Hire a Doctor Group

What Hire a Doctor Group does

Hire a Doctor Group (legal name: Hire a Doctor Deutschland e.K.) is a Berlin-headquartered, founder-controlled consortium of three independent German legal entities - Hire a Doctor Deutschland e.K., abamedis GmbH, and AnästhesieAgentur-Personaldienstleistungen GmbH - that operates as a healthcare staffing platform across Germany. Founded in 2005 by anesthesiologist Dr. Michael Weber after he encountered the UK NHS locum-doctor model, the group runs five specialized sub-brands (Hire a Doctor, Hire a Nurse, Hire a Paramedic, AnästhesieAgentur, and abamedis Personalberatung) covering physicians of all specialties, anesthesiologists, nursing staff, and emergency/rescue personnel. The company's stated user base is approximately 33,000 registered healthcare professionals in Germany, with about 35,000 deployment days contracted annually and nationwide operational coverage across hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, MVZs, and medical practices.

Revenue is generated through five work-horse streams: temporary staffing (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung) where AnästhesieAgentur or abamedis employs the worker and bills hospitals at hourly lease rates; short-term employment (Kurzzeitanstellung) commissions per deployment day; freelance/honorary work commissions per deployment day including liability insurance; permanent professional search with commissions of 20-25% of annual salary; and executive search for leadership positions billed in three fixed-fee installments. Pricing is quote-based, success-fee-style (costs only incurred upon placement), and undisclosed publicly.

The underlying technology is a proprietary IT-based digital matching system and an internal CRM operational since 2007, paired with a self-service candidate portal (mein.hireadoctor.de) that handles registration, qualification upload, automated email notifications of matching roles, contract generation, and billing. Distribution is dual-sided: direct enterprise sales via dedicated personal advisors to healthcare facilities operating under framework agreements, and self-service sign-up for professionals on the portal. The firm operates exclusively within Germany, takes no disclosed external capital, and centers its value proposition on personal-advisor relationships and clinical-domain authenticity rather than technology-first automation.

Name

Hire a Doctor Group

Legal name

Hire a Doctor Deutschland e. K.

Website

https://hireadoctor.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Hire a Doctor Group is a Berlin-based, founder-led German healthcare staffing consortium that places physicians, nurses, anesthesiologists, and paramedics through temporary, freelance, and permanent engagements across Germany via five specialized sub-brands backed by a proprietary digital matching platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing and Recruitment Services

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians) (BPACAFAH), Healthcare & Life Sciences Leadership Search (BPACAAAE)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing services
• Physician recruitment agency
• Nurse placement services
• Paramedic staffing solutions
• Healthcare executive search

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung): Healthcare professionals are employed directly by abamedis GmbH or AnästhesieAgentur and leased to healthcare facilities. Billing is based on hourly rates (Entleihsätze) with travel and meals included. Costs only incurred upon successful placement.
2. Short-term Employment (Kurzzeitanstellung): Healthcare professionals are directly employed by the client facility for limited periods. Company charges commissions per deployment day.
3. Freelance/Honorary Work (Honorartätigkeit): Self-employed professionals placed in emergency medicine and rescue services. Company earns commissions per deployment day. Includes liability insurance during assignments.
4. Professional Search - Permanent Placements: Placement of medical professionals in permanent positions. Company earns 20-25% of annual salary as commission, dependent on specialty and position.
5. Executive Search: Recruitment of leadership positions (department heads, nursing directors, management). Fixed fees agreed upon with billing in three installments: at project start, first candidate proposals, and project completion.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hire a Doctor Group is a German healthcare staffing and recruitment company that places physicians, nurses, paramedics, and anesthesiologists in temporary, freelance, short-term, and permanent positions for hospitals, clinics, medical care centers, and practices. The group operates five specialized sub-brands—Hire a Doctor, Hire a Nurse, Hire a Paramedic, AnästhesieAgentur, and abamedis—supported by an IT-based digital matching system and a self-service portal that matches facility staffing needs to qualified candidates from a database of 33,000+ registered professionals. Revenue is generated through hourly leasing rates, per-day commissions, 20-25% permanent placement fees, and fixed executive search fees.

