Sanguesa

What Sanguesa does

Sangüesa S.A. is a privately held Spanish medical and surgical product distributor, founded in 1987 and headquartered in Cornellá de Llobregat, Barcelona. The company specializes in the commercialization of hospital medical and surgical products to healthcare institutions across Spain — primarily hospitals, clinics, and medical centers — operating under a sales-led direct distribution model with its own warehousing and logistics network located at the Barcelona-area headquarters. Sangüesa describes itself as a "100% national" enterprise and "one of the leading companies" in Spanish hospital distribution, with over 30 years of sector experience.

The product portfolio is broad and consists of distributed third-party medical device brands rather than proprietary manufactured goods. The catalog spans surgical instruments and sterilization containers (Teknomedical), electrosurgical electrodes and plates (Comepa), bone substitutes and interspinous implants (Exabone, Osteon), catheters, tubes and urological consumables (Medicoplast), neurosurgical aspirators (Söring/Sonoca), spinal fixation systems (Ulrich Medical), radiofrequency surgical systems (Avanos), portable imaging (Neurologica 8-slice CT scanner), bariatric technologies including the Allurion ingestible gastric balloon and its AI-enabled Allurion Care Suite weight-tracking software, surgical meshes, sutures, insulin syringes, fluidotherapy accessories, and various hospital accessories. There are no disclosed patents, proprietary platforms, APIs, or software products developed in-house.

Revenue is generated through quote-based B2B procurement contracts with healthcare institutions; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Sangüesa holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications from TÜV covering import and distribution of medical products, plus the SGE21 Foretica certification (2017) for ethical management and corporate social responsibility. The company has signaled an intent to broaden its business lines toward new technologies applied to different medical specialties, though concrete expansion metrics — new geographies, headcount growth, capital raises, or M&A — are not visible in the available source material.

Name

Sanguesa

Legal name

SANGÜESA, S.A.

Website

https://sanguesa.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Sangüesa S.A. is a Spanish medical and surgical product distributor founded in 1987, serving hospitals, clinics, and medical centers across Spain through direct sales and its own warehousing and logistics network, with a broad multi-brand catalog of distributed medical devices and supplies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Product Distribution

NAICS

Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (423450)

SIC

Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047)

akta.pro primary industry

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) & Home Health Distribution (CRAOAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical Supplies & Consumables Wholesale (Non-Device) (CRAOAHAE)

Keywords

• Medical distribution
• Surgical supplies
• Hospital products
• Medical devices
• Healthcare distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Cornellá De Llobregat

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Product Distribution: Commercialization of medical and surgical products to healthcare institutions including hospitals, clinics, and medical centers. Revenue generated through product sales distribution with own warehousing and logistics network.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Sangüesa S.A. distributes medical and surgical products from third-party manufacturers to healthcare institutions in Spain. The company operates its own warehousing and distribution network to supply hospitals, clinics, and medical centers with a broad portfolio of medical devices, surgical instruments, consumables, and specialty medical technologies. Its portfolio spans surgical instruments, sutures, catheters, fixation systems, implants, electrosurgery equipment, and other hospital supplies sourced from multiple international brands.

Product overview

Sangüesa S.A. is a Spanish medical and surgical distribution company established in 1987, specializing in the distribution of hospital medical products. The company operates as a broad medical supplies distributor offering an extensive portfolio of medical devices and surgical supplies from multiple international brands. The product portfolio includes fluidotherapy accessories, surgical shavers, hospital accessories, diabetes care products, surgical meshes, sutures, catheters, and tubes. The company also distributes specialized medical technology including the Allurion gastric balloon system with its AI-powered Allurion Care Suite software for weight management, radio frequency surgical systems from Avanos, neurological imaging equipment (Neurologica portable CT scanner), spinal fixation systems from Ulrich Medical, ultrasonic surgical aspirators (Söring/Sonoca), and various other surgical instruments and implants. Sangüesa functions as a distributor/reseller of these third-party medical brands rather than manufacturing its own products, with a focus on serving hospitals, clinics, medical centers, and healthcare professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Allurion Gastric Balloon System
• Allurion Care Suite
• Avanos Radio Frequency Systems
• Comepa Electrodes and Surgical Plates
• Diabetes Care Products
• Exabone Bone Substitute
• Fluidotherapy and Shaver Accessories
• Galmed Gastric Light Guide
• Hospital Accessories
• Jiangsu Circular Stapler
• Kinamed CO2 Carbojet Bone Washing System
• Medicoplast Catheters and Tubes
• Möller Medical Drainage Monitoring
• Neurologica Portable CT Scanner
• Osteon Interspinous Implants
• PMT Cranial Halos
• Reset Intestinal Revestimiento System
• Söring (Sonoca) Ultrasonic Aspirator
• Surgical Meshes
• Sutures (Absorbable and Non-absorbable)
• Teknomedical Surgical Instruments
• Ulrich Medical Spinal Fixation Systems
• VBM Laryngeal Masks and CPAP

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Palex Medical: Spain-headquartered medical device and hospital products distributor with a broad specialty portfolio and direct hospital sales motion — Sangüesa's closest direct national competitor in hospital distribution.
• Mölnlycke Health Care: Specialist in surgical and wound-care products distributed to hospitals across Europe, with significant presence in Spain — directly comparable to Sangüesa's surgical consumables and specialty device portfolio.
• Intersurgical: European specialist in respiratory and anesthesia medical devices, distributed to hospitals across Southern Europe — directly comparable product overlap with Sangüesa's VBM airway and respiratory lines.
• Convatec España: Specialist in advanced wound care, ostomy and continence care products distributed to hospitals and home care in Spain — closely comparable to Sangüesa as a focused hospital-channel medical products distributor.
• Hartmann España: Spanish arm of Paul Hartmann, focused on wound care, surgical supplies and hospital hygiene — comparable to Sangüesa in selling consumable medical/surgical products to Spanish hospitals.

Broad incumbents

• Cardinal Health: Global medical products distributor; while primarily US-centric, competes with national distributors like Sangüesa in broader medical supply categories and sets benchmarks for distribution scale economics.
• Medtronic Iberia: Spanish subsidiary of the world's largest medical device company, supplying a broad hospital portfolio — comparable as a Spanish hospital supplier but with proprietary products and substantially greater scale.
• Henry Schein: Large multinational distributor of medical and dental supplies with European operations, overlapping with Sangüesa's hospital and specialty clinic supply model at a larger scale.
• Smith & Nephew España: Spanish operations of the global orthopedic, sports medicine and wound management company — overlapping with Sangüesa's orthopedic, surgical and consumables offerings via direct hospital sales.
• B. Braun España: Subsidiary of the global medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturer B. Braun, distributing a comprehensive hospital product range in Spain — overlapping with Sangüesa across consumables and devices but with global scale and proprietary manufacturing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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