Apteka Blisko Ciebie

What Apteka Blisko Ciebie does

Apteka Blisko Ciebie is a family-owned retail pharmacy chain operating 29 physical pharmacy locations across the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. Founded in 1994 in Dąbrowa Górnicza at ul. Sobieskiego 23, the company is operated under the legal entity Indra Jargan – Szklorz spółka jawna (a Polish general partnership), with its management office headquartered at ul. 3 Maja 13 in Sosnowiec. The network serves the general public directly through in-person pharmacy visits for prescription fulfillment, over-the-counter medications, compounded medications, and related health products, and maintains a 100% Polish, family-owned identity across three decades of operation. The network spans cities including Katowice, Sosnowiec, Tychy, Jaworzno, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Bytom, Będzin, Mysłowice, Siemianowice Śląskie, Oświęcim, Wodzisław Śląski, Pszów, Imielin, Chełm Śląski, Czeladź, and Wolbrom, with multiple 24-hour locations.

The business operates a traditional direct-to-consumer retail model, with revenue derived from four primary streams: retail pharmaceutical sales at pharmacy counters, NFZ (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia / National Health Fund) prescription reimbursements, custom compounded medications including aseptic eye drops, and individual import medication requests (import docelowy). Differentiated operational capabilities include NFZ contract status for refunded prescriptions and refunded auxiliary medical supplies (such as incontinence products), specialized compounding that requires regulatory licensing, multiple 24-hour sites, and broad payment acceptance (cash, payment cards, SODEXO and Chèque Déjeuner vouchers, EPRUF cards). Distribution is purely physical retail with no e-commerce, mobile app, or digital ordering channel visible.

Marketing and customer engagement are minimal: an organic Facebook page and a corporate website (aptekabliskociebie.pl) constitute the entire digital footprint. The company supports the affiliated charitable foundation Fundacja Blisko Ciebie, encouraging customers to direct 1.5% of income tax to the foundation. No proprietary technology, no AI/ML capability, no app, and no integration partnerships are disclosed. The operating model is asset-heavy retail relying on localized customer relationships, regulatory contracts, and family ownership rather than technology-enabled scale, reflecting the conservative character typical of long-established Polish community pharmacy networks.

Name

Apteka Blisko Ciebie

Legal name

Indra Jargan – Szklorz spółka jawna

Website

https://aptekabliskociebie.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Apteka Blisko Ciebie is a family-owned Polish pharmacy chain operating 29 retail locations across the Silesian Voivodeship. Founded in 1994, it dispenses NFZ-reimbursed prescriptions, compounded medications, and OTC products directly to consumers, with 100% Polish capital ownership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Pharmacy

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110)

SIC

Retail-Drug Stores And Proprietary Stores (5912)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail & Community Pharmacies (Chain/Independent) (HLAFALAA)

Keywords

• Retail pharmacy services
• Prescription fulfillment
• Compounded medications
• NFZ reimbursed prescriptions
• Over-the-counter medications

Headquarters

HQ city

Sosnowiec

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices30 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Retail Pharmaceutical Sales: Direct retail sales of medications, health products, and OTC pharmaceuticals to consumers at pharmacy locations. Revenue generated from individual customer purchases.
2. NFZ Prescription Fulfillment: Contract with Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia (National Health Fund) for fulfillment of subsidized/refunded prescriptions. Revenue derived from government healthcare reimbursements for prescribed medications and auxiliary supplies (e.g., diapers).
3. Compounded Medications: Preparation and sale of custom-made medications including eye drops prepared under aseptic conditions. Additional service revenue from specialized pharmaceutical preparations.
4. Import and Special Orders: Fulfillment of individual import prescriptions (import docelowy) for medications not otherwise available in Poland.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Apteka Blisko Ciebie operates 29 community pharmacies across the Silesian region of Poland, dispensing prescription and OTC medications directly to walk-in patients. Its differentiated offerings include in-pharmacy compounding of custom medications (notably aseptic eye drops), fulfillment of NFZ (National Health Fund) reimbursed prescriptions and refunded auxiliary medical supplies, processing of individual import medication requests, and acceptance of expired medications for safe disposal. All transactions occur at physical pharmacy counters, supported by multiple payment options including cash, payment cards, and various voucher/card systems.

Product overview

Apteka Blisko Ciebie operates a network of 29 pharmacies across Poland, offering pharmaceutical services including compounding (leki robione), NFZ-reimbursed prescriptions, auxiliary medical supplies, individual import medications, and expired medicine collection. The company was founded in 1994 in Dąbrowa Górnicza and maintains 100% Polish capital ownership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pharmacy Network (Sieć Aptek)
• Compounding Services (Leki Robione)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NFZ (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia)coreOthersContract with National Health Fund (NFZ) for fulfillment of refunded prescriptions and auxiliary medical supplies (e.g., diapers/incontinence products). This is a fundamental government healthcare partnership enabling prescription reimbursements for patients.
• Fundacja Blisko CiebieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe company supports the 'Fundacja Blisko Ciebie' (Blisko Ciebie Foundation), a charitable foundation. The company encourages customers to donate 1.5% of their income tax to support foundation beneficiaries.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gemini Polska: Polish pharmacy chain operating community pharmacies with NFZ contracts and an online pharmacy channel. Comparable in scale and product offering to Apteka Blisko Ciebie as a regional/multi-city Polish pharmacy operator.
• DOZ.PL: Polish pharmacy chain with both physical locations and a leading online pharmacy platform. Comparable as a multi-channel Polish pharmacy retailer competing for the same NFZ-prescription and OTC patient base.
• Ziko Apteka: Polish pharmacy chain with dozens of locations, NFZ reimbursement contracts, and a growing online pharmacy platform. Closely comparable as a multi-location community pharmacy operator with similar product and service mix.
• Dr. Max: Largest pharmacy chain in Poland and Central Europe with hundreds of locations, NFZ contracts, and compounding services. Directly comparable retail community pharmacy chain serving Polish patients with similar prescription, OTC, and reimbursement offerings.
• Apteka Codzienna: Polish community pharmacy chain with multi-location footprint and standard NFZ prescription services. Directly comparable retail pharmacy chain competing for the same walk-in prescription and OTC customer.

Broad incumbents

• Hebe: Polish drugstore chain owned by Jeronimo Martins with growing pharmacy and beauty/health assortment. Broad incumbent competing in OTC, personal care, and adjacent pharmacy categories across Poland.
• Rossmann: Major drugstore chain in Poland (and broader Central Europe) selling OTC, personal care, and health products with pharmacy counters in many stores. Adjacent competitor offering overlapping health/OTC assortment at much larger scale.
• Super-Pharm: Polish drugstore chain with in-store pharmacies selling prescription and OTC products. Larger multi-category retailer with overlapping pharmacy counter offering in shared Polish trade areas.

Regional players

• Cefarm: Pharmacy operator with roots in the Silesian region of Poland. Comparable as a regional pharmacy competitor sharing the same Silesian geography and patient base as Apteka Blisko Ciebie.
• Pelmed: Regional Polish pharmacy operator with locations concentrated in southern Poland. Comparable regional community pharmacy chain with similar NFZ reimbursement dependence and walk-in dispensing model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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