Cerba Internacional

What Cerba Internacional does

Cerba Internacional S.A. España is a privately held clinical analysis laboratory founded in 1945 by Dr. Hernández, operating as one of the oldest special techniques laboratories in Spain. It provides diagnostic testing services across hematology, immunology, biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, genetics, cytogenetics, atomic absorption, chromatography, and radioimmunoassay, with a catalog of over 7,000 biological magnitudes and more than 6,000 analytical tests. The company operates a 5,500+ m² facility base, including a new Core Laboratory opened in 2023 that uses open-automation architecture to integrate equipment from multiple manufacturers and centralizes over 80% of testing activity.

The company distributes services through three primary channels: owned extraction centers concentrated in Catalonia (Barcelona, Tarragona, Lleida, Girona), embedded on-site laboratories within partner hospitals (Guttmann Institute, Mi Tres Torres, Nostra Senyora del Remei), and collaborating reference laboratories across Spain (Analiza, Bio-Cord). Patients access results through ilab.cerba.com and resultados.cerba.com portals, while a parallel e-commerce Health Shop sells nutrition, fertility, prevention, pregnancy, and COVID-19-related products. Geographic reach spans Spain, Portugal, Poland, France, Brazil, and Morocco.

Cerba's revenue model combines fee-for-service clinical diagnostics, multi-year hospital reference-lab contracts, insurance billing through 10+ providers (Adeslas, SegurCaixa, Aegon, Asisa, Mapfre, and others), and direct-pay patient testing. The business is anchored by ISO 15189, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 17025 certifications via ENAC, supporting enterprise credibility and regulatory compliance across its service lines.

Name

Cerba Internacional

Legal name

Cerba Internacional S.A. España

Website

https://cerba.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cerba Internacional is a privately held Spanish clinical analysis laboratory founded in 1945, offering 7,000+ diagnostic tests to hospitals, healthcare professionals, and insured patients across Spain, Portugal, Poland, France, Brazil, and Morocco, with a 300+ staff and a new automated Core Laboratory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Services

NAICS

Medical Laboratories (621511)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Reference & Esoteric Testing Laboratories (HLAFAMAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Central Laboratory Services (Core Lab Operations) (HLAGAEAA), Clinical Biomarker Testing Services (central labs, trial enrollment/monitoring assays) (HLAAAMAC)

Keywords

• Clinical laboratory services
• Diagnostic testing services
• Medical laboratory analysis
• Genetic medicine testing
• Clinical pathology services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sabadell

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Clinical Analysis Services: Direct provision of clinical diagnostic testing services to patients and healthcare professionals. Samples analyzed include blood, urine, stool, and other secretions. Services available at extraction centers or through home nursing.
2. Hospital and Laboratory Support: Cerba operates dedicated laboratories within partner hospitals and provides specialized testing services to other laboratories, positioning as a reference laboratory supporting the diagnostic needs of other healthcare facilities.
3. Health Shop E-commerce: Online store selling health-related products through the cerba.com e-commerce platform.
4. Insurance Billing: Services billed through insurance providers including Adeslas, SegurCaixa, Aegon, Asisa, Assistència Sanitària, Caser, Generali, HNA, Mapfre, Mutua General de Catalunya, and others.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cerba Internacional operates a clinical analysis laboratory performing routine and specialized diagnostic testing, including genetic medicine, for hospitals, healthcare professionals, and individual patients. The company sells a test catalog of more than 7,000 biological magnitudes and 6,000 analytical tests, runs patient extraction centers, manages hospital laboratory contracts, and distributes tests and results through online portals (iLab, DCNet) and an e-commerce shop.

