Community Blood Center of The Ozarks

What Community Blood Center of The Ozarks does

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) is a nonprofit community blood center founded in 1995 and headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. The organization collects, tests, processes, and distributes whole blood, red blood cells, platelets, and plasma through four fixed donor centers (Springfield and Joplin, Missouri; Springdale and Bentonville, Arkansas) and a network of mobile blood drives that account for over 50% of donations and are organized by volunteer coordinators at schools, businesses, churches, and first responder organizations. CBCO is the sole provider of blood products to 44 healthcare facilities across northwest Arkansas, southeast Kansas, and southwest Missouri, with daily collection demand exceeding 200 donations to meet regional transfusion need.

The technology stack supporting operations consists of donor engagement and logistics tooling rather than proprietary platforms: Donor QuickPass enables online pre-donation health questionnaires; a Donor Portal integrated with the Forcytesp scheduling platform supports appointment booking and health history access; the LifePoints rewards program incentivizes repeat donation; and the Thank the Donor system enables anonymous recipient-to-donor messaging. Specialized collection of O Negative and CMV Negative units serves neonatal and pediatric transfusion use cases. CBCO maintains AABB accreditation and is an active member of America's Blood Centers.

Revenue is generated on a transaction-fee basis through the supply of blood products to hospitals and healthcare facilities, with specific hospital pricing not publicly disclosed. Blood donation itself is voluntary and uncompensated. The customer base is exclusively the 44 hospital clients in the tri-state region, with anchor relationships including Mercy Hospital Springfield, Cox Hospital Springfield, Arkansas Children's Hospital Northwest, and North Arkansas Regional Medical Center. The organization is independently operated as a nonprofit, with no parent company, no funding rounds, and no equity holders identified in the source material.

Name

Community Blood Center of The Ozarks

Legal name

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks

Website

https://cbco.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks is a nonprofit blood center operating four donor centers and a mobile drive network as the sole supplier of blood, plasma, and platelets to 44 healthcare facilities across northwest Arkansas, southeast Kansas, and southwest Missouri.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blood Banking Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Blood, Organ & Tissue Donation Organizations (BPAGACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Blood Bank, Transfusion Medicine & Immunohematology (HLAHAAAH)

Keywords

• Blood banking services
• Blood donation services
• Blood product supply
• Mobile blood drives
• Apheresis donation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Springfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Blood Products to Hospitals: CBCO is the sole provider of blood, plasma, and platelets to 44 healthcare facilities in northwest Arkansas, southeast Kansas, and southwest Missouri. Revenue is generated by supplying blood products to hospitals and healthcare facilities.
2. Mobile Blood Drive Services: Organizing and conducting mobile blood drives at community locations including schools, businesses, churches, and community centers. Over 50% of donations come from mobile drives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks collects, tests, processes, and distributes whole blood, red blood cells, platelets, and plasma from volunteer donors through four fixed donor centers and a network of mobile blood drives. The organization supplies these blood products exclusively to 44 hospitals and healthcare facilities in northwest Arkansas, southeast Kansas, and southwest Missouri for trauma care, surgical procedures, cancer treatments, and neonatal/pediatric transfusions. It also operates a mobile blood drive hosting program that enables community organizations, schools, and businesses to organize on-site donation events with CBCO supplying equipment, staff, and coordinator support.

