Ortho-Reha

What Ortho-Reha does

Ortho-Reha GmbH is a privately held German orthopaedic technical master business (Orthopädietechnik-Meisterbetrieb) and Sanitätshaus headquartered in Nordhorn, Lower Saxony. Founded in 1990 by Michael Friedchen and now co-led with Michael Bolz, the company specialises in the manufacture, fitting, and aftercare of orthopaedic aids — including custom prosthetics (with Otto-Bock electronic knee and myoelectric arm systems), orthoses, scoliosis Korsetts (CNC-milled), compression therapy garments, breast prostheses, hair replacement, and nursing care products — for patients with mobility impairments, post-mastectomy care needs, scoliosis, lymphedema, hair loss, and chronic nursing care requirements (Pflegegrad 1–5). It serves both adult and paediatric populations across the Grafschaft Bentheim region of Lower Saxony, with home-visit service for immobile patients.

The core technology stack combines traditional German master-craftsman manufacturing with modern digital diagnostics: Paromed ParoTec dynamic foot pressure measurement (up to 300 measurements per second, capturing shear forces), 3D digital foot scanning, CNC-milled scoliosis Korsett fabrication, and the LEXpert 360 contactless compression stocking measurement system adopted in 2017. The company holds DIN EN ISO 13485 medical device QMS certification (2005), is certified as a Lymph-Kompetenz-Zentrum (2006), and maintains Präqualifizierung under §126 SGB V at all three retail locations — required for contracted-provider status with statutory health insurers. It is a founding member (1991) of NOWECOR, a national performance community of orthopaedic technical master businesses that has grown to 190 members.

The business model centres on contract billing to gesetzliche Krankenkassen for approved Hilfsmittel under negotiated rates between the Bundesinnungsverband / Landesinnungsverband Niedersachsen and statutory insurers, supplemented by Pflegekasse claims for nursing care products (€40/month per eligible patient under §40 SGB XI), private-pay upgrades for premium materials or cosmetic options, and direct retail for wellness, breast prosthetic, and wig sales. The company operates three customer-facing sites in Nordhorn (Kanalweg 72 HQ, Kanalweg 60/62 Reha department at 1,000+ m², Gildehauser Weg 115 Zweithaar Studio) plus a 1,500 m² warehouse on Otto-Hahn-Straße. Customer acquisition relies on physician and hospital referrals (notably Euregio Klinikum Nordhorn for post-operative supply), GKV prescription pathways, NOWECOR cross-referrals, and local brand reputation built over 30 years.

Name

Ortho-Reha

Legal name

Ortho-Reha GmbH

Website

https://orthoreha.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ortho-Reha GmbH is a German orthopaedic technical master business (Sanitätshaus) founded in 1990 in Nordhorn, Lower Saxony, manufacturing and fitting custom prosthetics, orthoses, scoliosis braces, compression therapy, breast prostheses, wigs, and nursing care products for regional patients, billed primarily through statutory health insurers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Orthopedic Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Offices of Other Health Practitioners (6213), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

General Orthopedics (HLAKALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Orthopedic & Musculoskeletal Rehab In-Home (HSABADAF)

Keywords

• Orthopedic rehabilitation services
• Prosthetics and orthotics
• Medical supply store
• Compression therapy garments
• Custom foot orthotics

Headquarters

HQ city

Nordhorn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Statutory Health Insurance Billing (GKV): As a prequalified and contracted provider under the German social insurance system, Ortho-Reha delivers orthopaedic aids (Hilfsmittel) and services billed directly to statutory health insurers. Contract terms follow agreements between the Bundesinnungsverband für Orthopädie-Technik / Landesinnungsverband Niedersachsen and the gesetzliche Krankenkassen. Home visits are billed at statutory agreed flat rates or by actual effort.
2. Nursing Care Insurance (Pflegekasse): Nursing care products (Pflegehilfsmittel) such as disposable gloves, disinfectants, and bed pads are provided free of charge to patients with approved Pflegegrad 1–5 who are cared for at home, reimbursed by the Pflegekasse up to €40/month without requiring a doctor's prescription.
3. Private Pay / Out-of-Pocket: Products or designs exceeding statutory health insurance coverage (e.g., premium materials, enhanced finishes) are charged as private supplements. Also applies to patients without statutory coverage.
4. Retail and Consumer Products: Wellness and sports articles, general aids, breast prosthetics, wigs, compression garments, and nursing care products sold directly to consumers. Some items covered by health insurance; others private purchase.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ortho-Reha is a certified German Sanitätshaus (medical supply store) and Orthopädietechnik-Meisterbetrieb that manufactures and supplies custom orthopaedic aids — prosthetics, orthoses, scoliosis Korsetts, compression therapy garments, custom foot orthotics, breast prosthetics, wigs, and nursing-care products — combined with in-person consultation, measurement, fitting, aftercare, and home visits. Services are delivered to individual patients under contracts with statutory health insurers (gesetzliche Krankenkassen) and nursing care insurers (Pflegekasse), with the company also serving the Euregio Klinikum Nordhorn for post-operative supply.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Haarersatz Haargenau: Zweithaar Studio (wig/hair replacement studio) offering hair replacement solutions for patients experiencing hair loss, operating as a separate branded service within Ortho-Reha.
• Haarersatz Haargenau