Product overview

The Hire a Doctor Group operates as a staffing and recruitment platform for the German healthcare sector, comprising five specialized sub-brands under a unified communication umbrella: Hire a Doctor (physician placement), Hire a Nurse (nursing and medical assistant placement), Hire a Paramedic (emergency services placement), AnästhesieAgentur (anesthesiology specialization), and abamedis (executive search/headhunting). The platform is anchored by an IT-based matching system and a customer portal called 'Mein Hire a Doctor,' enabling healthcare facilities to access temporary staffing (Zeitarbeit/temporary employment), short-term placements, and freelance arrangements, while also offering permanent placement services through executive search. The group's own internal customer management system handles job posting, matching, and administrative processes. The legal structure consists of three independent companies: Hire a Doctor Deutschland e.K., abamedis GmbH, and AnästhesieAgentur-Personaldienstleistungen GmbH.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hire a Doctor (Physician Staffing) Physician staffing service that places doctors in temporary employment (Zeitarbeit), short-term, freelance, or permanent positions in hospitals, clinics, MVZ, and medical practices across Germany. The original and largest sub-brand, with 19,000+ registered doctors in the database.
• AnästhesieAgentur (Anesthesiology Staffing) Specialized anesthesiology staffing service that employs anesthesiologists and emergency physicians directly and leases them to hospitals, clinics, MVZ, and medical practices under the German Employee Leasing Act (AÜG). Also places all other medical specialties via temporary employment. Operates from Berlin and Landau in der Pfalz with 3,300+ registered anesthesiology specialists.
• Hire a Nurse (Nursing Staffing) Nursing and medical assistant staffing service that places nursing professionals, medical assistants, and therapeutic specialists in temporary employment assignments in hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, MVZ, medical practices, and care facilities across Germany. Database includes 2,000+ registered nursing professionals.
• Hire a Paramedic (Emergency Services Staffing) Emergency services staffing service that places paramedics and emergency responders in temporary work assignments or freelance positions for rescue services, event medical services, and patient transport. Database includes 14,000+ registered rescue/paramedic professionals.
• abamedis (Executive Search and Professional Recruitment) Executive search and professional recruitment service for healthcare facilities, placing leadership positions in medicine, nursing, management, administration, service, and technical roles via fixed-fee engagements billed in three installments. Also serves as the employer of record for all temporary agency workers within the Hire a Doctor Group. Achieves 80% of executive positions filled within 6 months and 70% of executive hires remaining with the organization for more than 2 years, with 90% repeat business rate.

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• QuaPNo e.V. (Qualitätsnetzwerk Personaleinsatz in der Notfallmedizin)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Quality network for personnel deployment in emergency medicine founded in May 2026 by Hire Paramedic, hundertzwölf MED, and NFSB Notfallsanitäterbörse. Goal is to create uniform standards for the recruitment of rescue personnel to ensure and improve quality of emergency care. A seal will guarantee to clients that recruiters adhere to strict quality criteria.
• HSD Hochschule DöpferminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership between AnästhesieAgentur and HSD Hochschule Döpfer university for collaborative initiatives in medical education and professional development.
• Klinisch Relevant PodcastminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with the 'Klinisch Relevant' podcast for healthcare professionals. Andreas Sieker from abamedis discusses leadership positions, recruitment trends, and what executives need to consider when filling leadership roles.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves16 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• hundertzwölf MED: German emergency-medical-services staffing agency co-founding QuaPNo e.V. with Hire Paramedic; directly comparable in paramedic recruitment and freelance rescue-services placement.
• docworker: Online platform for medical temporary work in Germany connecting physicians with hospitals; directly comparable technology-enabled marketplace for healthcare professionals.
• Doctari: German medical temporary staffing agency placing physicians and nurses in hospitals and clinics across Germany; overlaps directly with Hire a Doctor's core temp and short-term medical placement business.
• NFSB Notfallsanitäterbörse: Marketplace for Notfallsanitäter (emergency paramedics) in Germany; co-founds QuaPNo with Hire a Doctor Group and competes for the same paramedic freelance and temporary pool.
• Deutsche Ärzte Vermittlung: Specialist in placing German physicians both domestically and internationally; competes head-on with Hire a Doctor in German physician permanent placement and locum tenens.
• Promedis (German healthcare staffing arm): Generalist healthcare staffing agency placing nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals in Germany across temporary and permanent engagements.

Broad incumbents

• Helios Personalservice: Hospital-owned internal staffing arm of Helios/Fresenius, one of the largest German private hospital operators; competes on physician and nursing temp staffing across the same facility customers.
• Sanvartis Group: Germany-based provider of healthcare services incl. medical staffing and outsourced clinic operations; broader portfolio competitor with overlap in physician and healthcare professional placement.
• Hays Healthcare (Hays Deutschland): Large international recruitment firm with a dedicated German healthcare division placing physicians, nurses, and healthcare executives; broader scale incumbent competing across multiple of Hire a Doctor's segments.

Emerging players

• Medwing: Tech-enabled healthcare staffing marketplace operating in Germany and Europe; emerging digital-native competitor applying platform economics to nurse and physician placement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@HireaDoctorGroupJobsinde-le3fs
• Facebookfacebook.com/hireadoctorgroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hire-a-doctor-group
• Xx.com/hireadoctor

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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