Labwear

What Labwear does

Labwear is a privately held, direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer of medical apparel founded in 1980 and headquartered in Kissimmee, Florida, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. The company sells scrubs, lab coats, scrub jackets, underscrubs, fleece jackets, and accessories for men and women healthcare professionals, operating as a multi-brand marketplace carrying 470+ products across 10+ authorized brand partnerships including Cherokee, Adar, Dickies, Meta Labwear, Med Couture, Red Kap, Jockey, Fashion Seal, Healing Hands, Landau, and Fundamentals. Its catalog spans basic to specialty apparel including antimicrobial scrubs, fluid-resistant and fire-rated lab coats, ESD-safe options, consultation coats, and a range of fits (regular, petite, tall, plus) and styles (cargo, jogger, V-neck, mock wrap).

The business differentiates primarily through personalized embroidery services that allow healthcare professionals to customize garments with names, titles, or identifiers, with extended 8-10 business day production timelines versus 2-4 days for non-customized items. The underlying platform is a Shopify-based storefront with filtering by gender, color, size, fabric, and category, supported by phone (888-860-1374) and email ([email protected]) customer service. The company also ships internationally to 30+ countries. Distribution is exclusively through its own e-commerce website with marketing driven by SEO, email newsletter, and content (a buyers' guide/blog).

Revenue is generated through one-time unit sales at price points ranging from approximately $17 for individual scrub tops to $85 for premium scrub sets, with lab coats priced $26-$73. The company does not disclose revenue, has no reported funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no disclosed ownership or management team information, consistent with a founder-operated or independently held small business.

Name

Labwear

Legal name

Labwear

Website

https://labwear.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Labwear is a privately held, direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer founded in 1980 that sells men's and women's scrubs, lab coats, and medical uniforms across 470+ products from 10+ brands, serving individual healthcare professionals with personalized embroidery services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Apparel

NAICS

Apparel Manufacturing (315), Health and Personal Care Retailers (456)

SIC

Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical & Healthcare Uniforms (Scrubs, Lab Coats) (CRAAALAF)

Keywords

• Medical scrubs
• Lab coats
• Healthcare uniforms
• Medical apparel
• Custom embroidery

Headquarters

HQ city

Pensacola

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Medical Apparel Sales: One-time product sales of scrubs, lab coats, and medical apparel through e-commerce platform. The company sells individual garments and scrub sets at various price points ranging from budget to premium options.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Labwear is a direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer specializing in medical apparel, offering scrubs, lab coats, antimicrobial scrubs, underscrubs, fleece jackets, and accessories from multiple brands. The company also provides personalized embroidery services that allow healthcare professionals to customize their garments with names, titles, or identifiers.

Product overview

Labwear is an e-commerce medical apparel retailer offering a comprehensive portfolio of healthcare uniforms and lab wear. The company operates as a multi-brand marketplace featuring over 470 products organized across women's and men's categories. Core offerings include scrub sets, scrub tops, scrub pants, lab coats, antimicrobial scrubs, fleece jackets, and accessories. The product portfolio is structured around major sub-brands including Cherokee, Adar, Dickies, Meta Labwear, Red Kap, Jockey, Med Couture, Healing Hands, Fashion Seal, and Fundamentals. Products span multiple fabric types (cotton, lycra, polyester, rayon, synthetic, twill), closure types (drawstring, elastic, snap, button, zipper), and special features (antimicrobial, fluid-resistant, fire-rated, ESD-safe). The platform offers personalization through embroidery services with standard shipping of 2-4 days and embroidered items shipping in 8-10 business days.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scrub Sets

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CherokeecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabwear is an authorized retailer of Cherokee medical apparel, offering Cherokee scrubs, lab coats, and workwear products through their e-commerce platform.
• AdarcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabwear carries a wide range of Adar medical apparel including scrub sets, tops, pants, and lab coats.
• DickiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabwear is an authorized retailer of Dickies medical apparel and workwear, offering Dickies scrubs and lab coats.
• Med CouturecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabwear carries Med Couture medical apparel including scrubs and scrub jackets.
• Meta LabwearcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabwear offers Meta Labwear products including iPad pocket lab coats and antimicrobial scrubs.
• Red KapcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabwear is an authorized retailer of Red Kap workwear and medical apparel including lab coats and scrubs.
• JockeycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabwear carries Jockey medical apparel including scrubs and scrub tops.
• Fashion SealcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabwear offers Fashion Seal healthcare apparel including fluid-resistant lab coats and protective wear.
• FundamentalsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabwear carries Fundamentals medical apparel products including scrubs and cargo pants.
• Healing HandsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabwear offers Healing Hands medical apparel including lab coats and jogger scrub pants.
• LandauminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabwear carries Landau medical apparel as part of their brand portfolio.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Medline: Major manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies including apparel, with institutional/B2B distribution into hospitals. Represents the B2B and institutional channel that Labwear has not yet meaningfully entered.
• Cherokee Workwear (Strategic Partners): Owner of the Cherokee medical apparel brand, one of Labwear's core brand partners. Comparable because Cherokee increasingly sells DTC, which directly competes with Labwear's authorized-retailer model for the same SKUs.
• Amazon (Medical Apparel category): Generalist marketplace that lists the same third-party medical apparel brands Labwear carries, often with Prime shipping and competitive pricing. Sets the price-discovery baseline that constrains Labwear's pricing power.

Direct peers

• AllHeart Medical (AllHeart.com): Online specialty retailer of medical uniforms, scrubs, lab coats, and accessories for healthcare professionals. Comparable as a DTC multi-brand storefront targeting the same clinician persona.
• Uniform Advantage: Multi-brand DTC retailer of scrubs, lab coats, and medical uniforms serving healthcare professionals. Closest direct competitor on assortment breadth, brand portfolio, and customer base; competes head-to-head on the same product categories Labwear sells.
• Scrubs & Beyond: Specialty multi-brand retailer of scrubs and medical apparel with both online and brick-and-mortar presence. Comparable on product assortment, brand partnerships, and target customer; larger scale than Labwear with physical retail.
• Jaanuu: Premium DTC scrubs and medical apparel brand targeting nurses and healthcare professionals. Competes for the same buyer with a fashionable, single-brand proposition at premium price points.
• FIGS: Premium DTC scrubs and medical apparel brand selling directly to individual healthcare professionals. Most comparable on customer persona (nurses, doctors) and channel (DTC e-commerce), though FIGS competes with a single hero brand at premium price points rather than a multi-brand assortment.
• Pulse Uniform: Online specialty retailer of medical scrubs, lab coats, and nursing apparel across multiple brands. Comparable on assortment breadth, customization services, and DTC-only channel.

Regional players

• Discount Uniform / Uniform City: Multi-channel medical and workwear uniform retailer with comparable product assortment. Competes with Labwear primarily through value-tier pricing and physical-store presence.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/labwear
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/labwear-com

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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