Centre Hospitalier de Brive

What Centre Hospitalier de Brive does

Centre Hospitalier de Brive (CH de Brive) is a French public hospital establishment (établissement public de santé) located on Boulevard du Docteur Verlhac in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France. It is the 2nd largest health centre in the Limousin region after CHU de Limoges and operates 61 services organized across 9 clinical and medico-technical poles. The hospital runs 614 inpatient beds and 166 day-hospitalisation places at an 82.30% occupancy rate, supported by 315 physicians and interns and 2,413 hospital agents (2,728 total headcount).

The technical platform includes a complete operating theatre (9 intervention rooms and 5 obstetric rooms), a 14-bed polyvalent intensive care unit, an imaging centre with MRI, CT scanner, digitized mammography and 3 conventional radiology rooms, a radiotherapy service with 3 particle accelerators including stereotaxy capability, and a COFRAC-accredited (ISO 15189, n°8-3879) medical biology laboratory equipped with robotic chains, multiplex PCR systems and mass spectrometry. The hospital integrates with France's national health-IT backbone (DMP, Mon Espace Santé, mesanalyses.fr) and operates a Clinical Research Unit (URC), a Training and DPC Centre, and the IFSIBrive institute for nurses and nursing assistants.

Revenue is generated through regulated tariffs billed to the French national health insurance system (Sécurité Sociale) under the T2A framework, supplemented by patient co-payments, complementary insurance, ancillary service fees (parking, logistics, training tariffs published annually), European/France Relance investment funding, and the Fonds de dotation endowment fund. The facility serves the general public across the Corrèze department without discrimination, 24/7, and has been part of the Direction Commune des Hôpitaux de Corrèze (grouping Brive, Tulle, Ussel, Bort-les-Orgues and EHPADs) since May 2, 2024, while remaining a member of GHT du Limousin under CHU de Limoges.

Name

Centre Hospitalier de Brive

Legal name

Centre Hospitalier de Brive

Website

https://ch-brive.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Centre Hospitalier de Brive is a French public hospital in Brive-la-Gaillarde operating 61 services across 9 poles with 614 beds, 2,728 staff, and a full technical platform including radiotherapy, MRI/CT, and a COFRAC-accredited lab, serving the Corrèze department as part of the Direction Commune des Hôpitaux de Corrèze.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Hospitals (622)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Post-Acute / Post-Hospitalization Respite Care (HSABAGAH)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Radiotherapy treatment
• Medical imaging diagnostics
• Geriatric healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Brive-la-gaillarde

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Service Revenue: As a French public hospital (établissement public de santé), Centre Hospitalier de Brive operates under the French healthcare system (Sécurité Sociale). Revenue is generated through regulated tariffs for medical procedures, hospital stays, consultations, and examinations billed to the French national health insurance system. Additional revenue comes from patient co-payments and complementary insurance coverage.
2. Service Fees and Prestations: The hospital generates revenue from various service fees including care service tariffs, logistics service tariffs, parking service tariffs, and training service tariffs. These are published in official decision documents with specific rates applicable throughout the year.
3. European Funding - France Relance Plan: The hospital receives European funding through the French government Plan France Relance programme for healthcare system investments. This funding supports equipment acquisition for patient comfort and caregiver working conditions, including medical furniture, IT equipment, and protective equipment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Centre Hospitalier de Brive is a French public hospital providing comprehensive inpatient, outpatient, and emergency healthcare services across medicine, surgery, obstetrics, cardiology, oncology, geriatrics, paediatrics, psychiatry, and rehabilitation, supported by a technical platform including 9 operating rooms, complete imaging (MRI, CT scanner, mammography), radiotherapy with stereotaxic capability, and a COFRAC-accredited medical biology laboratory. The hospital operates 614 inpatient beds and 166 day-hospital places, delivers 335,489 external consultations annually, and provides specialised care through dedicated units such as the Centre de Gériatrie et de Gérontologie Clinique (C2GC), the Plateforme de Répit des Aidants, the Accueil de Jour Thérapeutique, and the Unité de Recherche Clinique.