Product overview

Cerba Internacional operates as a clinical analysis laboratory offering a comprehensive portfolio of diagnostic services. The company provides over 7,000 biological magnitudes across more than 6,000 analytical tests through multiple service channels: physical extraction centers across Catalonia, a patient-facing results portal (iLab), a professional results portal, the DCNet diagnostic connectivity network, and a health e-commerce shop. The Core Laboratory represents their flagship automated facility housing pre-analysis, biochemistry, immunology, and hematology operations. Specialized offerings include genetic medicine, molecular biology, anatomical pathology, and cytogenetics. Additional services include home nursing for sample collection and a test catalog search engine for healthcare professionals seeking diagnostic testing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clinical Analysis Laboratory Services
• Genetic Medicine Testing
• Hospital Laboratory Service Contracts
• Online Test Purchase (E-commerce Shop)
• Patient Extraction Center Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 80% of activity automated through Core laboratory
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Guttmann InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeurorehabilitation hospital founded in 1962. Cerba operates a laboratory in its facilities providing urgent analytical needs for patients with spinal cord injuries, brain damage, or neurological disabilities.
• Mi Tres Torres CliniccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading clinic in Barcelona with decades of experience. Cerba has a laboratory in the Mi Tres Torres clinic facilities at Dr. Roux Street, 76.
• Nostra Senyora del Remei CliniccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinic with over 90 years of experience offering quality human healthcare. Cerba provides laboratory services maintaining the clinic's warmth and modernization objectives.
• Analiza LaboratorymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMadrid-based diagnostic laboratory offering alternative management for diagnostic services. Has facilities at HLA Moncloa University Hospital (Madrid) and HLA El Ángel Hospital (Málaga). Characterized by professionalism, confidentiality, ethics, safety, innovation, and flexibility.
• Bio-CordmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading stem cell bank with 18+ years of experience. 75,000 cord blood units processed and preserved. Official supplier of main health companies in Spain. Investment in R&D for new technologies.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Synlab: Europe's largest clinical laboratory network offering medical diagnostics, reference testing, and hospital lab services across 30+ countries. Directly comparable to Cerba as a reference laboratory serving hospitals, physicians and patients with comprehensive test menus under ISO 15189 quality standards.
• Unilabs: Pan-European clinical laboratory and diagnostics provider operating in 15+ countries with a similar mix of routine diagnostics, specialty testing and hospital partnerships. Comparable business model to Cerba with broader geographic scale and similar reference lab positioning.
• Cerba HealthCare: French-headquartered clinical laboratory group operating across Europe with reference lab services, specialty diagnostics, and clinical trial central lab capabilities. Shares the Cerba name and very similar reference laboratory positioning; the relationship to Cerba Internacional S.A. España is not clarified in source data but the offering overlap is substantial.
• Reference Laboratory: Barcelona-based clinical reference laboratory offering specialized diagnostics to hospitals and healthcare professionals across Spain. Most direct regional peer to Cerba, sharing the Spanish market, similar specialty testing focus, and reference lab positioning.
• Laboratorio Echevarne: Spanish clinical analysis laboratory with broad national presence providing routine and specialized diagnostics to hospitals, clinics and patients. Comparable to Cerba in Spanish market footprint, test catalog breadth, and reference lab service model.

Broad incumbents

• Eurofins Scientific: Global testing services group spanning food, environmental, pharmaceutical, and clinical diagnostics. Comparable to Cerba in its clinical diagnostics arm while operating at far larger scale across multiple testing verticals and geographies.
• Quest Diagnostics: One of the largest US clinical laboratory networks with extensive test menus, reference lab services, and hospital partnerships. Comparable to Cerba in core reference lab function though operating at much larger scale and primarily in the US market.
• Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp): Major US clinical laboratory offering routine diagnostics, esoteric testing, and hospital reference services. Comparable to Cerba in the breadth of test catalog and reference lab positioning, though with a primarily US footprint.
• SGS: Global testing, inspection and certification company with a life sciences and clinical diagnostics arm. Comparable to Cerba in lab testing service delivery and quality accreditation standards, though SGS operates at much larger scale across multiple industries.

Emerging players

• bioMérieux: French in vitro diagnostics company specializing in microbiology and infectious disease testing. Partial overlap with Cerba's microbiology and immunology services, though bioMérieux primarily develops and manufactures diagnostic reagents rather than operating as a clinical service lab.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cerbainternacional
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2733204/admin
• Instagraminstagram.com/cerbalaboratorios

Compliance4 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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