Humanitas

Elderly Care / Nursing Home Serviceshumanitas.ch

Company typePrivate
Founded1960
HeadquartersRiehen, Switzerland
Headcount51–100
GTM typeB2C
OfferingServices

Humanitas firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Humanitas
Legal name: Alterspflegeheim Humanitas
Website: https://humanitas.ch
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1960
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 51–100 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Humanitas industry classification

Industry

Product category: Elderly Care / Nursing Home Services
NAICS: Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (623110), Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (623312), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623)
SIC: Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)
akta.pro primary industry: Long-Term Care Nursing Homes (Custodial LTC) (HLADADAB)
akta.pro secondary industry: Assisted Living with Enhanced Care / High-Acuity (Aging-in-Place) (HLADABAC)

Keywords

Elderly care services
Nursing home facilities
Residential senior care
Meal delivery services
Community hospitality services

Where Humanitas is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Riehen
HQ country: Switzerland
HQ region: Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

Humanitas business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

Residential Care Services: Core revenue from 111 residential care rooms providing accommodation, care, and support across 12 care levels for elderly residents requiring support
Public Restaurant Services: Public restaurant 'Rosis Garten' serving residents, visitors, and community members, generating additional hospitality revenue
Meal Delivery Service: 'Stübli Kurier' meal delivery service for Riehen, Bettingen, Kleinbasel, Gellert and Birsfelden
HumaCard Loyalty Program: Cash card system offering 10% discount on various services including restaurant, concerts, and 'Molke 7' muscle training for reloadable card holders (starting from CHF 100)

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Monthly	Standard room with care services
Other	Pay-as-you-go	HumaCard loyalty program

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Humanitas product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Humanitas operates a 111-room nursing home (Alterspflegeheim) in Riehen, Switzerland, delivering residential elderly care across 12 care levels to roughly 130 staff-supported residents. The core residential offering is augmented by community-facing services: a public restaurant (Rosis Garten), a meal delivery service (Stübli Kurier), and a rechargeable loyalty card (HumaCard) granting 10% discounts on restaurant, concert, and muscle-training services.

Product overview

Humanitas is a nursing home and elderly care facility in Riehen, Switzerland, providing a comprehensive range of senior care services. The core product is the residential care home with 111 rooms across 12 care levels. The offering operates as a unified care platform supplemented by hospitality services: the 'Rosis Garten' public restaurant, 'HumaCard' loyalty program for external discounts, 'Stübli Kurier' meal delivery service, professional care and nursing services, and daily activity programs. The facility, originally founded by Basel Freemasons in the 1960s and relocated to a new building in 2017, serves as both a residential home for elderly needing support and a community hub through its public-facing services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Residential Elderly Care (Humanitas Alterspflegeheim) Core nursing home service providing 24-hour residential care for elderly residents across 12 care levels in 111 rooms, supported by approximately 130 staff. Includes accommodation with built-in wardrobe and care bed, private bathroom, optional balcony or kitchenette, in-house dining rooms on each floor, and access to social and activity programming.
Rosis Garten Restaurant Public on-site restaurant open to residents, their guests, neighborhood visitors, and course participants. Offers regular menus, English-style tea time (by reservation), a special Sunday menu, and event spaces including atrium rooms (available evenings until 22:00 by reservation).
Stübli Kurier Meal Delivery Hot meal delivery service operated by the Humanitas kitchen, distributing meals to customers in Riehen, Bettingen, Kleinbasel, Gellert, and Birsfelden.
HumaCard Loyalty Program Reloadable cash card (starting balance CHF 100) that grants holders a 10% discount on Rosis Garten restaurant meals, concerts, and the 'Molke 7' muscle training program, available to relatives of residents and neighborhood residents.
Guest Rooms for Visiting Family Three ground-floor guest rooms available to external guests (relatives of residents and travelers) for overnight stays within the facility, priced on request.

Companies that use Humanitas

Customer profile

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Humanitas technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Humanitas partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

Kanton Basel-StadtcoreOthers · 1 January 1990Humanitas has been a 'Vertragsheim' (contract home) of Canton Basel-Stadt since the 1990s, indicating a formal partnership for healthcare services referral and potentially subsidized care placements.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Humanitas competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Senevita: Swiss operator of residential and nursing homes for the elderly, including assisted living and skilled nursing services across multiple care levels. Directly comparable as a multi-tier Swiss elder-care provider with a similar operating model to Humanitas.
Sonnweid: Premium Swiss nursing and dementia care home in Wetzikon, offering high-acuity care with an emphasis on quality and design. Comparable to Humanitas in offering multi-level nursing care in a modern, purpose-built Swiss facility.
Domicil: Bern-based operator of elderly and nursing homes with multiple care levels and public-sector contract relationships in Switzerland. Comparable to Humanitas in being a regional Swiss care home operator tied to cantonal authorities for placements.
Tertianum: One of the largest Swiss operators of senior residences and care homes, with multi-level care offerings (independent living, assisted living, nursing). Highly comparable to Humanitas in providing residential elderly care in the German-speaking Swiss market, including high-acuity nursing.

Broad incumbents

Attendo: Northern European care provider operating nursing homes, assisted living and home care across the Nordics, with adjacent Swiss-relevant operating model. Comparable as a multi-site elder-care operator, though primarily a non-Swiss incumbent.
Korian (Switzerland operations):
Orpea (Switzerland operations): European care-home group with Swiss nursing and assisted-living facilities, operating at scale across multiple European markets. Comparable to Humanitas in service mix but with significantly broader geographic and operational scale.

Regional players

Pflegezentrum Basel (Stadt Basel): Public nursing and care centers operated by the Canton Basel-Stadt itself. Direct regional peer competing for the same Cantonal placements and elderly residents in the Basel catchment area served by Humanitas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Humanitas compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance1 record

Humanitas financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Humanitas leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Humanitas funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

Humanitas M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Humanitas

What does Humanitas do?

Is Humanitas a public or private company?

Humanitas is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.

When was Humanitas founded?

Humanitas was founded in 1960. It employs 51 to 100 people.

Where is Humanitas based?

Humanitas is headquartered in Riehen, Switzerland, in the Europe region.

How does Humanitas make money?

Four revenue lines are on record. Residential Care Services are the primary driver. The others are public Restaurant Services, meal Delivery Service and humaCard Loyalty Program.

Who are Humanitas's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Senevita, Sonnweid, Domicil and Tertianum. Broad incumbents are Attendo, Korian (Switzerland operations) and Orpea (Switzerland operations). Pflegezentrum Basel (Stadt Basel) is listed as a regional player.

Does Humanitas have an API?

No public API is recorded for Humanitas.

What industry is Humanitas in?

Humanitas's product category is Elderly Care / Nursing Home Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLADADAB, Long-Term Care Nursing Homes (Custodial LTC), with a secondary code of HLADABAC, Assisted Living with Enhanced Care / High-Acuity (Aging-in-Place). Its NAICS code is 623110 and its SIC code is 8050.