MVZ Labor Krone

Name

MVZ Labor Krone

Legal name

MVZ Labor Krone GmbH

Website

https://labkrone.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Laboratory Diagnostics

NAICS

Medical Laboratories (621511)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Microbiology & Infectious Disease Testing Laboratories (HLAFAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Toxicology & Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Laboratories (HLAFAMAF), Hematology & Coagulation Laboratories (HLAFAMAC), Allergy & Immunology Diagnostic Testing Centers (Skin/Challenge/PFT) (HLAKAAAL)

Keywords

• Medical laboratory diagnostics
• Clinical microbiology testing
• Human genetics diagnostics
• Infection epidemiology services
• Transfusion and hygiene medicine

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Salzuflen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Laboratory Diagnostic Services: Revenue generated from processing medical laboratory tests for referring physician practices, hospitals, and university clinics. Services include routine and specialized diagnostics across multiple disciplines including immunology, genetics, microbiology, and toxicology. The company operates as a medical care center (Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum) providing diagnostic services billed through the German healthcare system.
2. Direct Patient Services: Direct laboratory services to patients including occupational health testing (MPU/Driver fitness assessments), travel medicine consultations, and self-pay diagnostic services such as THC blood level determination and cannabis testing.
3. Clinical Trial/Study Services: Revenue from supporting clinical studies and trials through their dedicated study center, providing specialized laboratory testing services to research institutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

MVZ Labor Krone operates a DAkkS-accredited medical laboratory providing comprehensive diagnostic testing services spanning laboratory medicine, microbiology, virology, infection epidemiology, hygiene, environmental medicine, travel medicine, traffic medicine, cytology, and transfusion medicine. The laboratory processes patient samples sent by referring physician practices, hospitals, and university clinics across Germany, and additionally operates specialized consultation (consilium) laboratories for Treponema/syphilis and neural antibodies (autoimmune encephalitis). A direct-to-patient offering covers MPU driver-fitness assessments, travel medicine consultations, and self-pay IGeL diagnostics such as THC blood-level testing.

Product overview

MVZ Labor Krone is a Medical Care Center (Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum) offering an accredited laboratory diagnostic platform with 75 years of experience, serving physician practices, hospitals, and university clinics regionally and nationally. The core offering is Laboratory Diagnostic Services, which encompasses multiple medical specialties including laboratory medicine, microbiology, virology, infection epidemiology, hygiene, environmental medicine, travel medicine, traffic medicine, cytology, and transfusion medicine. This core platform is supplemented by specialized sub-brands: Immunological and Preventive Diagnostics, Human Genetics, Neural Antibodies (with autoimmune encephalitis diagnostics), Syphilis Consilium Laboratory, MPU Abstinence Verification, Clinical Study Center, Hygiene Services, Gynecology, Fertility/Reproductive Medicine, and LG 22. The portfolio operates under a unified quality management system with DAkkS accreditation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Immunologische und präventive Diagnostik: Immunological and preventive diagnostics service
• Humangenetik
• Gynäkologie
• Konsiliarlabor für Treponema
• Kinderwunsch
• MPU Abstinenznachweis
• Studienzentrum
• Neurale Antikörper
• Hygiene
• LG 22

