What Vivantes does

Vivantes - Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH is Germany's largest municipal hospital group, founded in 2001 through the consolidation of Berlin's public hospital infrastructure and wholly owned by the State of Berlin (Land Berlin). The network operates 9 hospitals (including Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum, Humboldt-Klinikum, Klinikum Am Urban, Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Klinikum Neukölln, and Klinikum Spandau), 13 MVZ (Medical Care Centers) with over 80 specialist practices, plus ambulatory rehabilitation, hospice, and senior care services, employing 20,000+ staff including 2,823 doctors and performing 95,611 operations in 2025. Berlin-based and Brandenburg-adjacent, the organization serves as the city's largest emergency medicine provider and runs six birth clinics delivering 10,000+ births per year, alongside specialty referral centers for prostate surgery (HoLEP and Greenlight laser), oncology, ECMO, obesity, and dermatology.

Vivantes' technology stack combines physical clinical infrastructure with a growing digital layer: the MEIN.Vivantes mobile app for appointment and document management, a Symptom-Lotse triage tool, a Klinisches Datenzentrum for clinical data management, and a Telemonitoringzentrum for remote patient monitoring. Specialized clinical capabilities include Berlin's largest da Vinci robotic surgery program, internationally recognized expertise in Holmium laser prostate enucleation (HoLEP), and Greenlight laser procedures (532nm) — the latter embedded in German reimbursement pathways via approval from Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss. Brand reputation is supported by 2025 patient satisfaction ratings of 1.5–1.9 across medical care, nursing, and accommodation dimensions and membership in the Initiative Qualitätsmedizin (IQM) quality reporting initiative.

The business model is reimbursement-driven under Germany's public healthcare system: Vivantes bills statutory health insurance (GKV) and private health insurance (PKV) for inpatient acute care, outpatient procedures through the MVZ network, ambulatory rehabilitation across cardiac, neurological, oncological, and orthopedic specialties, hospice and end-of-life care, and long- and short-term senior nursing through Vivantes Hauptstadtpflege. Go-to-market is sales-led and place-based rather than discretionary consumer marketing: patients access services via the 9 hospital locations, 13 MVZ centers, referrals from primary care physicians, and the public healthcare infrastructure. Recent commercial activity is limited to a 2026 partnership with Berliner Stadtwerke to install photovoltaic systems on two hospital rooftops, signaling operational modernization rather than market expansion.

Name

Vivantes

Legal name

Vivantes - Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH

Website

https://vivantes.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Vivantes is Germany's largest municipal hospital group, owned by the State of Berlin, operating 9 hospitals, 13 outpatient care centers with 80+ specialist practices, plus rehabilitation, hospice, and senior care services across Berlin and Brandenburg, serving 20,000+ employees and 95,611 annual operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Healthcare Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623), Offices of Physicians (62111)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Hospice Agencies (HLAFAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Palliative Care Clinics & Outpatient Programs (HLADAHAF), Specialty Palliative Care (e.g., oncology, CHF/COPD, dementia) (HLADAHAJ), End-of-Life 24/7 In-Home Care (Hospice Support) (HSABAHAG), Facility-Based Respite (Assisted Living/SNF/Memory Care Short Stays) (HLADAKAB)

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Municipal hospital group
• Outpatient medical centers
• Rehabilitation and hospice care
• Senior nursing facilities

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hospital and Medical Services Revenue: Reimbursement from statutory health insurance (GKV) and private insurance (PKV) for hospital treatments, surgeries, emergency care, and outpatient services through the public healthcare system
2. Rehabilitation Services: Ambulatory rehabilitation services in cardiology, neurology, oncology, and orthopedics reimbursed through the healthcare system
3. Senior Care and Nursing Services: Vivantes Hauptstadtpflege provides long-term and short-term nursing care, senior living facilities
4. Hospice Services: Stationary hospice and outpatient hospice services for end-of-life care

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Vivantes operates a comprehensive municipal healthcare network in Berlin consisting of 9 hospitals, 13 outpatient medical care centers (MVZ) with over 80 specialist practices, an ambulatory rehabilitation day clinic, a hospice, and senior care/nursing facilities. It also runs specialized treatment centers for prostate cancer, obesity, oncology, lung cancer, skin tumors, and ECMO, along with digital patient services such as the MEIN.Vivantes app and remote telemonitoring.

