Southland Medical

What Southland Medical does

Southland Medical, LLC is a privately held B2B e-commerce distributor specializing in medical, mortuary, and funeral service supplies. Founded in 2001 and headquartered at 466 West Meats Avenue, Orange, California, the company sells directly to verified business customers through its trade-only website (southlandmed.com), where account registration and office approval are required before pricing and ordering access are granted. The company holds WBENC certification as a women-owned business and operates with a headcount of 11–50 employees.

The product catalog spans multiple categories organized for the death care industry: protective gloves (latex, nitrile, sterile, autopsy, cut-resistant) and protective apparel (gowns, shoe covers, high top boots, jumpsuits, head covers, aprons), facial protection (eyewear, masks, N95/P100 respirators, formaldehyde testing), prep room supplies (blades, scalpels, sharps safety, needles, syringes, compounds, restorative art products, mortuary garments), embalming equipment (Mark IV and Mark V embalming machines, flow meters), surgical instruments (Weitlander retractors, Whitney incision spreaders), and funeral/crematory accessories. The company also maintains a clearance/overstock category offering reduced-price N95 respirators and high top boots. The storefront includes product specifications, SDS sheets, and customer service accessible Monday–Friday 7am–5pm PST.

The business model is straightforward direct-to-customer e-commerce: one-time product sales shipped from a single Orange, CA location, with pay-as-you-go billing and prices not publicly disclosed. Customer segments include funeral homes and mortuaries (primary), medical examiners, first-call transport services, eye/tissue banks, education and body donation programs, and crematory services. No public revenue, funding, M&A, leadership, or social media footprint is disclosed, consistent with a closely held small-to-medium private business.

Name

Southland Medical

Legal name

Southland Medical, LLC.

Website

https://southlandmed.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Southland Medical is a privately held B2B e-commerce distributor of medical, mortuary, and funeral service supplies — including PPE, embalming equipment, surgical instruments, and protective apparel — serving funeral homes, medical examiners, and related death-care professionals in the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mortuary and Funeral Supplies Distribution

NAICS

Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (423450)

SIC

Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Supplies & Consumables Wholesale (Non-Device) (CRAOAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical, Dental & Lab Supply Marketplaces (CRAFAHAG)

Keywords

• Mortuary supplies
• Funeral service equipment
• Embalming machines
• Protective medical apparel
• Autopsy instruments

Headquarters

HQ city

Orange

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Direct e-commerce sales of medical and mortuary supplies to verified business customers. Products include protective equipment, instruments, funeral service supplies, and specialty items for the death care industry.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Southland Medical is a B2B e-commerce supplier that sells medical, mortuary, and funeral service supplies directly to verified business customers. Its catalog covers protective gloves, gowns, shoe covers, high-top boots, masks and respirators, embalming machines (Mark IV and Mark V), flow meters, surgical instruments, prep-room consumables, and mortuary garments. Customers must complete an application form and receive office approval before they can view pricing and place orders through the online storefront.

Product overview

Southland Medical is an e-commerce supplier of medical, mortuary, and funeral service supplies. The product portfolio includes protective gloves (Ultragard, ProDerma, SMC Blue High Risk), protective apparel (gowns, shoe covers, high top boots), embalming equipment (Mark IV and Mark V Embalming Machines, Flow Meters), surgical instruments (Weitlander Retractors, Whitney Incision Spreader), and funeral service products. The company operates a B2B online store requiring account registration and verification for access to pricing and ordering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mark V Embalming Machine
• Mark IV Embalming Machine
• Flow Meter for Portiboy Mark IV and V
• Weitlander Retractors
• Whitney Incision Spreader
• Ultragard 6 mil Latex Gloves
• ProDerma 6 mil SMOOTH Latex Gloves
• SMC Blue High Risk 15 mil Latex Embalming Gloves
• SMC Pro/Shield High Top Boots
• Hi-Guard High Top Boots
• MaxGrip High Top Boots
• SMC Specialty External Reinforced Gowns
• Boundary Shoe Covers
• Aqua-Trak Shoe Covers
• Halyard Shoe Covers

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mopec Group: Manufacturer and distributor of pathology, mortuary, and anatomical laboratory equipment and supplies. Comparable in serving medical examiners, autopsy, and body donation segments with similar product categories (autopsy instruments, cadaver lifts, prep-room equipment).
• Affordable Funeral Supply: Online B2B distributor of funeral home and mortuary supplies. Very similar e-commerce-led, account-verified GTM model to Southland, serving the same primary customer vertical of funeral professionals with PPE, instruments, and prep-room consumables.
• The Dodge Company: One of the oldest and largest US manufacturers and distributors of embalming chemicals, cosmetics, and mortuary supplies. Directly comparable as a long-established specialist supplier to funeral homes and mortuaries, with a much larger product breadth including proprietary chemical formulations.
• Champion Mortuary Supply: Specialty distributor of mortuary and funeral home supplies, including embalming equipment, prep-room tools, and protective apparel. Closely aligned business model — B2B distribution to funeral service professionals — and overlapping product categories.

Emerging players

• Mortuary Lift Company: Specialty manufacturer of mortuary lifting and transfer equipment sold to funeral homes and medical examiners. Adjacent product category overlap in body transport/prep equipment, with a narrower, equipment-focused product line.

Regional players

• Hygeco: European-headquartered supplier of mortuary, autopsy, and anatomical laboratory products. Comparable product categories and customer base, but operates primarily outside the US, making it a regional rather than direct US competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Medline Industries: Largest privately-held medical supply manufacturer and distributor in the US. Sells overlapping categories (gloves, gowns, surgical instruments) to healthcare providers broadly; could enter the death-care vertical directly or through acquisition.
• Henry Schein: Large healthcare distribution and services company serving dental, medical, and animal health markets. Overlaps on medical/surgical supplies and PPE categories; potential competitor or acquirer for the death-care vertical.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Southland-Medical-Corporation-100064882270530
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/southland-med

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

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