Medico Professional Linen Service

What Medico Professional Linen Service does

Medico Professional Linen Service, legally American Textile Maintenance, is a family-owned healthcare linen and uniform rental operator founded in 1932 and headquartered in Los Angeles. The company rents and launders medical garments and linens — including scrubs, lab coats, patient gowns, bed linens, towels, isolation gowns, floor mats, and microfiber products — for healthcare facilities across Southern California. Its core technology stack includes TrueTrak garment identification and tracking, MEDSafe proprietary scrub dispensing systems, computer-controlled wash formulas, and an HLAC-accredited, Hygienically Clean-certified processing infrastructure. EPA-registered sanitizers provide residual bacteriostatic activity, and the Clean Green system delivers documented reductions in water, energy, and pollutant output.

The business operates on a recurring rental and managed-services revenue model with multi-year contracts, quote-based pricing, and bundled ancillary services such as regulated medical waste collection, restroom products, and first aid supplies. GTM is a consultation-led, route-based enterprise sales motion targeting hospitals, surgery centers, dental and veterinary practices, long-term care facilities, outpatient clinics, and wellness spas; the company also leverages the MEDtegrity national network to bid on multi-state healthcare systems. Medico runs 12 owned facilities across seven Southern California counties (now extending into Kern County with the April 2026 Bakersfield expansion), processing over 2 million pounds of laundry weekly with a 97% on-time delivery rating. Ownership remains within the ATM Family (Brad Shames, President; Greg Shames, VP Operations), with no external funding or public-market activity.

Name

Medico Professional Linen Service

Legal name

American Textile Maintenance

Website

https://medicolinen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1932

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Medico Professional Linen Service is a family-owned, HLAC-accredited medical linen and uniform rental operator founded in 1932, serving hospitals, surgery centers, dental and veterinary practices, and long-term care facilities across Southern California with bundled waste and ancillary services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Linen and Uniform Rental Services

NAICS

Linen Supply (812331), Linen and Uniform Supply (81233)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Reusable Medical Textile Processing (Surgical Packs/Gowns/Drapes) (HSAJAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare & Hospital Linen Laundry (HSAJAEAA)

Keywords

• Medical linen rental
• Healthcare laundry services
• Medical uniform rental
• Regulated medical waste disposal
• Scrub dispensing systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Medical Linen and Uniform Rental: Rental and laundry service for medical linens and uniforms including lab coats, scrubs, patient gowns, uniforms, linens, towels, floor mats, and microfiber products. Healthcare facilities rent linens and uniforms on an ongoing basis with regular pickup and delivery.
2. Medical Waste Collection Services: Collection and disposal of regulated medical waste including red bags, sharps, chemotherapy waste, pathological waste, pharmaceutical waste, and RCRA pharmaceuticals. Offered as a bundled service to existing linen customers to reduce their medical waste disposal costs.
3. Restroom Products and First Aid Supplies: Supply and servicing of restroom products including dispensers, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, hand soaps, air fresheners, and first aid supplies for healthcare facilities.
4. Premium Healthcare Linen Services - Bakersfield Expansion: Premium healthcare linen services now supporting Bakersfield market, expanding service footprint into Kern County.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Medico provides recurring rental and laundering of medical linens and uniforms—including lab coats, scrubs, patient gowns, bed linens, towels, floor mats, and microfiber products—delivered to healthcare facilities across Southern California through dedicated route pickup and delivery. The core medical linen offering is bundled with regulated medical waste collection, reusable isolation gowns, restroom and first aid supplies, and a proprietary MEDSafe scrub dispensing system, all processed at HLAC-accredited and Hygienically Clean-certified facilities.

Product overview

Medico Professional Linen Service is a family-owned medical linen and uniform rental company serving Southern California since 1932. The core offering is a comprehensive medical linen and uniform rental and laundry service encompassing items such as lab coats, scrubs, patient gowns, bed linens, towels, floor mats, and microfiber products. The company supplements this core offering with add-on services including medical waste disposal, the MEDSafe proprietary scrub dispensing system, TrueTrak garment tracking technology, reusable isolation gowns, wellness spa linens, restroom products, and first aid supplies. Services are delivered through a network of HLAC-accredited and Hygienically Clean-certified processing facilities with pickup and delivery operations across Southern California.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Linen and Uniform Rental Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000,000 pounds of laundry processed weekly
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MEDtegrity Medical Laundry NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMedico is a proud member of the MEDtegrity national medical laundry network, described as the nation's largest HLAC-accredited network. MEDtegrity enables Medico to serve clients with facilities across multiple states through a single agreement, one contact, and one invoice. The network offers centralized services simplifying purchasing programs for healthcare organizations with multiple locations.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cintas: Publicly traded national uniform and facility services giant with a healthcare linen and scrubs business unit. Provides bundled linen, uniform, restroom, and first aid services to healthcare organizations nationwide; competes with Medico on multi-site hospital system contracts.
• Alsco: Large national uniform and linen rental company founded in 1889, serving healthcare among many industries. Overlaps with Medico on healthcare linen/uniform rental but operates as a multi-industry incumbent with a much broader portfolio (restroom, first aid, industrial).

Direct peers

• ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists: Largest US healthcare-focused linen rental and laundry provider. Operates HLAC-accredited processing facilities nationwide and competes head-to-head with Medico for hospital, surgery center, and clinic linen contracts using a similar route-based delivery model.
• Crown Health Care Laundry Services: Healthcare-focused commercial laundry operator in the Southeast US with HLAC-accredited facilities serving hospitals, outpatient clinics, and surgery centers. Competes on the same value drivers as Medico: certification stack, infection control, and route reliability.
• Angelica Textile Services: Healthcare linen rental and laundry provider with a national footprint, operating HLAC-accredited processing plants serving hospitals and outpatient facilities. Closely comparable business model and customer profile to Medico.
• Mission Linen Supply: California-based commercial linen and uniform rental company with healthcare-focused service lines across the Western US. Regional peer with overlapping target customers (hospitals, surgery centers, dental/vet practices) and similar delivery economics.
• Unitex Textile Rental Services: Regional healthcare linen and uniform rental company serving the Northeast US with HLAC-accredited plants and similar bundled services (medical waste, scrubs). Directly comparable in service mix, certifications, and customer segments to Medico.
• Healthcare Linen Services Group: Mid-sized healthcare-focused linen laundry operator serving hospitals and outpatient facilities with HLAC-accredited plants. Closely comparable in operating model, customer mix, and certification-driven value proposition to Medico.

Regional players

• Economy Linen & Towel Service: Midwest-based commercial linen and uniform rental company serving healthcare, hospitality, and industrial customers. Comparable operating model but operates in a different geography, making it a useful operational benchmark rather than a direct SoCal competitor.
• Sterling Healthcare Linen: Healthcare linen and laundry provider with regional operations and HLAC accreditation. Comparable service offering to Medico for hospital and clinic customers but primarily serves a different geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@medicohealthcarelinen
• Facebookfacebook.com/MedicoLinen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/medico-professional-linen-service

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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