Harmony Medical Service

What Harmony Medical Service does

Harmony Medical Service, now operating as VYV Équipement Médical, is a French medical equipment company founded in 1997 and headquartered in Saint-Benoit, France. It sells and rents medical devices for home care (maintien à domicile) and for healthcare professionals, distributing curated products from third-party manufacturers such as Beurer, Spengler, Herdegen, Medela, Invacare, and Amoena. The product catalog spans mobility equipment (wheelchairs, walkers, rollators, scooters), hospital beds and bedroom equipment, incontinence products, orthopedic devices, bathroom safety equipment, lift chairs, professional medical supplies (diagnostics, consumables, physiotherapy), and daily living aids.

The business operates a hybrid omnichannel model combining 65+ physical agencies across France with a national e-commerce platform at vyv-equipement-medical.fr. The company is a subsidiary of VYV, a French mutualist healthcare and insurance conglomerate, and historically operated under the Harmony Medical Service and HMS Vilgo brands. It serves two primary customer segments: individuals/caregivers managing loss of autonomy, post-hospitalization recovery, or disability at home, and healthcare professionals/establishments requiring standards-compliant equipment and consumables.

Revenue is generated through two main streams: direct sale of medical equipment (hardware sales, unit pricing with promotional discounts up to 23%) and rental of devices including hospital beds, wheelchairs, patient lifts, verticalizers, and electrostimulation units, with delivery, installation, and maintenance included. Strategic partnerships with La Maison Saint-Gobain (home adaptation), Stannah (stairlifts), Domitys (senior residences), and Spengler (diagnostics) extend the offering into a broader home-care ecosystem. The company employs 501–1,000 people and does not develop proprietary technology beyond its e-commerce and agency operating platform.

Name

Harmony Medical Service

Legal name

VYV Équipement Médical

Website

https://harmonie-medical-service.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

VYV Équipement Médical (formerly Harmony Medical Service) sells and rents medical equipment for home care and healthcare professionals in France through 65+ physical agencies and a national e-commerce platform, as a subsidiary of the VYV group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-benoit

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical equipment sales: Sale of medical equipment to individuals (maintenance à domicile), caregivers, and healthcare professionals. Products span mobility aids, incontinence supplies, bedroom equipment, orthopedics, bathroom safety, professional medical supplies, and wellness products. Both retail (online and in-store) and agency-based sales channels are used.
2. Medical equipment rental: Rental of medical devices including hospital beds, wheelchairs, tracheal aspirators, patient lifts, verticalizers, specialized mattresses, neurostimulators/TENS units, and perineal rehabilitation devices. Rental provides flexibility for short-term convalescence or long-term assistance, with delivery, installation, and maintenance services included.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Harmony Medical Service (operating as VYV Équipement Médical) sells and rents medical equipment for home care and healthcare professionals through an e-commerce platform and a network of 65+ physical agencies across France. The catalog covers mobility aids, incontinence products, hospital beds, bathroom safety equipment, lift chairs, orthopedics, diagnostic devices, and professional medical supplies, with delivery, installation, and after-sales service provided through local agencies.

Product overview

VYV Équipement Médical operates as an online medical equipment retail and rental platform, formerly known as Harmony Medical Service. The company offers a unified e-commerce platform combining both sales and rental services across 10+ product categories: Daily Living Aids (beauty, wellness, diagnostic devices, maternity, senior multimedia, nutrition, eating aids, technical assistance, menstrual products, electrostimulation), Incontinence Products, Lift Chairs, Bathroom & WC Equipment, Mobility Equipment (wheelchairs, walkers, canes, crutches, scooters, verticalizers), Hospital Beds & Bedroom Equipment, Orthopedic Products, and Professional Medical Equipment (consumables, diagnostics, physiotherapy, first aid). The rental service (powered by Harmonie Medical Service infrastructure at mcprod.harmonie-medical-service.fr) offers short-term and long-term rentals of key equipment like hospital beds, wheelchairs, patient lifts, and specialized mattresses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HMS Vilgo: A brand of medical equipment and bedroom products including mattresses and positioning cushions.

