Perry County Health Department

What Perry County Health Department does

Perry County Health Department (PCHD) is the designated county-level public health agency for Perry County, Missouri, operating from a single office at 406 N. Spring, Suite #1, Perryville. It delivers foundational public health services to county residents including immunizations, health screenings (cholesterol and blood pressure), WIC supplemental nutrition support, maternal and child health education, child passenger safety programming, disease management, emergency preparedness with 24/7 on-call environmental specialist coverage, and health education across pregnancy, smoking cessation, and general wellness.

The department's environmental health portfolio spans food establishment, lodging, and child day care inspections under the Missouri Food Code; private well water testing routed through the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory; swimming pool and spa inspections; indoor air quality assessment in partnership with Missouri DHSS; and recycling coordination with three local metals recyclers. It also functions as the official Perry County registrar for the State of Missouri Bureau of Vital Records, issuing certified birth certificates ($15.00) and death certificates ($14.00 first copy, $11.00 additional), handled in person, by phone, and by mail.

PCHD is funded primarily through Missouri state and local government appropriations, with most services provided free regardless of financial status and only modest transaction fees on vital records and water testing. It operates under the oversight of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and Perry County Government, distributing information through its website, an active Facebook presence, printed resource guides, and community events such as the Bellies, Babies and Beyond resource fair. There is no venture, private equity, or external investor ownership; the entity is a government_state_entity within the Perry County governance structure.

Name

Perry County Health Department

Legal name

Perry County Health Department

Website

https://perrycountyhealth.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Perry County Health Department is the designated county public health agency for Perry County, Missouri, delivering immunizations, WIC nutrition support, vital records, environmental health inspections, screenings, and emergency preparedness to county residents under Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services oversight.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (92312)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Child & Family Health Departments (HLAJAAAK), Community Health & Prevention Program Funding (HLAJALAF)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Vital records
• Food safety inspections
• WIC nutrition program
• Environmental health

Headquarters

HQ city

Perryville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Vital Records Services: Issuance of birth and death certificates with state-mandated fees. Birth certificates $15.00, death certificates $14.00 first copy, $11.00 each additional. Revenue supports registrar services administered per Missouri Bureau of Vital Records regulations.
2. Environmental Health Testing: Water testing services through Missouri State Public Health Laboratory. Bacterial water testing for private wells at $10.00 fee per sample.
3. Government Funding: Funded by Missouri state and local government appropriations to provide public health services. Many services are provided free regardless of financial status.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Perry County Health Department is the designated county public health agency for Perry County, Missouri, delivering foundational public health services to local residents. It issues birth and death certificates as the county's registrar, conducts food, lodging, and childcare inspections, administers immunizations and screenings, runs the WIC nutrition program, and provides water and air safety testing, disease management, and emergency preparedness services.

Product overview

Perry County Health Department is a local public health agency providing foundational public health services to Perry County, Missouri residents. The organization offers a unified portfolio of services including vital records (birth/death certificates), environmental health inspections (food, lodging, child care facilities), health screenings and immunizations, WIC nutrition program, water and air safety services, health education, disease management, emergency management, and recycling coordination. Services are provided regardless of financial status with many being free of charge, while some clinics have financial guidelines and reasonable fees based on cost of service delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Inspections

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ste. Genevieve County Health Department: County-level public health department in southeastern Missouri offering WIC, environmental health, vital records, and immunizations to a similarly small rural population — a near-twin scale peer to PCHD.
• Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center: Public health agency serving adjacent Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, with a comparable rural-Missouri service portfolio including WIC, vital records, immunizations, environmental health inspections, and emergency preparedness — closely mirroring PCHD's structure and funding model.
• Cole County Health Department: Mid-Missouri county health department providing foundational public health services (immunizations, WIC, food inspections, vital records) under the same Missouri DHSS oversight framework as PCHD, making it a structurally comparable peer.

Broad incumbents

• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services: State-level public health agency that funds, contracts with, and oversees PCHD — and as of July 2025 has absorbed septic permitting in Perry County — making it both a regulator and a direct competitor for service-line execution.
• St. Louis County Department of Public Health: Much larger urban-county public health agency operating the full Missouri public health service portfolio across a metropolitan population — overlapping mission and oversight structure with PCHD, but at substantially greater scale and budget.

Others

• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO): National membership and advocacy organization representing all U.S. local health departments including PCHD; not a service competitor but the primary ecosystem/advisory peer governing standards, funding advocacy, and operational best practices for county health departments.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pchdmo

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Investors

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