Products and services

• Custom Prosthetics (Prothesenversorgung) Certified custom fitting and supply of leg prosthetics (Otto-Bock C-Leg, Kenevo electronic knee joints, Harmony active vacuum system) and arm prosthetics (myoelectric, children's arm systems) for amputees and patients with limb loss. Includes measurement, manufacturing, fitting, and aftercare.
• Custom Orthoses (Orthesen) Custom-manufactured orthoses for upper and lower extremities to provide functional support, pain reduction, and correction for orthopaedic, rheumatic, arthritis, and post-surgical patients.
• Scoliosis Korsett Therapy (Skoliose-Korsetts) Computer-designed and CNC-milled scoliosis Korsetts and REO Korsetts for children and adolescents with spinal deformities. Delivered through a 7-step process from consultation to follow-up, with patient choice of colourful designs. Provided under the Regnier Skoliose-Netzwerk methodology.
• Compression Therapy and Lymphatic Care Flat-knit compression stockings and certified lymphatic compression therapy for lymphedema patients, delivered under the company's Lymph-Kompetenz-Zentrum certification. Includes touchless measurement via LEXpert 360 (since 2017).
• Custom Foot Orthotics and Sports Insoles (Paromed) Custom foot orthotics and sport-specific insoles produced using 3D digital foot scanning, the Paromed ParoTec dynamic foot pressure measurement system (up to 300 measurements per second), and ParoContour modeling software. Includes gait and running analysis for athletes, diabetic foot care, and general foot disorders.
• Breast Prosthetics and Post-Mastectomy Care (Mamma Care) Mamma Care-certified specialist consultation, fitting, and supply of breast prostheses, mastectomy lingerie, and post-mastectomy swimwear for women recovering from breast cancer surgery. Includes insurance reimbursement support.
• Medical Hair Replacement (Haarersatz Haargenau Zweithaar Studio) Discreet consultation, fitting, and supply of wigs (real hair and synthetic), hair integration systems, and clip-on extensions for patients with medical hair loss (chemotherapy, radiation, alopecia areata, diffuse hair loss). Includes insurance reimbursement advice.
• Pflegehilfsmittel (Nursing Care Products Package) Three standardised monthly packages of nursing care aids (disposable gloves, hand and surface disinfectants, bed pads, face masks) delivered free of charge to home-care patients with Pflegegrad 1–5, reimbursed by the Pflegekasse up to €40/month under §40 SGB XI without requiring a doctor's prescription.
• Rehabilitation Department Services (Reha-Abteilung) Custom wheelchairs, individual seat shell solutions, mobility aids, and rehabilitation equipment supply through Ortho-Reha's prequalified Reha department for patients requiring specialised seating and mobility solutions.
• Hospital Post-Operative Orthopaedic Supply (Euregio Klinikum Partnership) Direct supply of prosthetics, orthotics, and bandages to in-patients of Euregio Klinikum Nordhorn during and immediately after surgery, ensuring continuity of orthopaedic aid provision from hospital to home.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly all children and adolescents who came in time for Korsett therapy now go through life with a straight back and self-confidence
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NOWECOR GmbH LeistungsgemeinschaftcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1991Ortho-Reha is a founding member of NOWECOR GmbH, a Leistungsgemeinschaft (performance community) of orthopaedic technical master businesses established in 1991. As of 2020, NOWECOR has grown to 190 member businesses nationwide. The partnership provides shared quality standards, joint marketing, and collaborative best-practice development across the network.
• Euregio Klinikum NordhorncoreOthersOrtho-Reha provides post-operative supply of orthopaedic aids (protheses, orthoses, bandages) directly to patients of the Euregio Klinikum Nordhorn, acting as the hospital's in-house orthopaedic technical partner.
• Otto-BockcoreTechnology or IntegrationOrtho-Reha holds multiple certifications from Otto-Bock for fitting and supplying their prosthetic systems: C-Leg, Kenevo electronic knee joints, Harmony active vacuum system, myoelectric arm prosthetics, children's arm prosthesis systems, and Dynamic Arm Prothesenellenbogen. These are specialized products requiring manufacturer certification for proper fitting.
• ParomedcoreTechnology or IntegrationParomed provides the ParoTec dynamic foot pressure measurement system and ParoContour modeling software used by Ortho-Reha for custom insole design and anatomical foot analysis. ParoTec enables high-precision gait and stance pressure analysis with up to 300 measurements per second.
• Regnier-Skoliose-NetzwerkcoreTechnology or IntegrationOrtho-Reha is a certified partner in the Regnier Scoliosis Network for the manufacture of Skoliose Korsette and REO Korsette. The partnership provides access to Regnier's corset designs and methodology for treating spinal deformities in children and adolescents.
• mdc medical device certification GmbHcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partnermdc medical device certification GmbH is the certifying body that audited Ortho-Reha's quality management system and issued the MDC certificate (aligned with ISO 13485 and medical device regulations).
• Gesellschaft zur Präqualifizierung im GesundheitswesencoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThis organization conducted Ortho-Reha's prequalification audit required for contracted-provider status with statutory health insurers. Prequalification maintained at all three locations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sanit\u00e4tshaus Pfaff GmbH: Mid-sized German Sanit\u00e4tshaus providing orthopaedic aids, prosthetics, and rehabilitation equipment. Comparable as a similarly-sized regional Sanit\u00e4tshaus operating in a different German region with overlapping service offerings and statutory-insurer billing.
• Streifeneder ortho.production GmbH: Germany-based orthopaedic technology manufacturer and Sanit\u00e4tshaus operator with comparable orthotics, prosthetics, and rehabilitation product portfolio. Comparable because it serves the same statutory-insured orthopaedic aid market with similar certifications and Hilfsmittel billing model.