Products and services

• Mobility Equipment Range of wheelchairs (manual and electric), walkers, rollators, canes, crutches, scooters for disabled persons, verticalizers, vehicle adaptations, threshold ramps, and adapted bicycles for individuals with limited mobility.
• Incontinence Products
• Lift Chairs (Fauteuils Releveurs)
• Bathroom & WC Equipment
• Hospital Beds & Bedroom Equipment
• Orthopedic Products
• Professional Medical Equipment
• Medical Equipment Rental Service
• Daily Living Aids

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered notable partner and minor.

• Spenglernotable partnerTechnology or IntegrationSpengler is a recognized brand for medical diagnostic equipment (ECG, blood pressure monitors, stethoscopes). VYV Équipement Médical features Spengler products and highlights the remarkable performance and reputation of Spengler ECG devices on their partner showcase page.
• Stannahnotable partnerTechnology or IntegrationStannah is featured as a partner offering innovative solutions to facilitate mobility at home. Stannah specializes in stairlifts and home accessibility products, complementing VYV's home care equipment range.
• La Maison Saint-Gobainnotable partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa Maison Saint-Gobain partners with VYV Équipement Médical to support individuals with loss of autonomy or disabilities, addressing the challenge of poorly adapted housing. The partnership focuses on home adaptation solutions to improve daily living for vulnerable populations.
• DomitysminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDomitys, a reference in senior residences, is featured as a partner. The partnership targets elderly customers by offering an exceptionally designed living environment, aligning with VYV's home care and senior wellness positioning.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Invacare: Global DME manufacturer (mobility, respiratory, home-care beds) listed as one of VYV's named brand partners. Not a direct retail competitor, but a supplier-adjacent relationship and a potential disintermediation vector if it sells more direct.

Broad incumbents

• VitalAire (Air Liquide Healthcare): Home healthcare subsidiary of Air Liquide providing respiratory, sleep apnea, and home medical services across France. Overlaps with VYV's rental of tracheal aspirators, TENS units, and hospital beds in the home-care channel.
• Hartmann France: Subsidiary of German medical supplies group Paul Hartmann, supplying wound care, incontinence, and hygiene products to healthcare establishments. Comparable professional-grade consumables and incontinence portfolio.
• Pharmacie Lafayette: French pharmacy network that has expanded into DME, orthopedics, and home-care product categories. Competes with VYV in the consumer DME aisle and benefits from prescription traffic.
• Coloplast France: Subsidiary of Danish medical device group Coloplast, specializing in ostomy, continence, and wound care. Comparable incontinence and home-care product overlap; also a potential supplier-adjacent relationship.

Direct peers

• LVL Médical: French home medical equipment specialist focused on respiratory and infusion therapies, now part of the Bastide group. Directly comparable as a DME rental/provider serving patients at home across France.
• Bastide Médical: French listed home medical equipment provider offering sale and rental of DME (respiratory, perfusion, nutrition, mobility) to B2B (clinics, hospitals) and B2C patients. Closest publicly comparable peer by business model, customer mix, and geographic footprint in France.
• Distrimed: French online and catalog distributor of medical equipment and consumables to healthcare professionals (clinics, hospitals, EHPAD). Comparable B2B wholesale-distribution angle of VYV's professional medical equipment business.

Emerging players

• Sphère-Santé: French online specialist in incontinence, mobility, and home-care DME, serving B2C customers across France. Comparable catalog overlap with VYV's incontinence and daily living aids categories.

Regional players

• Orliman France: French distribution arm of Spanish orthopedic manufacturer Orliman, focused on orthoses, braces, and orthopedic supports. Comparable overlap with VYV's orthopedic product category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@vyvequipementmedical
• Facebookfacebook.com/HarmonieMedicalService
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vyv-equipement-medical
• Instagraminstagram.com/vyv_equipement_medical

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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