Product overview

Centre Hospitalier de Brive is a public hospital offering comprehensive healthcare services through 61 services organized in 9 clinical and medico-technical poles. The hospital provides emergency services, complete medical and surgical care, a fully-equipped technical platform (operating rooms, imaging with MRI/CT, radiotherapy), laboratory services, and specialized geriatric care through the C2GC. Supporting services include a Clinical Research Unit, Training Center, and Caregiver Respite Platform. The hospital operates as part of the Direction Commune des Hôpitaux de Corrèze and is the 2nd largest health center in Limousin.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fonds de dotation du Centre Hospitalier de Brive: Endowment fund established in 2020 for supporting healthcare projects, patient welfare, and professional development at the hospital.

Products and services

• Laboratoire (Medical Biology Laboratory) Medical biology laboratory providing 24/7 analysis services including biochemistry, hematology, microbiology, immunology, and molecular biology. COFRAC ISO 15189-accredited since 2016, equipped with robotised analysis chains, multiplex PCR platforms, mass spectrometry bacterial identification, flow cytometry, and digital microscopy, delivering 37,595,000 medical biology examinations in 2025.
• Consultations Externes de Médecine (Outpatient Medical Consultations) External medical consultations offering specialties including rheumatology, internal medicine, neurology-neurosurgery, endocrinology-diabetology, dermatology, anesthesia, cardiology, oncology, gastroenterology, pneumology, gynaecology-obstetrics, and chronic pain management. Supports online appointment booking. Delivered 335,489 external consultations in 2025.
• Centre de Gériatrie et de Gérontologie Clinique (C2GC) Geriatric centre spanning 5,891 m² with 102 beds and 18 places, featuring cognitive rehabilitation units, memory consultations, day therapeutic welcome, and Alzheimer's care facilities, including therapeutic gardens. Inaugurated April 2016.
• Plateforme de Répit des Aidants (Caregiver Respite Platform) Support platform for caregivers providing information, listening, advice, and respite services. Offers walking workshops, digital initiation workshops, and various support programmes for caregivers of patients with chronic diseases, particularly neurodegenerative conditions.
• Accueil de Jour Thérapeutique (Therapeutic Day Care) Therapeutic day care for patients with Alzheimer's or related diseases, offering therapeutic workshops including gym-memory, music, cooking, games, reading, manual activities, and garden therapy.
• Unité de Recherche Clinique (URC) Clinical research unit providing methodological and logistical support to healthcare personnel for opening clinical studies, fostering patient-physician partnerships to improve treatment efficacy.
• Plateau Technique (Technical Platform) Technical platform including 9 operating rooms, 5 obstetric rooms, 14 intensive care beds, complete imaging platform (MRI, CT scanner, digitized mammography, 3 conventional radiology rooms), and radiotherapy service with 3 particle accelerators including stereotaxic capability. Performed 14,100 surgical block interventions in 2025.
• Centre de Formation et DPC (Training and Continuing Professional Development Centre) Training centre offering continuing professional development (DPC) programmes for healthcare professionals.
• Digital Initiation Workshops for Seniors Digital initiation workshops for seniors aged 60+ organised by the Respite Platform in partnership with Groupe La Poste. Seven free collective workshops teaching tablet use, email, internet navigation, online communication, and administrative procedures.
• Walking Workshops for Caregivers Walking workshops (ateliers marche) for caregivers, organised by the Respite Platform in partnership with association City Gem. Sessions are held in Brive and Malemort areas, approximately 2 hours each, led by an adapted physical activity teacher.