Product overview

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) is a nonprofit blood banking organization operating as a platform of fixed donor centers supplemented by a mobile blood drive network. The core product is whole blood collection, with specialized apheresis services for plasma and platelets. Supporting the donation experience are digital add-on modules including Donor QuickPass for pre-registration, a Donor Portal for appointment management, the LifePoints reward program, and the Thank the Donor communication system. CBCO maintains four permanent donor centers in Springfield MO, Joplin MO, Springdale AR, and Bentonville AR, while also providing mobile drive hosting services to community organizations. The organization serves as the exclusive blood supplier to 44 healthcare facilities across northwest Arkansas, southeast Kansas, and southwest Missouri.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Whole Blood Donation Services Collection of whole blood from volunteer donors for processing into red blood cell products supplied to regional hospitals for patient transfusions, including trauma, surgical, and general inpatient use.
• Apheresis (Plasma and Platelet) Donation Services Specialized apheresis donation services allowing donors to give plasma and platelets separately from whole blood, used by hospitals for cancer treatments, complex surgeries, immune disorders, and pediatric/neonatal patients requiring CMV Negative or O Negative units.
• Mobile Blood Drive Hosting Program Community outreach service enabling schools, businesses, churches, first responder organizations, and civic groups to host mobile blood drives with CBCO providing equipment, staff, and volunteer coordinator support. Source of more than half of all regional donations.
• Permanent Donor Center Network Four fixed donor centers located in Springfield MO (Don Thomson Donor Center, 220 W. Plainview Rd), Joplin MO (2318 E. 32nd Street), Springdale AR (3503 S. Thompson), and Bentonville AR (Shops at the Forum, 1400 SE Walton Blvd.) where donors can give whole blood, platelets, and plasma by appointment or walk-in.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 200 blood donations needed daily in the region
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Priebe Strong FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 July 2026The Priebe Strong Foundation, founded by retired Springfield police officer Mark Priebe, partners with CBCO to host the Priebe Strong Blood Drive. For each successful blood donation, CBCO donates $10 to the foundation which supports southwest Missouri first responders severely injured in the line of duty.
• America's Blood CenterscoreOthersCBCO is a member of America's Blood Centers, the nation's largest network of nonprofit community blood centers. This membership provides access to best practices, research, and advocacy support for the blood banking industry.
• AABBcoreOthersCBCO maintains AABB accreditation, demonstrating compliance with the highest standards for blood banking and transfusion medicine safety and quality.
• Republic Area Chamber of CommerceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Republic Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Priebe Strong Blood Drive as a community partnership to support first responders and local hospital patients.
• Arkansas Concerns of Police SurvivorsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCBCO hosts special Blue Blood Drives with Arkansas Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), a nonprofit providing resources to families and co-workers of fallen officers.
• Ronald McDonald House Charities of the OzarksminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRonald McDonald House is one of CBCO's LifePoints Lift partner agencies. Blood donors can earn rewards that support the organization.
• Mercy Hospital SpringfieldcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCBCO is the exclusive blood provider for Mercy Hospital Springfield, where many local trauma patients and first responders receive treatment. CBCO has held annual blood drives honoring Officer Aaron Pearson at this facility.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American Red Cross Blood Services: The American Red Cross is the largest single blood collector in the United States, supplying roughly 40% of the nation's blood. As a broad incumbent, it competes with CBCO for hospital contracts in some regions and operates a comparable model of fixed centers plus mobile drives, but at national scale.
• Vitalant: Vitalant is one of the largest nonprofit blood collectors in the U.S., operating across many states with a similar community-blood-center model. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping mobile-drive and hospital-supply operations comparable to CBCO.

Direct peers

• Carter BloodCare: Carter BloodCare is a community blood center based in Texas serving hospitals through fixed donor centers and mobile drives. It is the closest direct peer to CBCO in scope and model, both being regional nonprofit centers dependent on volunteer donors.
• OneBlood: OneBlood is a large nonprofit blood center serving the southeastern United States with a comparable model of community-based donation, mobile drives, and exclusive hospital supply agreements. It is a direct peer in mission and operational structure.
• Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center: Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center is a community blood center serving hospitals across Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin. It is a direct peer operating in the same midwestern geography with a comparable fixed-center-plus-mobile-drive collection model.
• ImpactLife: ImpactLife (formerly Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center spin-off) is a community blood center serving parts of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin with hospital supply, mobile drives, and apheresis services—closely paralleling CBCO's operations.
• New York Blood Center: New York Blood Center is one of the largest independent community blood centers, collecting and distributing blood products to hospitals in the greater New York region. It is a direct peer in nonprofit community blood banking with hospital exclusivity arrangements.
• Suncoast Blood Centers: Suncoast Blood Centers is a community blood bank serving hospitals in southwestern Florida, operating fixed donor centers and mobile drives on a nonprofit model similar to CBCO's.

Emerging players

• Octapharma Plasma: Octapharma Plasma operates a large network of paid plasma collection centers across the U.S. It represents a commercial, plasma-focused adjacent operator that competes for plasma donors and capacity but differs in paying donors and in not supplying whole blood to hospitals.
• CSL Plasma: CSL Plasma operates the world's largest plasma collection network, sourcing source plasma for fractionation into plasma-derived therapies. It is adjacent rather than directly competing, but competes for the same regional donor pool in some markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OzarksBlood
• Facebookfacebook.com/ozarksblood

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