Medikompass

What Medikompass does

Medikompass is a German online price comparison and auction marketplace for elective medical treatments, founded in 2006 and operated by PVMs Shelter GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of the PVM AG conglomerate. The platform is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main and maintained a small team (1-10 employees), with its core product focused on dental treatments (Zahnersatz) and a secondary extension into eye laser procedures (Augenlaser-Preisvergleich). Patients submit treatment requests specifying their needs and location, then receive competitive bids from registered dentists in their region, enabling claimed average savings of 40%+ (up to 60%) on dental procedures, with over 1,000 EUR in average savings per price comparison for prosthetics.

The platform is free for patients and monetizes by charging dentists and dental practices subscription or participation fees to access patient leads and submit competitive bids. Supplementary features include a dentist ratings and reviews system (Zahnarzt-Bewertungen), a Heil- und Kostenplan-Service that decodes German dental billing schedules (BEMA, GOZ fee codes and Festzuschuss subsidies), and SEO-optimized city-specific landing pages covering 30+ German cities. Marketing is primarily organic, relying on search-engine visibility, educational content, patient reviews, and word-of-mouth referrals, with one documented GTM partnership with the statutory health insurer Techniker Krankenkasse (TK).

Operationally, Medikompass is a long-running but small-scale digital marketplace with no disclosed revenue, no app or public API, no AI/ML capabilities, and a single 2012 funding round led by German Media Pool with participation from RI Digital Ventures. Its primary commercial value is its established content moat in German dental treatment information and its two-sided network of patients and dental practices, though absence of recent capital raises, headcount expansion, or product diversification signals indicates a stable but non-accelerating business sustained within the PVM AG portfolio.

Name

Medikompass

Legal name

PVMs Shelter GmbH

Website

https://medikompass.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Medikompass is a German online price comparison and auction platform founded in 2006 that connects patients seeking dental and eye laser treatments with competing German dentists, operating as a free patient service monetized via dentist participation fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Dental practice subscription/participation fees: The platform is free for patients. Revenue is generated from dentists and dental practices who pay to participate in the price comparison auctions and receive treatment requests from patients. The service enables dentists to acquire patients through competitive pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Medikompass operates an online price comparison and auction platform that connects patients seeking dental (and select eye laser) treatments with registered German dentists who submit competing bids. Patients submit treatment requests online, receive multiple competitive offers from dentists in their region, and can save an average of 40% (up to 60%) on treatment costs. The platform is free for patients; dentists pay to participate and acquire new patients through the auction mechanism.

Product overview

Medikompass operates as a dental price comparison marketplace, functioning as a unified platform where patients can obtain competitive bids for planned medical treatments. The core offering consists of the Zahnarzt-Preisvergleich (dental price comparison) service, supplemented by the Zahnarzt-Auktionen (dental auction) mechanism. Additional modules include the Zahnarzt-Bewertungen (dentist ratings) system and the Heil- und Kostenplan-Service for understanding treatment cost documentation. The platform also extends to Augenlaser-Preisvergleich (eye laser treatments) as a secondary service. All treatment types—bridges, crowns, implants, prosthetics, bleaching, and preventive care—are facilitated through the same comparison and bidding infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Zahnarzt-Preisvergleich (Dental Price Comparison) Core price comparison platform that allows patients in Germany to specify their dental treatment needs and location, then receive multiple competitive offers from rated dentists in their region. Patients can compare bids, schedule consultations, and save on treatment costs.
• Zahnarzt-Auktionen (Dental Auctions) Auction-based service where patients submit dental treatment requests and dentists submit competing bids, enabling savings of up to 60% on dental costs. Patients review offers and select a dentist for a non-binding consultation.
• Augenlaser-Preisvergleich (Eye Laser Price Comparison)

Quantifiable outcome

• 40%+ average savings on dental treatments
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Techniker Krankenkasse (TK)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerHealth insurance partnership. Patients with TK insurance use the platform for dental price comparisons. One case study mentions a TK patient saving nearly 9,000 EUR through the platform and the insurance company eventually requiring a dental expert assessment (Gutachter) for the treatment plan.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Doctena: European online appointment-booking platform for doctors and dentists operating across Benelux, Germany, and other European markets. Doctena is a regional marketplace peer focused on the same patient-provider matching Medikompass addresses.
• Doctoralia: European doctor and dentist directory and appointment platform (owned by Docplanner). Doctoralia overlaps with Medikompass in patient-acquisition and decision-support for dental practices across multiple European geographies.

Direct peers

• BetterDoc: German specialist appointment and second-opinion service for patients. BetterDoc competes in the same patient-acquisition and decision-support category for medical procedures that Medikompass addresses in the dental vertical.
• Jameda: Germany's leading doctor and dentist review and appointment-booking platform. Jameda directly overlaps with Medikompass in connecting patients with dental practices and competes for both dentist and patient mindshare in Germany.
• 1Dental: US dental discount and savings platform that aggregates reduced-rate dental care for consumers. 1Dental's discount/marketplace model and consumer value proposition of lowering dental costs is directly analogous to Medikompass's model in Germany.
• Zocdoc: US-based online marketplace for medical appointments that surfaces price and availability information. Zocdoc's marketplace model, two-sided platform, and patient-acquisition value proposition for providers closely mirror Medikompass's model in the German dental vertical.
• Arzttermine.de: German online appointment booking platform for doctors and dentists. Arzttermine.de directly competes with Medikompass in patient acquisition and appointment funnel support for dental practices in Germany.
• DentalPlans.com: US dental savings plan marketplace connecting consumers with dentists offering discounted rates. DentalPlans.com operates a near-identical two-sided value proposition to Medikompass: a consumer-facing dental cost-savings platform monetized via dentist/supplier participation.

Emerging players

• Zava: European online health service providing consultations, prescriptions, and treatment information. Zava intersects with Medikompass in digital health consumer services and price/transparency for elective medical treatments across Europe.

Broad incumbents

• Doctolib: Europe's largest health booking platform, dominant in Germany and France, with a meaningful share of dentist appointments. Doctolib offers overlapping patient-acquisition and booking capabilities for dental practices as part of a much broader healthcare platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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