Malaga Health Assistance

What Malaga Health Assistance does

Malaga Health Assistance, operating under the legal name ASM Asistencia Sanitaria Malagueña, is a Spain-based medical transport and ambulance services provider headquartered in Málaga. Founded in October 1998 by local Málaga entrepreneurs and acquired by Tenorio Grupo Empresarial in July 2019, the company is now a wholly-owned subsidiary within the group's specialized sanitary transport division, alongside sister company Ambulancias Tenorio (founded 1979). The combined platform operates approximately 1,100 ambulances and a workforce of around 2,100 professionals across 6 Spanish territories — Málaga, Sevilla, Extremadura, Murcia, Melilla, and Ceuta — serving a population of more than 5.5 million people. ASM Málaga alone maintains 360 ambulances and 570 professionals serving roughly 2 million inhabitants, executing approximately 35,000 medical transport services per month.

The company's core offering is integrated sanitary transport, comprising urgent and emergency (061) transport, scheduled and collective patient transfers, non-urgent transport, bariatric patient transport, isolation chamber transport, and emergency/rescue operations supported by rapid intervention vehicles, mobile medical units, and field hospitals. The fleet is organized by EU-classified ambulance type — Type A1/A2 (non-assistance), Type B (Basic Life Support), and Type C / UVI Móvil (Advanced Life Support) — with all vehicles compliant with EU community regulations for medical transport vehicles. Recent fleet investments include two new Type C Advanced Life Support ambulances deployed in the Costa del Sol Primary Care District.

Revenue is generated primarily through multi-year managed-service contracts awarded via competitive public tender with Spanish regional health ministries (Consejerías de Salud in Andalucía, Extremadura, and Murcia) and INGESA (Ceuta and Melilla), including the November 2022 Aragón urgent land sanitary transport award valued at €126.5 million executed through the parent group. A secondary revenue stream covers private healthcare agreements with insurance companies, hospitals, and individual patients. Distribution is direct enterprise sales to public and private institutional buyers, with no consumer self-service channel and no disclosed list pricing; contracts are negotiated bilaterally or via formal public tender processes.

Name

Malaga Health Assistance

Legal name

ASM Asistencia Sanitaria Malagueña

Website

https://ambulancias-malaga.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Malaga Health Assistance (ASM Asistencia Sanitaria Malagueña) provides urgent, scheduled, and emergency medical transport and ambulance services across six Spanish regions, serving public health systems, private insurers, and hospitals as a subsidiary of Tenorio Grupo Empresarial.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Transport Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191), Ambulance Services (621910)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Ambulance Fleet, Equipment & Logistics Services (HLAFANAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interfacility Transport (IFT) & Patient Transfer Services (HLAFANAF)

Keywords

• Medical transport services
• Ambulance services
• Emergency medical services
• Patient transport
• Sanitary transport

Headquarters

HQ city

Málaga

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Transport Contracts: ASM generates revenue primarily through awarded public service contracts with regional health ministries and government health departments (Consejería de Salud de Andalucía, Extremadura, Murcia; INGESA for Ceuta and Melilla). These contracts cover scheduled and emergency medical transport services for public health systems.
2. Private Sector Services: Services provided to private entities, insurance companies, hospitals, and individual patients outside of government contract scope.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ASM Asistencia Sanitaria Malagueña provides medical and sanitary transport services in Spain, including urgent and emergency transport (061), scheduled and programmed patient transfers, collective transport, non-urgent transport, bariatric patient transport, isolation chamber transport, and emergency rescue operations. Services are delivered through a fleet of 360 specialized ambulances (Types A1/A2, B, C/UVI Móvil, bariatric, rapid intervention vehicles) and mobile medical units/field hospitals, contracted primarily through public tenders with regional health authorities and supplemented by private healthcare agreements.

