Brunnen-Apotheke

What Brunnen-Apotheke does

Brunnen-Apotheke is a privately-held retail pharmacy (Apotheke) headquartered at An der Promenade 4, 97708 Bad Bocklet, Bavaria, Germany. The company serves local residents and the surrounding Lower Franconian community with both prescription medication dispensing and over-the-counter (OTC) retail across approximately 32 product categories spanning cold/flu, dermatology, cardiovascular, women's and men's health, diabetes, baby/child care, beauty, alternative therapies, and pet pharmacy. Payment for prescription fulfillment is driven by German statutory and private health insurance reimbursement under pharmacy regulations (wholesale acquisition cost plus dispensing fee), while OTC revenue is generated through unit-priced retail transactions with VAT-inclusive prices benchmarked to manufacturer AVP/UVP.

The business operates an omnichannel model combining a physical storefront (open Monday-Friday 08:00-13:00 and 14:00-18:00, Saturday 08:00-13:00) with a digital layer built on the curacado/meineapotheke.de e-commerce platform. Digital services include an online reservation and Click & Collect workflow, E-Rezept (electronic prescription) redemption, regional courier delivery via Botendienst, and telephone pharmacist consultation. Payment processing is enabled through PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, and SEPA direct debit. The platform is hosted on an ISO-certified data center operated by Sanacorp, with SSL encryption and GDPR (DSGVO) compliance.

The company does not disclose revenue, ownership, or headcount specifics beyond an 11-50 employee band, and has no public funding, M&A activity, partnerships beyond the curacado platform integration, or AI/ML capabilities. Its competitive position is anchored in the German pharmacy license, local community presence, and the convenience stack of online ordering, e-prescription, and home delivery — positioning it defensively against mail-order pharmacy encroachment rather than as a growth-stage venture.

Name

Brunnen-Apotheke

Legal name

Brunnen Apotheke

Website

https://apotheke-bad-bocklet.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brunnen-Apotheke is a privately-held local pharmacy in Bad Bocklet, Bavaria, Germany, dispensing prescription and OTC medications through a physical storefront and a curacado-powered online shop offering Click & Collect, E-Rezept, and regional Botendienst delivery to the surrounding Lower Franconian community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Pharmacy

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110), Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (45611)

SIC

Retail-Drug Stores And Proprietary Stores (5912)

akta.pro primary industry

Pharmacy-Led Health & Wellness Discount Retail (CRAEAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Value Convenience with Pharmacy / Health & Wellness Counter (CRAEAJAE)

Keywords

• Retail pharmacy services
• Prescription medication dispensing
• Over-the-counter products
• Online pharmacy shop
• Pharmacist consultation

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Bocklet

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Over-the-counter (OTC) product sales: Retail sales of non-prescription health products including medications, vitamins, skincare, and medical devices through both physical storefront and online shop with click & collect and regional delivery.
2. Prescription medication dispensing: Dispensing of prescription medications with statutory health insurance reimbursement under German pharmacy regulations. Revenue derived from wholesale acquisition cost plus dispensing fee.
3. E-Rezept redemption service: Electronic prescription processing and redemption through the online platform, enabling patients to submit prescriptions digitally and collect medications in-store.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Brunnen-Apotheke is a local retail pharmacy in Bad Bocklet, Germany, dispensing prescription and over-the-counter medications, health products, medical devices, beauty, and wellness items across 32 product categories. It operates a physical storefront combined with a meineapotheke.de online shop offering Click & Collect, E-Rezept electronic prescription redemption, regional courier delivery, and telephone pharmacist consultation.

Product overview

Brunnen-Apotheke operates as a local pharmacy with an e-commerce platform powered by the Curacado/meineapotheke.de infrastructure. The core offering consists of an online pharmacy shop with Click & Collect service, enabling customers to browse 32 product categories (spanning cold/flu, pain relief, digestive health, skin care, vitamins, cardiovascular, allergies, eye/ear care, dental, urinary, men's/women's health, pregnancy, fertility, sexual health, diabetes, weight management, smoking cessation, baby/child care, beauty, medical devices, alternative therapies, and pet pharmacy), reserve medications, redeem electronic prescriptions (E-Rezept), and collect in-store. Additional services include express regional courier delivery and telephone pharmacist consultation. Top-selling products include Voltaren Schmerzgel forte, FeniHydrocort Creme, OMNi BiOTiC Woman, Doppelherz Omega-3, ELOTRANS, Imodium akut lingual, and OCTENISEPT.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Shop with Click & Collect

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Apotal Versandapotheke: German mail-order pharmacy offering OTC, beauty, and prescription services with competitive pricing. Comparable product mix to Brunnen-Apotheke; competing primarily on price and convenience in the OTC and beauty category.
• Medpex Versandapotheke: German online pharmacy offering OTC, prescription, and beauty products. Comparable product offering and German customer base to Brunnen-Apotheke, though operating purely online without local storefront.

Broad incumbents

• EasyApotheke: German pharmacy chain with both physical locations and an online shop, offering OTC, prescription services, and competitive pricing. Comparable product offering but with chain scale and broader geographic footprint than a single independent pharmacy.
• DocMorris NV: Parent entity of the German DocMorris mail-order brand, listed Swiss-based online pharmacy group. Comparable in OTC and prescription product offering; competitor for digital prescription volume.
• Shop Apotheke (now Redcare Pharmacy): Major European online pharmacy with strong German presence, offering OTC, prescription, and E-Rezept services. Comparable product mix and customer base to Brunnen-Apotheke, but with national e-commerce scale vs. the local hybrid model.
• DocMorris (Zur Rose Group / Redcare Pharmacy): Leading German mail-order pharmacy offering OTC, prescription dispensing, and E-Rezept services. Comparable as a direct competitor for OTC and prescription volume in Germany, but operates at national scale via logistics infrastructure rather than local storefronts.

Direct peers

• Linden-Apotheke (typical independent German pharmacy): Representative independent local pharmacy in Germany operating prescription dispensing, OTC retail, and online ordering via meineapotheke.de or similar platforms. Directly comparable in scale, service mix, and customer base to Brunnen-Apotheke.
• Apotheke vor Ort (independent pharmacy network): Marketing and platform consortium for thousands of independent German local pharmacies offering prescription dispensing, OTC, and increasingly online services. Most directly comparable peer—same business model, same regulatory framework, same local storefront-plus-online strategy.

Others

• Sanacorp (pharmaceutical wholesaler): German pharmaceutical wholesale cooperative supplying independent pharmacies and operating the ISO-certified data center that hosts Brunnen-Apotheke's e-commerce platform. Comparable as ecosystem enabler rather than direct competitor.
• Meine Apotheke (curacado platform): The platform provider powering Brunnen-Apotheke's online shop. Comparable as an ecosystem enabler; not a competitor but the digital infrastructure that allows the pharmacy to compete against mail-order players.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ApothekeBadBocklet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brunnen-apotheke

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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