Medius Holdings

What Medius Holdings does

Medius Holdings Co., Ltd. (メディアスホールディングス株式会社) is a Tokyo-headquartered, Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed (ticker 3154) holding company that operates a medical-device distribution and healthcare-solutions group through 16 subsidiaries across Japan. The group employs 3,500+ staff and reported FY2025 revenue of 288,689 million JPY. Its three reported business segments are medical equipment sales (handling over 1,000,000 product SKUs to hospitals and clinics), solution services (SPD logistics management, surgical-room management, database, and analytics offerings under the ASOURCE brand), and a nursing care/welfare equipment business operating under Japan's long-term care insurance framework.

The company's core technology assets are its proprietary ASOURCE DATABASE — Japan's largest medical-materials database with approximately 1.65 million registered items including pricing history, reimbursement history, and Safety Data Sheets — and a suite of workflow software products: STORE (simplified SPD for small-to-mid hospitals), SURGELANE (surgical-room revenue and utilization analytics), SPD services, and the Meccul analysis tool (benchmarking across ~2,000 hospitals). It also sells the ASOURCE SELECT private-brand consumables line (gloves, masks, gowns, sheets, cleaning agents). Distribution combines direct enterprise field sales through the 16 regional subsidiaries with self-service database access and an e-commerce storefront, and is supported by large logistics centers including a seismic-isolated facility in Kanagawa and a 19,000+ sqm warehouse in Gunma.

Medius generates revenue primarily through hardware sales of medical devices and consumables, supplemented by professional-services revenue from SPD/SURGELANE/Meccul engagements and welfare-equipment sales/rental. Pricing for most B2B services is not publicly disclosed; ASOURCE DATABASE is offered on a freemium basis (free search/browse, paid analytics). The company holds regulated Japanese licenses for pharmaceutical sales, medical-device repair, and specified-management medical-device sales/rental. A Representative Director change was disclosed on June 25, 2026, and the group maintains a 32.3% dividend payout ratio with 22,238,217 shares outstanding (excluding treasury) as of June 30, 2025.

Name

Medius Holdings

Legal name

メディアスホールディングス株式会社

Website

https://www.medius.co.jp/

Company type

Public

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Medius Holdings is a Tokyo-listed holding company operating 16 subsidiaries that distribute medical devices, consumables, and welfare equipment to Japanese hospitals and nursing-care facilities, while offering proprietary SPD logistics, surgical-room analytics, and Japan's largest medical-materials database under the ASOURCE brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Equipment Distribution

NAICS

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

SIC

Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Providers & Hospitals (TLAIALAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) & Home Health Distribution (CRAOAHAF)

Keywords

• Medical equipment distribution
• Hospital supply chain
• Healthcare logistics services
• Medical materials database
• SPD hospital management

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Equipment Sales: Sales of medical devices, supplies, and equipment to healthcare institutions. The company handles over 1,000,000 product items across 16 group companies, serving hospitals and clinics throughout Japan.
2. Solution Services: Provides consulting and management services including SPD implementation, SURGELANE surgical room management, STORE simple SPD, and ASOURCE database services to healthcare institutions for operational efficiency.
3. Nursing/Welfare Business: Welfare equipment sales and rental services under the long-term care insurance system.
4. Private Brand Products (ASOURCE SELECT): Self-developed private brand medical supplies including gloves, masks, gowns, sheets, and cleaning agents sold under the NeoFit and ASOURCE brands.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Medius Holdings distributes medical devices, supplies, and equipment (over 1,000,000 product items) to healthcare institutions across Japan through 16 group companies. The company also provides hospital logistics management services (SPD, STORE, SURGELANE), operates Japan's largest medical materials database (ASOURCE DATABASE with ~1.65 million registered items), and sells a private brand line of medical consumables (ASOURCE SELECT). The nursing and welfare business supplies long-term care insurance equipment to eldercare facilities.

Product overview

Medius Holdings operates as a medical device distributor offering a comprehensive portfolio under the ASOURCE brand. The core offerings include ASOURCE DATABASE (Japan's largest medical materials database with ~1.65 million registered items), ASOURCE NAVI (information portal), ASOURCE TIMES (quarterly publication), and ASOURCE SOLUTION (operational services). Solution services encompass STORE (simplified SPD for small-to-medium hospitals), SURGELANE (OR management support), SPD services, and Meccul analysis service for medical material optimization. The ASOURCE SELECT private brand includes 17+ PPE and medical supply products including gloves, caps, isolation gowns, aprons, absorbent sheets, shoe covers, and cleaning agents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ASOURCE: Brand umbrella for medical material database and solution services including ASOURCE DATABASE, ASOURCE NAVI, ASOURCE SELECT, ASOURCE TIMES, and ASOURCE SOLUTIONS
• STORE
• SURGELANE
• SPD
• メッカル (Meccal)

Products and services

• Medical Equipment Sales

Quantifiable outcome

• Hospital medical material management labor time significantly reduced through STORE SPD service
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Meccul (メッカル)coreTechnology or IntegrationMeccul is a medical materials analysis service used in conjunction with Medius SPD services. The service analyzes purchase prices and equivalent product usage based on approximately 2,000 hospital data points, enabling optimal medical material selection and price rationalization for hospitals.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Medipal Holdings: Major Japanese pharmaceutical and medical equipment wholesaler with SPD services and nationwide distribution; most directly comparable to Medius in scale, business model, and Japanese hospital customer base.
• Alfresa Holdings: Top-tier Japanese pharmaceutical/medical device distributor operating SPD, hospital logistics, and welfare equipment businesses with nationwide group company structure similar to Medius.
• Suzuken Group: One of Japan's largest pharmaceutical wholesalers with medical device distribution and healthcare logistics services, serving similar hospital channels as Medius.
• Toho Holdings: Japanese pharmaceutical and medical equipment distribution holding company with regional group companies and SPD-adjacent services, comparable in structure to Medius.
• As One Corporation: Japanese distributor of scientific, medical, and healthcare supplies with private brand products and direct sales to hospitals/labs; comparable in medical product distribution and e-commerce private brand model.

Broad incumbents

• McKesson Corporation: Global medical equipment, pharmaceutical, and healthcare supply chain leader; provides instructive comparison for Medius's SPD and database-enabled distribution services at global scale.
• Cardinal Health: Large-scale US medical product distributor with hospital logistics services and supply chain analytics; demonstrates how Medius's portfolio could evolve at scale.
• Owens & Minor: US medical/surgical product distributor with Patient Direct (home healthcare) and supply chain services; comparable mix of medical distribution plus homecare/welfare equipment adjacent to Medius's nursing/welfare business.

Emerging players

• Senko Group Holdings: Japanese logistics conglomerate with growing healthcare logistics and medical delivery capabilities; an emerging competitor in healthcare 3PL/4PL that overlaps with Medius's SPD services.
• PHC Holdings: Japanese medical device and healthcare IT company active in diagnostics, healthcare informatics, and hospital solutions; an adjacent player whose healthcare IT/data analytics ambitions overlap with Medius's ASOURCE database.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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