Product overview

ASM Asistencia Sanitaria Malagueña is a healthcare transport company integrated into Tenorio Grupo Empresarial. The company operates as a single integrated service platform focused on sanitary/medical transport rather than a modular software product. Its core offerings include Sanitary Transport Services (Transporte Sanitario), which encompasses emergency transport, programmed transport, collective transport, non-urgent transport, special needs patient transport, and isolation chamber transport; Emergencies and Rescue services with mobile medical units and field hospitals; and a fleet of specialized ambulances including Type A1/A2 (non-assistance), Type B (Basic Life Support), Type C (Advanced Life Support/UVI Móvil), Bariatric ambulances, and Rapid Intervention Vehicles. Additional services include training programs and private/entity client services. The company manages a fleet of 360 ambulances serving approximately 2 million inhabitants in Málaga province, with a monthly average of 35,000 services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transporte Sanitario (Sanitary Transport Services)

Quantifiable outcome

• 35,000 medical transport services per month in Málaga province alone (ASM)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Fundación La Caixa - Programa Incorpora AndalucíaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2022ASM Asistencia Sanitaria Malagueña participates in the Programa Incorpora Andalucía of Fundación La Caixa, in collaboration with COCEMFE Málaga, to integrate people from disadvantaged groups into the workforce in the province of Málaga.
• Centro Andaluz de Estudios y EntrenamientominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2022ASM Málaga and Ambulancias Tenorio act as strategic partners for the Intermediate Level Certificate (Grado Medio) in Sanitary Emergencies Technician, an official qualification issued by the Junta de Andalucía. The company contributes practical training and industry expertise to the educational program.
• Fundación AdeccominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2022ASM Málaga participates in Fundación Adecco's Women's Week 2022 initiative to promote employment for women at risk of exclusion. ASM also joins Fundación Adecco's campaign supporting people with disabilities.
• TSTC Ceuta (joint venture ASM + Ambulancias Tenorio)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2020TSTC Ceuta is the joint venture company formed by ASM Asistencia Sanitaria Malagueña and Ambulancias Tenorio (both part of Grupo Tenorio) to manage the land sanitary transport and 061 emergency services in the autonomous city of Ceuta, contracted through INGESA. The JV manages approximately 48,000 assistances per year with a 20-vehicle fleet.
• COCEMFE MálagaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASM collaborates with COCEMFE Málaga as part of the Programa Incorpora Andalucía of Fundación La Caixa to facilitate labor integration for people with disabilities.
• Asociación de Mujeres Amanecer de Fuente de PiedraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAna Belén Hidalgo Rico, a professional from ASM, participated in the audiovisual project 'Profesiones sin Género' (Professions without Gender) developed by this association to make visible those professions where women are increasingly present.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SSG (Servicios Socio Sanitarios Generales): Spanish medical transport and socio-sanitary services operator holding public-sector contracts across multiple Spanish autonomous communities. Direct competitor in regional public ambulance tenders.
• Ambulancias Egara: Catalonia-based private ambulance operator providing scheduled, urgent, and emergency medical transport services. Comparable regional peer competing in Spanish public-sector ambulance tenders.
• DYA (Detente y Ayuda): Spanish non-profit emergency medical and rescue services organization operating ambulances and rapid response units, primarily in northern Spain. Comparable provider of public-sector medical transport and emergency services.
• Ambuiberica: One of Spain's largest private ambulance operators, providing scheduled and emergency medical transport to public health systems and private clients across multiple Spanish regions. Direct competitor for regional public tenders.
• Ambulancias Tenorio (Grupo Tenorio): Direct operational peer and sister company within the same parent group (Grupo Tenorio). Operates an identical ambulance and medical transport service in Seville, Extremadura, and other regions, with a combined fleet of 1,100 ambulances supplying ASM.

Broad incumbents

• Cruz Roja Española (Spanish Red Cross): Spanish Red Cross provides ambulance and emergency medical transport services across Spain, often under public-sector contracts. Broader humanitarian focus but a major operator in the same market segment.
• Falck A/S: Global ambulance and medical transport operator headquartered in Denmark with significant European operations. Publicly listed incumbent competing in medical transport services across multiple European markets.

Regional players

• UTE Ambulancias Madrid (and other regional UTE operators): Regional temporary joint ventures (Uniones Temporales de Empresas) operating public ambulance services in Spanish autonomous communities other than ASM's core territories. Comparable model for competing on regional public tenders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/asm_malaga

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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