzhealth NetworkcoreTechnology or IntegrationAZ Herentals participates in nexuzhealth, a medical cooperation network with other Flemish hospitals for sharing electronic patient records. This enables healthcare providers in partner hospitals to access patient medical data, supporting coordinated care across the regional hospital network.
• Wit-Gele Kruis van AntwerpencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Wit-Gele Kruis van Antwerpen for home administration of antitumor medication (chemotherapy). Home nursing staff are trained to administer subcutaneous injections, allowing patients to receive treatment in their home environment.
• Jessa Ziekenhuis HasseltcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Jessa Ziekenhuis Hasselt to introduce myRCOVR, a digital care platform implementing ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) principles into integrated digital care pathways for surgical patients.
• AZ TurnhoutcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMerger partnership to form AZ Kempen starting 2027, combining AZ Herentals and AZ Turnhout into one hospital organization. The fusion bundles strengths of both hospitals across three campuses to strengthen regional healthcare.
• Heilig Hartziekenhuis MolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHeilig Hartziekenhuis Mol requested to join the AZ Kempen merger trajectory. The three hospitals will investigate whether this possible connection can be shaped in an equitable and strengthening manner.
• Ziekenhuis GeelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Ziekenhuisnetwerk Kempen (ZNK) hospital network together with AZ Turnhout, Heilig Hartziekenhuis Mol, and Ziekenhuis Geel, with aim to evolve into one strong group of four Kempense hospitals.
• KU LeuvenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for INTeRAcT-study on intensive and personalized treatment programs for persons after spinal cord injury or stroke, conducted with KU Leuven, VUB, and To Walk Again.
• VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for INTeRAcT-study on rehabilitation after spinal cord injury or stroke, conducted with KU Leuven, VUB, and To Walk Again rehabilitation center.
• To Walk AgainminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with To Walk Again rehabilitation center for INTeRAcT-study on intensive rehabilitation programs for persons after spinal cord injury or stroke.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AZ Turnhout: Regional hospital in Turnhout in the same Kempen region and confirmed merger partner to form AZ Kempen with AZ Herentals from 2027. Operates a similar general acute-care model with comparable bed scale and serves an overlapping catchment.
• Jessa Ziekenhuis Hasselt: Larger regional hospital in Hasselt and co-development partner for AZ Herentals' myRCOVR digital surgical care platform. Comparable general hospital profile in Limburg with similar digital transformation trajectory.
• Heilig Hartziekenhuis Mol: Regional hospital in Mol that has requested to join the AZ Kempen merger trajectory with AZ Herentals and AZ Turnhout. Comparable in size and general acute-care profile within the same Kempen region.
• Ziekenhuis Geel: Regional hospital in Geel and current member of Ziekenhuisnetwerk Kempen alongside AZ Herentals. Comparable regional general hospital profile serving the same Kempen catchment.
• AZ Sint-Jan Brugge: Large regional general hospital in Bruges with a comparable multi-specialty offering and similar Belgian non-profit hospital structure. Provides a useful benchmark for clinical scale and digital maturity.
• AZ Delta: Regional hospital network formed by the merger of multiple West Flemish hospitals, directly comparable to AZ Herentals' planned AZ Kempen trajectory in terms of multi-campus consolidation strategy.
• Maria Middelares: Regional hospital in Ghent with similar size, multi-specialty profile, and non-profit structure to AZ Herentals. Useful comparable for digital patient engagement and outpatient service development.

Broad incumbents

• UZ Leuven: Largest university hospital in Belgium and dominant Flemish academic center. Represents the upper-tier incumbent that captures complex specialty cases that AZ Herentals cannot, defining the ceiling on AZ Herentals' clinical scope.
• UZ Antwerpen (UZA): University hospital in Antwerp providing tertiary and quaternary care for the broader Antwerp province, including the Kempen region. Represents the regional higher-acuity competitor that captures referrals AZ Herentals cannot service.
• UZ Gent: Major Flemish university hospital with a broad specialty portfolio. Relevant as a reference point for academic partnerships and as a structural competitor for high-acuity cases across Flanders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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