Products and services

• Laboratory Diagnostic Services Comprehensive medical laboratory diagnostic services covering laboratory medicine, microbiology, virology, infection epidemiology, hygiene, environmental medicine, travel medicine, traffic medicine, cytology, and transfusion medicine, with preventive diagnostics, function tests, and sample collection for referring physician practices, hospitals, and university clinics.
• Immunological and Preventive Diagnostics Specialized immunology testing services focused on immunological and preventive diagnostics, delivered via dedicated subdomain site for referring physicians and patients.
• Human Genetics Diagnostics Genetic testing and analysis services covering human genetics diagnostics for referring medical specialists and patients.
• Neural Antibodies Diagnostics Specialized diagnostic services for neural antibodies including autoimmune encephalitis diagnostics and a comprehensive overview of neural antibody testing for neurology and immunology specialists.
• Syphilis Consilium Laboratory (Konsiliarlabor Treponema) Specialized consultation (Konsiliarlabor) services for Treponema diagnostics and syphilis testing, serving as a designated reference laboratory for complex and confirmatory infectious-disease diagnostics.
• MPU Abstinence Verification (MPU-Fahreignungsdiagnostik) Driving fitness assessment diagnostics (MPU-Fahreignungsdiagnostik) including abstinence verification testing for traffic medicine, offered to individuals preparing for a Medizinisch-Psychologische Untersuchung and to referring physicians.
• Clinical Study Center (Studienzentrum) Clinical trials and research center providing specialized laboratory testing services and study support to research institutions, sponsors, and university clinics.
• Hygiene Services Hygiene consultation, monitoring, and testing services for medical facilities seeking infection-control and environmental microbiology support.
• Gynecology Diagnostics (incl. Prenatal) Gynecological diagnostic services including prenatal diagnostics for obstetricians, gynecologists, and patients.
• Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Diagnostics (Kinderwunsch) Fertility testing and reproductive medicine diagnostic services for reproductive medicine specialists and patients seeking fertility workup.
• LG 22 Special Laboratory Group Services Specialized laboratory group 22 (LG 22) services operated under a separate domain (lg22.de), representing an associated specialized diagnostic offering.
• Preventive Diagnostics (Vorsorge) Preventive diagnostics service offering accessible to physicians and patients through the dedicated Vorsorge subdomain, focused on preventive health laboratory testing.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Augenklinik Dardenne SEcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 October 2025MVZ Labor Krone GmbH was sold to Augenklinik Dardenne SE in October 2025. Augenklinik Dardenne is an eye clinic (Augenklinik) that acquired the laboratory services company, representing a strategic acquisition to integrate laboratory diagnostics into the eye clinic's service offerings. This transaction indicates Labor Krone becoming part of a larger healthcare group focused on ophthalmology services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SYNLAB: Europe's largest reference laboratory chain operating across routine and specialty clinical diagnostics, including microbiology, immunology, and genetics — competes for the same referral physician and hospital business as Labor Krone across Germany.
• amedes Group: One of the largest medical laboratory networks in Germany and Europe, offering human diagnostics across endocrinology, genetics, microbiology and more — directly overlaps with Labor Krone's full-service clinical lab offering but at materially greater scale.
• Sonic Healthcare Germany: Subsidiary operations of global diagnostics player Sonic Healthcare providing routine and specialty laboratory services across Germany — competes for hospital and physician lab contracts at scale.
• Unilabs: International clinical diagnostics and reference laboratory group with services spanning routine chemistry, microbiology, and genetics — a direct competitor for hospital and physician lab outsourcing opportunities in Germany.

Others

• Eurofins Bioanalytik / Eurofins Genomics: European clinical and specialty diagnostics provider with strong positions in microbiology, genetics and immunology — adjacent competitor for esoteric reference testing and clinical trial lab services.

Emerging players

• Cerba Healthcare: European specialist reference laboratory with a focus on esoteric testing and clinical trial central lab services — overlaps with Labor Krone's specialized Konsiliarlabor functions and Studienzentrum offering.

Direct peers

• MVZ Limbach Gruppe: Germany-focused lab group offering routine human diagnostics alongside specialty testing in genetics, microbiology and immunology — a comparable physician-referral model at slightly larger scale.
• LADR – Laborverbund der Ärzte und Krankenhäuser: German network of medical laboratories providing routine and specialized diagnostic services to physicians and hospitals — the closest functional analog to MVZ Labor Krone's regional, multi-discipline lab model in Germany.
• Labor Berlin – Charité Vivantes GmbH: German hospital-affiliated reference laboratory providing multi-discipline clinical diagnostics with academic ties — comparable scale and scope to Labor Krone and competes for specialist referrals and esoteric test work.

Regional players

• Helios Kliniken (in-house laboratory services): Large German private hospital group with significant in-house lab capacity — represents both a customer and a captive-source competitor for diagnostic testing volumes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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