Japan Animal Referral Medical Center

Name

Japan Animal Referral Medical Center

Legal name

株式会社日本動物高度医療センター

Website

https://jarmec.co.jp

Company type

Public

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veterinary Healthcare Services

NAICS

Veterinary Services (54194)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Veterinary Specialty Referral Hospitals (Multi-specialty) (HLAMACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Hospitals (HLAMACAA), Veterinary Imaging, Surgery & Specialty Referral Centers (AFAEANAG)

Keywords

• Veterinary referral services
• Advanced animal healthcare
• Secondary veterinary care
• Veterinary diagnostic imaging
• Pet specialty hospitals

Headquarters

HQ city

Kawasaki

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Veterinary Medical Services: JARMeC operates as a secondary/advanced care animal hospital for dogs and cats, providing specialized medical services through referral from primary care veterinary clinics. Revenue is generated through consultation fees, diagnostic services, and treatment procedures using advanced medical equipment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

JARMeC operates Japan's leading network of four secondary (referral-only) animal hospitals that provide advanced veterinary medical care for dogs and cats, including specialized diagnostics and treatment using CT, MRI, radiotherapy, and PET-CT equipment across 12 specialized departments. Patients are accepted exclusively by referral from primary care veterinary clinics, with the group operating 365 days a year on a complete appointment reservation system. Group companies Camic (diagnostic imaging) and Terucom (small animal oxygen therapy equipment) complement the hospital network.

Product overview

JARMeC operates a network of four secondary care (referral-only) animal hospitals — Kawasaki Main, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka — offering advanced veterinary services for dogs and cats 365 days a year. The hospitals are organized into 12 specialized departments and equipped with advanced imaging technology including CT, MRI, radiotherapy, and PET-CT. The group also includes subsidiary companies Camic (diagnostic imaging) and Terucom (oxygen therapy equipment). A partner animal hospital search service connects over 4,800 referring clinics nationwide. The group provides education and training programs for veterinarians and conducts clinical research in areas including immunotherapy and regenerative medicine.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 献血（Blood Donation）Program: Blood donation service for dogs and cats to support veterinary transfusions

Products and services

• JARMeC Secondary Care Hospitals Network (二次診療病院)

Quantifiable outcome

• 12 specialized clinical departments providing comprehensive advanced care
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance (あいおいニッセイ同和損害保険)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 July 2024JARMeC collaborated with Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance and Navitime Japan to jointly develop 'ALKOO with わんこ', a walking navigation service for pets, offered as a supplementary service for policyholders of the 'Wan Nyyan de Kyun' pet insurance product.
• Navitime Japan (株式会社ナビタイムジャパン)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 July 2024JARMeC collaborated with Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance and Navitime Japan to jointly develop 'ALKOO with わんこ', a walking navigation service for pet owners for promoting pet health and wellness.
• Camic (株式会社キャミック)coreOthersSubsidiary of JARMeC providing animal health-related services. Camic was acquired as a subsidiary in January 2014.
• Terucom (テルコム株式会社)coreOthersSubsidiary providing manufacturing, sales, and rental of 'Oxygen House' products (oxygen concentrators, cages, oxygen concentration meters for small animals). Acquired as a subsidiary in March 2022.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Anicom Holdings: Japan's largest pet insurance and veterinary services group; operates Anicom Pet Insurance and a network of veterinary clinics/hospitals. Direct competitor for advanced pet healthcare spend and a benchmark for Japanese specialty vet scale.
• AHB Inc. (Animal Health & Beauty): Japanese pet services consolidator operating veterinary clinics and companion-animal services. Comparable on Japan-only exposure and small-animal general/specialty mix, although less weighted toward tertiary referral.
• BluePearl Veterinary Partners: U.S.-focused network of specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals accepting only referred cases. Closest direct functional analog to JARMeC's referral-only multi-specialty model.
• Mars Veterinary Health (VCA / BluePearl): Global specialty and general practice veterinary hospital operator (VCA + BluePearl). Closest Western analog to JARMeC's multi-specialty referral model — useful benchmark for specialty vet unit economics.
• MedVet Medical & Cancer Centers for Pets: Multi-location specialty and emergency veterinary hospital group in the U.S. Comparable multi-specialty referral model with advanced imaging and oncology centers similar to JARMeC's 12-department structure.
• Compassion-First Pet Hospitals: U.S. network of specialty veterinary hospitals accepting referred cases with advanced diagnostics and surgery. Closely comparable to JARMeC in referral-only multi-specialty positioning, though serving a different geography.

Others

• Zoetis: Global animal health pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company. Comparable adjacently through specialty therapeutics (oncology, cardiology) that JARMeC's specialist departments administer; informs benchmark revenue/margin for animal health peers.
• IDEXX Laboratories: Global leader in veterinary diagnostics and imaging. Adjacent — supplies the lab and imaging infrastructure that any specialty referral hospital depends on, and competes with Camic (JARMeC subsidiary) in clinical reference lab services.

Regional players

• Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University: Japanese veterinary university teaching hospital providing specialty referral services. Competes with JARMeC for complex referral cases in the Kanto region but is educationally focused rather than commercially scalable.

Broad incumbents

• VetStrategy / Petcare Partners: Canada-headquartered consolidator of companion-animal veterinary hospitals including specialty referral sites. Comparable multi-specialty consolidation playbook and a benchmark for referral-network economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jarmec_ir

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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