Broad incumbents

• THUASNE Deutschland GmbH: French-headquartered orthopaedic and compression therapy products manufacturer with German operations. Comparable because it sells braces, compression stockings, and supports through the same German Sanit\u00e4tshaus / orthopaedic-aids distribution channel.
• Ofa Bamberg GmbH: German manufacturer specializing in compression stockings and orthopaedic aids. Comparable as a supplier and indirect competitor in the German statutory-insurer compression therapy market served by Ortho-Reha.
• Sanit\u00e4tshaus Aktuell: One of Germany's largest Sanit\u00e4tshaus retail chains with nationwide branches. Directly comparable as a multi-specialty orthopaedic aids retailer serving statutory-insured patients, but operating at significantly greater scale and geographic reach than Ortho-Reha.
• Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA: Global market leader in prosthetics (including C-Leg, Kenevo, Harmony systems that Ortho-Reha is certified to fit). Comparable because Ottobock is both a supplier to Ortho-Reha and a competitor via its own patient-care centers in Germany.
• medi GmbH & Co. KG: German manufacturer of medical compression stockings, orthoses, and supports. Comparable because medi's compression therapy portfolio overlaps directly with Ortho-Reha's lymphology and Kompressionsstrumpf services, and is dispensed through the same Sanit\u00e4tshaus channel.
• Bauerfeind AG: German manufacturer of orthopaedic braces, compression stockings, and supports sold via Sanit\u00e4tsh\u00e4user and clinics. Comparable as a key orthopaedic-aids supplier in the same German value chain, though Bauerfeind operates upstream as a manufacturer rather than as a patient-facing retailer.

Emerging players

• Sporlastic GmbH: German manufacturer of orthopaedic braces and supports for sports and rehabilitation. Comparable because it operates in the same custom-orthoses and brace-fitting niche that Ortho-Reha serves, though Sporlastic is upstream as a manufacturer.

Regional players

• ORTHO-TEAM AG (Switzerland): Swiss Sanit\u00e4tshaus chain providing prosthetics, orthotics, and rehabilitation aids. Comparable business model and service mix to Ortho-Reha, though operating in Switzerland rather than Germany and not competing directly in Nordhorn.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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