Product overview

Vivantes is a comprehensive healthcare network operating as a unified platform combining multiple service lines: 9 hospitals (Krankenhausnetzwerk), 13 outpatient care centers with over 80 specialist practices (MVZ Facharztpraxen), full-day ambulatory rehabilitation (Vivantes Rehabilitation), hospice services (Vivantes Hospiz), and senior care homes (Vivantes Hauptstadtpflege). The network also operates specialized centers including the Prostatazentrum, Tumorzentrum, Hauttumorzentrum, Lungenkrebszentrum, ECMO-Zentrum, Berliner Adipositas Zentrum, and Emphysemzentrum. Digital patient services include the MEIN.Vivantes app, Symptom-Lotse, digital document exchange, clinical data center, and telemonitoring center. Vivantes performs approximately 95,611 operations annually across 249 facilities with 2,823 doctors, making it Germany's largest municipal hospital group.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MEIN.Vivantes: Digital patient app for appointment booking and health management
• Vivantes Prostatazentrum Berlin
• Berliner Adipositas Zentrum
• ECMO-Zentrum
• Hauttumorzentrum
• Lungenkrebszentrum

Products and services

• Vivantes Krankenhausnetzwerk (Hospital Network) A network of 9 hospitals across Berlin including Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum, Humboldt-Klinikum, Klinikum Am Urban, Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Klinikum Kaulsdorf, Klinikum Neukölln, Klinikum Spandau, Wenckebach-Klinikum, and Ida-Wolff-Krankenhaus, offering comprehensive inpatient medical care to patients in Berlin and Brandenburg.
• Vivantes MVZ Facharztpraxen (Medical Care Centers)

Quantifiable outcome

• 95,611 operations performed in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Berliner StadtwerkemoderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2026Berliner Stadtwerke is installing photovoltaic systems on rooftops of two Vivantes hospitals (Humboldt-Klinikum in Reinickendorf and Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum in Schöneberg) comprising 2,049 solar modules. The generated solar power will be used exclusively for on-site self-consumption by the hospitals. The project is part of Berlin's municipal push to expand renewable energy infrastructure on public buildings.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sana Kliniken: Germany's third-largest private hospital chain with 50+ facilities including acute hospitals, rehabilitation, and senior care. Comparable multi-line service portfolio (hospital + rehab + senior care) and broad specialty offering similar to Vivantes.
• Asklepios Kliniken: Hamburg-based private hospital group operating over 150 facilities across Germany. Comparable as a large, multi-specialty hospital operator with a regional anchor model, similar MVZ-style outpatient strategies, and overlapping specialty portfolios.
• Helios Kliniken: Germany's largest private hospital operator (Fresenius subsidiary) with ~90 hospitals nationwide. Comparable in scale, multi-specialty acute care focus, and integrated service model, but privately capitalized and present across multiple regions unlike Vivantes.
• Städtisches Klinikum München: Munich municipal hospital association operating multiple sites under city ownership. Directly comparable as a German municipal hospital group facing similar reimbursement, capital, and governance dynamics as Vivantes.
• Klinikum Stuttgart: Large German municipal hospital group comparable in public ownership structure, scale (~2,500+ beds), and multi-site acute/ambulatory offering. Useful as a peer benchmark for publicly-owned acute hospital operators.
• Schoen Klinik: Privately-held German hospital group focused on specialty medicine with strong positions in orthopedics, psychosomatics, and neurology. Comparable as a German acute care operator with concentrated specialty expertise and premium care positioning.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Berlin's other major public hospital network and university medical center. Directly comparable as a Berlin-based public-sector acute care provider competing with Vivantes for tertiary referrals, research cases, and specialty patient flows across the same geography.

Broad incumbents

• Ameos: Swiss-headquartered hospital and care group with German operations spanning acute hospitals, psychiatric facilities, and senior care. Comparable as a multi-vertical healthcare operator in German-speaking markets.
• SRH Kliniken: German non-profit hospital group with facilities across multiple regions, offering acute care, rehabilitation, and senior services. Comparable multi-line care portfolio and regional operating model.
• BG Kliniken (BG Klinikum): Network of German occupational accident hospitals providing acute trauma, rehabilitation, and specialty care. Comparable as a German public-interest hospital operator offering integrated acute and rehabilitation services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/Vivantes
• Facebookfacebook.com/vivantes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vivantesgmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/vivantes.berlin
• Xx.com/vivantes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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