What Clienia does

Clienia AG is a privately held Swiss psychiatric and psychotherapy healthcare group headquartered at the Clienia Schlössli site in Oetwil am See (canton of Zurich), operating through wholly-owned subsidiaries including Clienia Schlössli AG, Clienia Littenheid, Clienia Wetzikon, and Clienia Young. The group provides comprehensive inpatient psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care across three primary patient segments — children and adolescents (Clienia Young), adults, and seniors — covering the full spectrum of mental disorders including depression, anxiety, burnout, personality disorders, and age-related conditions, with 24/7 emergency admission handled by a dedicated Aufnahmearzt. Service differentiation rests on an integrative medicine model that combines conventional psychiatry with complementary therapies (physiotherapy, movement therapy, music therapy), internal medicine support (general internal medicine specialists, automated hospital laboratory, professionally managed hospital pharmacy), social services, and pastoral care, alongside a four-star hotel-standard hospitality offering and a premium "Privé" tier with direct chief physician oversight.

The core operating model is clinical service delivery rather than a technology platform — there is no app, no API, no SDK, and no documented AI/ML capability; the underlying "technology" is evidence-based psychiatric and psychotherapeutic treatment methodologies. Revenue is generated primarily through Swiss basic health insurance (KVG) reimbursement for inpatient psychiatric care, supplemented by supplementary insurance and self-pay for Privé premium rooms and four-star hotel services. Pricing is governed by the official Swiss Taxordnung fee schedule, with a downloadable Tax- und Preisliste; specific rates are not publicly disclosed beyond the existence of basic-insurance coverage and potential cantonal co-payments. Go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven: patient acquisition flows through a dedicated Zuweisende (referrer) portal serving general practitioners, psychiatrists, and psychologists, supplemented by 24/7 emergency self-referral admission and brand-building presence across Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. The group markets itself as "Führend" (leading) in Swiss psychiatry and psychotherapy and holds an SLH (Swiss Leading Hotels) brand affiliation that reinforces its premium positioning.

Name

Clienia

Legal name

Clienia AG

Website

https://schloessli.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Clienia AG is a private Swiss psychiatric and psychotherapy healthcare group operating wholly-owned clinics — Clienia Schlössli (Oetwil am See), Clienia Littenheid, Clienia Wetzikon, and Clienia Young — delivering inpatient mental-health care to children, adults, and seniors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Psychiatric Healthcare Services

NAICS

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (6222)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals & Units (HLAFACAB)

Keywords

• Psychiatric hospital services
• Inpatient mental health
• Psychotherapy clinics
• Child adolescent psychiatry
• Psychiatric rehabilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Oetwil Am See

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Inpatient psychiatric care services: Revenue generated from inpatient psychiatric treatment services billed to health insurance providers (basic insurance and supplementary private insurance) and self-paying patients. The clinic offers both standard ward services and premium private (Privé) services with enhanced hotel amenities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Clienia AG is a private Swiss psychiatric clinic group that provides inpatient psychiatric and psychotherapy services across multiple specialized facilities. Its offerings span child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry, senior psychiatry, premium Privé services, complementary therapies, and internal medicine, with 24/7 emergency admissions and a four-star hotel-level service standard.

Product overview

Clienia is a leading psychiatric and psychotherapy group operating multiple locations across Switzerland. The core offering centers on Clienia Schlössli, a private psychiatric clinic in Oetwil am See providing comprehensive mental health services. The portfolio includes specialized programs for children and youth (Clienia Young), adults, and seniors, along with premium Privé services featuring direct physician oversight and four-star hospitality. Complementary offerings span physiotherapy, movement and music therapy, internal medicine, and integrative medicine. Services for relatives and 24/7 emergency care round out the patient-facing offerings. Clienia operates as a unified healthcare provider rather than a software platform, with no technology product integrations or API offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Clienia Young: Child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy services
• Clienia Privé

Products and services

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Adult Psychiatry
• Senior Psychiatry
• Privé Premium Inpatient Services
• Complementary Therapies
• Internal Medicine
• 24/7 Emergency Psychiatric Admissions

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SLH (Swiss Leading Hotels)minorOthersClienia is associated with SLH (Swiss Leading Hotels) through membership/logo placement on website, suggesting participation in a network of premium Swiss hospitality establishments. However, this appears to be a brand association rather than a formal business partnership.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich (PUK): PUK Zürich is the public psychiatric university hospital serving the Canton of Zurich. While publicly funded and broader in mandate, it directly competes with Clienia for inpatient psychiatric referrals, trained psychiatrists, and complex cases in the same catchment area.
• Schön Klinik Group: Schön Klinik is a large German private hospital group with a strong psychosomatic and psychiatric inpatient portfolio. It operates across the DACH region with premium private-pay offerings, making it a broader incumbent comparable to Clienia's premium Privé model.

Regional players

• Psychiatrie Baselland (PBL): PBL is the public psychiatric hospital group for Canton Basel-Landschaft, providing inpatient and ambulatory mental health services. Comparable to Clienia's subsidiaries in scope of services but regional in geographic remit.
• Integrierte Psychiatrie Winterthur (ipw): ipw is a major regional psychiatric provider serving the Winterthur and northeastern Zurich canton area. It offers inpatient, outpatient, and day-treatment psychiatric services, positioning it as a regional competitor adjacent to Clienia's Littenheid and Wetzikon facilities.
• Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste Bern (UPD): UPD is the university psychiatric services provider for the Bern region, offering a broad range of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care including child and adolescent psychiatry. Comparable to Clienia's full-segment psychiatric service portfolio.
• Psychiatrische Dienste Graubünden (PDGR): PDGR operates a network of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric facilities across Canton Graubünden. It mirrors Clienia's multi-site Swiss psychiatric service model but is regionally bounded to Graubünden.

Direct peers

• Klinik Sonnenhalde: Klinik Sonnenhalde is a Swiss private psychiatric clinic in Riehen (Basel area) offering inpatient and day-clinic treatment for depression, anxiety, burnout and personality disorders. It is a directly comparable private Swiss psychiatric hospital with similar service structure.
• Privatklinik Hohenegg AG: Privatklinik Hohenegg is a private psychiatric and psychosomatic clinic located in Meilen, immediately adjacent to Clienia Schlössli's Oetwil am See catchment area. It serves a similar upper-tier Zurich patient base with private ward offerings.
• Sanatorium Kilchberg AG: Sanatorium Kilchberg is a private psychiatric hospital on Lake Zurich's Gold Coast, very close to Oetwil am See. It offers premium inpatient psychiatry and psychotherapy with private station services, directly comparable to Clienia Schlössli in patient mix and premium positioning.
• Klinik Meissenberg: Klinik Meissenberg is a private psychiatric and psychosomatic clinic in Zug, Switzerland. It offers inpatient treatment for depression, anxiety, burnout, and personality disorders with a similar premium care model to Clienia.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCkBjd6iCZqvWrRP4Iz4Ptkw
• Facebookfacebook.com/clienia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clienia-gruppe
• Instagraminstagram.com/clienia.ag

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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