EFAS

What EFAS does

EFAS is a privately held, for-profit Italian company founded in 1996 and headquartered in Crespellano, Italy, that operates as a distributor of food supplements, cosmetics, medical devices, medicinal specialties, and sanitary articles. The company falls within the small-enterprise band, with 11–50 employees disclosed in the firmographic record, and is positioned as an intermediary between manufacturers and downstream buyers in Italy's consumer-health and personal-care categories. The product portfolio spans four adjacent verticals, suggesting a multi-category wholesale model rather than a single-category specialist, though customer segments, channel mix, and go-to-market mechanics are not disclosed in the available data.

Operationally, EFAS functions as a regional-to-domestic wholesaler: the categories it carries (regulated medical devices and medicinal specialties alongside lower-regulation cosmetics and supplements) imply that the business touches both regulated distribution workflows (potentially requiring GDP-style or medical-device distribution authorizations, though none are documented in the input) and conventional fast-moving consumer-goods distribution. No technology stack, proprietary platform, e-commerce channel, or digital infrastructure is disclosed; the website referenced in firmographics (efasspa.com) returned only a loader/verification placeholder rather than substantive company content, leaving the operating model underspecified.

Financially, the company is private with no disclosed revenue, funding history, ownership structure, or capital structure; no management team, board, or leadership succession data is available. In the absence of revenue signals and with a multi-category wholesale footprint in Italy spanning regulated and non-regulated health-adjacent SKUs, EFAS appears to be a stable, long-tenured small distributor; however, the lack of disclosed growth, margin, or hiring signals prevents any quantitative characterization beyond the basic distributive function.

Name

EFAS

Website

https://efasspa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EFAS is an Italian wholesale distributor (founded 1996, Crespellano, 11–50 employees) of food supplements, cosmetics, medical devices, medicinal specialties, and sanitary articles serving downstream buyers in the consumer-health and personal-care categories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Distribution

NAICS

Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (339113), Health and Personal Care Retailers (456)

SIC

Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047), Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (2844)

akta.pro primary industry

Natural, Organic & Clean Beauty Distribution (CRAOAEAM)

Keywords

• Pharmaceutical distribution
• Food supplement wholesale
• Cosmetics distribution
• Medical device supply
• Sanitary articles distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Crespellano

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

EFAS is a distributor of food supplements, cosmetics, medical devices, medicinal specialties, and sanitary articles. Founded in 1996 and based in Crespellano, Italy, the company sources and supplies these product categories to business buyers in the Italian healthcare and personal-care retail channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food supplements distribution Wholesale distribution of food supplements to Italian pharmacies, para-pharmacies, and healthcare retailers for resale.
• Cosmetics distribution Wholesale distribution of cosmetics to resellers in the Italian personal-care retail channel.
• Medical devices distribution Wholesale distribution of medical devices to pharmacies, para-pharmacies, and healthcare retailers in Italy.
• Medicinal specialties distribution Wholesale distribution of medicinal specialties to licensed resellers in Italy.
• Sanitary articles distribution Wholesale distribution of sanitary articles to pharmacies, para-pharmacies, and personal-care retailers in Italy.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Alliance Healthcare (Walgreens Boots Alliance): Large international pharmaceutical wholesaler operating in Italy through Alliance Healthcare Italia; competes with EFAS for pharmacy distribution contracts but at vastly larger scale and a broader product portfolio.
• McKesson Europe: Major European pharmaceutical distribution and pharmacy services group; overlaps with EFAS in the wholesale distribution of medicines and health products to pharmacies and healthcare providers.
• Angelini Pharma (distribution arm): Italian pharmaceutical group with branded products and distribution operations across consumer health and medical specialties; comparable to EFAS as both an Italian-headquartered player in medicinal specialties and parapharmaceuticals distribution.
• Procter & Gamble Health Italy: Multinational consumer health company with distribution of OTC medicines, supplements, and personal care products in Italy; comparable to EFAS in product portfolio, though P&G is a brand owner rather than a third-party distributor.

Direct peers

• Unifarm S.p.A. Italian pharmaceutical wholesaler distributing medicinal products, parapharmaceuticals, and personal care items to pharmacies; comparable as a domestic multi-category health products distributor serving the same Italian pharmacy channel as EFAS.
• SOCHIM International S.p.A. Italian wholesaler and distributor of pharmaceuticals, parapharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and medical devices with pharmacy and hospital customers; directly competes with EFAS across the same product-mix and customer base.

Regional players

• Konig S.r.l. (medical devices): Italian distributor of medical devices, electromedical equipment, and sanitary products to pharmacies and healthcare facilities; directly comparable niche overlap with EFAS' medical devices and sanitary articles lines.

Emerging players

• DocMorris (Zur Rose Group): European online pharmacy and parapharmacy distributor active in Italy selling supplements, cosmetics, and medical devices; partial overlap with EFAS on consumer health and personal care distribution.
• Farmacosmo: Italian e-commerce pharmacy and parapharmacy retailer/distributor carrying cosmetics, supplements, medical devices, and sanitary articles; competes with EFAS at the retail-customer end of the same product categories.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/efasPeople
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/e.fa.s.-s.p.a.

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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