What NMS Laboratories does

Centrālā Laboratorija (NMS Laboratories) is a Riga-based private medical laboratory founded in 1995 that provides diagnostic testing services across Latvia. The company operates a horizontal platform serving two principal customer segments: individual patients (primary) seeking blood tests, tick-borne disease screening, sexual health assessments, vitamin and mineral panels, pediatric testing, and health check-up packages, and healthcare providers (secondary) who use the company's physician portal for electronic referrals, histology services, and participation in state-funded cervical and colorectal cancer screening programs. The business distributes through a nationwide branch network, a mobile phlebotomy (home visit) service that brings sample collection to patients, and a dedicated physician-facing portal for electronic referral and result delivery.

The product surface is broader than a single-test menu: it spans a comprehensive 'All Analyses' catalogue, pre-configured discounted test packages, pediatric services, tick examinations, an organized colorectal cancer screening program, a histology department, and an electronic gift card sold through the partner pharmacy platform e-menessaptieka.lv. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; revenue is generated through fee-for-service diagnostics, bundled health packages, B2B physician contracts, and state-funded screening and refugee healthcare services. The company has a multi-language web presence (LAT, ENG, RUS), active social media on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, and a dedicated careers site. There is one disclosed funding event (FlyCap, September 2016) and no evidence of public listing, acquisition activity, or AI/technology platform capability beyond standard laboratory instrumentation.

Name

NMS Laboratories

Legal name

Centrālā Laboratorija

Website

https://nms-laboratorija.lv

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Centrālā Laboratorija (NMS Laboratories) is a Latvian private medical laboratory offering diagnostic testing to individual patients and physicians through a nationwide branch network, home visit phlebotomy service, and electronic physician portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical 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

Sample Logistics, Biorepository & IVD Kit Management (Trial Support) (HLAGAEAI), Molecular Diagnostics & Genomics Laboratories (HLAFAMAE)

Keywords

• Medical laboratory testing
• Diagnostic blood analysis
• Clinical chemistry services
• Cancer screening programs
• Home sample collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Riga

HQ country

Latvia

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

NMS Laboratories (Centrālā Laboratorija) operates a medical diagnostic laboratory providing blood, microbiology, clinical chemistry, histology, and specialized screening analyses to patients across Latvia through a network of physical branches and home-visit phlebotomy services. It also supports Latvian healthcare providers through an electronic referral (Ārstu portāls) system and dedicated cervical and colorectal cancer screening programs. Supplementary offerings include pre-configured analysis packages (health card programs, vitamin/mineral bundles, sexual health screenings) and electronic gift cards sold through partner pharmacy platforms.

Product overview

Centrālā laboratorija operates as a unified medical laboratory services platform providing diagnostic testing for patients alongside dedicated physician-facing services. The core offering is the comprehensive 'All Analyses' testing service, supported by add-on modules including pre-configured 'Analysis Packages' (health card programs, vitamin/mineral bundles, sexual health and vital reserves packages), 'Home Visits' for at-home sample collection, 'Appointment Booking' for scheduling, 'Result Delivery Methods' for accessing test outcomes, specialized 'Tick Examinations' for vector-borne diseases, 'Children' services with pediatric-focused approaches, 'Colorectal Cancer Screening' program, 'Electronic Gift Cards' for convenient access, and the 'Physician Portal' enabling electronic referrals and result access for healthcare providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Visas analīzes (All Analyses) Comprehensive medical laboratory testing services covering a wide range of diagnostic analyses for patients; the core product of Centrālā Laboratorija.
• Analīžu komplekti (Analysis Packages) Pre-configured bundles of laboratory tests offered as standalone packages, including health card programs, vitamin and mineral packages, sexual health screening packages, and vitality reserve packages.
• Mājas vizītes (Home Visits) Mobile phlebotomy service where laboratory staff visit patients at their homes to collect blood and other samples for analysis across Latvia.
• Ērču izmeklējumi (Tick Examinations) Specialized testing services for tick-borne diseases including tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease.
• Bērniem (Pediatric Laboratory Services) Pediatric-specific laboratory testing services designed to accommodate young patients with specialized care approaches.
• Zarnu vēža skrīnings (Colorectal Cancer Screening) Organized screening program for early detection of colorectal cancer in eligible patients.
• Dzemdes kakla vēža skrīninga programma (Cervical Cancer Screening Program) Organized cervical cancer screening program offered in cooperation with physicians for eligible patients.
• Elektroniskā dāvanu karte (Electronic Gift Card) Digital gift card product allowing recipients prepaid access to Centrālā Laboratorija analysis packages, sold through the e-menessaptieka.lv partner pharmacy platform.
• Ārstu portāls (Physician Portal) Dedicated web portal service for healthcare providers to submit electronic referrals and access patient test results.
• Histoloģijas nodaļa (Histology Department) Tissue examination and pathological analysis services for physicians treating patients requiring histological evaluation.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Synlab: Europe's largest medical diagnostics services provider operating clinical labs across multiple countries including the Baltics; competes in the same clinical lab category but at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Quest Diagnostics: US-based reference laboratory leader offering routine and esoteric clinical testing to physicians and patients; comparable in test menu breadth and physician-referral business model, though primarily North American.
• Sonic Healthcare: International medical diagnostics provider operating clinical laboratories across Europe, Australasia, and North America; competes in clinical chemistry, microbiology, histology, and esoteric testing at scale.
• Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp): Global clinical laboratory and reference testing operator with extensive routine and specialty diagnostics menu; serves physicians and patients through a similar clinical lab business model.
• Eurofins Scientific: Global leader in bioanalytical testing and clinical diagnostics with extensive European footprint; overlaps with Centrālā laboratorija in clinical laboratory services, especially esoteric and reference testing.
• Unilabs: Major European clinical diagnostics and reference laboratory operator serving hospitals, clinicians, and patients; comparable business model with central labs and physician-facing portals, though at multi-country scale.

Regional players

• Medicover: Sweden-headquartered healthcare and diagnostics operator with strong presence in Central and Eastern Europe including the Baltics; offers diagnostic lab services similar to Centrālā laboratorija as part of an integrated care network.
• INVITRO: One of the largest private clinical laboratory networks in the post-Soviet region with retail patient service models and home-visit phlebotomy; directly comparable service offering though primarily operating in CIS geographies.

Others

• Helios (Fresenius Helios): Major European hospital operator with in-house and affiliated laboratory services; an adjacent ecosystem participant whose laboratory operations overlap with Centrālā laboratorija's hospital-facing histology and diagnostic work.

Direct peers

• E. Gulbja Laboratorija: Largest Latvian clinical laboratory competitor offering a comparable full-menu diagnostic testing service to patients and physicians across multiple branches in Latvia; closest head-to-head rival in the same domestic market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/centrala.laboratorija
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nms-laboratorija
• Instagraminstagram.com/centrala_laboratorija

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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