Quantifiable outcome

• 82.30% bed occupancy rate demonstrating efficient resource utilisation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Direction Commune des Hôpitaux de CorrèzecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 May 2024Since May 2, 2024, the hospital is part of a shared direction structure grouping Centres Hospitaliers of Brive, Tulle, Ussel, Bort-les-Orgues, and EHPADs of Pays de Brive and Eygurande, to develop coordinated healthcare offer at departmental level.
• CAB Brive Rugby (Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPrivate patron/mecene supporting the hospital through the fonds de dotation (endowment fund) for healthcare projects and patient welfare initiatives.
• Terres du SudminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAgricultural/business partner supporting hospital projects through the fonds de dotation with visibility in hospital communications.
• CulturaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCultural retailer partner supporting hospital cultural projects through the fonds de dotation, contributing to 'Culture à l'hôpital' initiatives.
• AVB CuisinesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerKitchen/furniture partner supporting hospital projects through the fonds de dotation for patient comfort and facility improvements.
• Le KilevanminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPrivate patron supporting hospital projects through the fonds de dotation, with visibility benefits in hospital communications.
• Prison d'UzercheminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInstitutional partner from the prison sector contributing to hospital social projects through the fonds de dotation.
• Lorée du DonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPrivate partner supporting hospital projects through the fonds de dotation, providing visibility in communications.
• MLK SportsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSports organisation partner supporting hospital projects through the fonds de dotation for health and wellness initiatives.
• Association des Diabétiques du LimousincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the hospital's diabetology service to organise 'café diabète' meetings quarterly, providing education, support, and exchange opportunities for diabetes patients and their families.
• Association City GemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for walking workshops ('ateliers marche') for caregivers, with an adapted physical activity teacher from the association leading accessible walks in Brive and Malemort areas.
• Groupe La PostecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the caregiver respite platform to provide digital initiation workshops for seniors (over 60 years), teaching essential digital skills including email, internet navigation, and administrative procedures.
• GHT du Limousin (Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTerritorial hospital group membership with CHU de Limoges as the lead establishment, facilitating cooperation and coordinated care delivery across the Limousin region.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Centre Hospitalier de Montauban: French public hospital serving a similar departmental catchment in Occitanie. Comparable as a mid-sized regional public hospital offering general medicine, surgery, maternity, geriatrics, and emergency services to a predominantly rural population.
• Centre Hospitalier de Tulle: French public hospital in Corrèze that joined the Direction Commune alongside CH Brive in May 2024. Comparable as a general public hospital of smaller scale serving the same departmental catchment under shared governance.
• CHU de Limoges: University hospital center serving as the lead establishment of the GHT du Limousin, the same regional hospital grouping CH Brive belongs to. Directly comparable as a French public academic hospital with full general medical/surgical, emergency, and teaching missions within the same territory.
• Centre Hospitalier d'Ussel: French public hospital in Corrèze, member of the same Direction Commune des Hôpitaux de Corrèze. Comparable as a smaller rural public hospital providing general medicine, emergency, and geriatric services within the same administrative grouping.
• Centre Hospitalier de Périgueux: Regional public hospital serving the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, similar size and role to CH Brive as a non-CHU referral hospital with full technical platform (surgery, imaging, maternity, geriatrics) for a rural catchment.

Broad incumbents

• Elsan: Second-largest private hospital operator in France with ~140 facilities across medicine, surgery, and obstetrics. Comparable as a broad multi-site hospital provider competing with public hospitals like CH Brive in core surgical and medical specialties within French regional markets.
• Ramsay Santé: Largest private hospital group in France, operating across general medicine, surgery, obstetrics, and ambulatory care. Comparable as a provider of acute hospital services in France with overlapping specialties (orthopedics, cardiology, oncology, imaging), though operating under a private commercial model.

Emerging players

• Almaviva Santé: French private hospital group operating clinics in medicine, surgery, and ambulatory care across regional French markets. Comparable as a regional private hospital provider with overlapping general medicine and surgical offerings competing with public hospitals like CH Brive.
• Vivalto Santé: Growing French private hospital group with a territorial model across regional clusters. Comparable as a multi-region provider of acute hospital services (medicine, surgery, maternity) competing in French regional hospital markets where CH Brive operates.

Regional players

• CHU de Clermont-Ferrand: University hospital center in Auvergne serving a comparable rural/mid-sized city catchment in central France. Comparable as a French public academic hospital providing full general/specialty care, teaching, and research, though operating in a different GHT territory than CH Brive.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hopitalbrive
• Xx.com/Uro_CHBrive
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-hospitalier-de-brive

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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