ATERIMA MED

What ATERIMA MED does

ATERIMA MED is a Polish caregiver staffing agency that recruits, screens, and places Polish caregivers into elderly care assignments with German families. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Krakow, the company operates as ATERIMA Europe Sp. z o.o. sp. k. with five physical recruitment offices across Poland and a dedicated German subsidiary, ATERIMA care GmbH, based in Düsseldorf. Its core platform is a web-based job marketplace listing approximately 1,000 active verified offers, currently onboarding roughly 64 caregivers into placements per day, with a cumulative track record of more than 100,000 assignments since inception.

The company monetizes through placement fees on caregiver assignments, charging German households and care recipients for the recruitment, vetting, and ongoing administrative management of Polish caregivers working in Germany. Average caregiver compensation ranges from €2,150 to €2,250 per month, with the agency capturing margin on each placement. To defend and expand its caregiver supply, ATERIMA has built a proprietary content and training ecosystem that includes Zaopiekowani.TV, Akademia Opiekunów, and a free German language learning platform, all designed to lower candidate acquisition cost and accelerate readiness for cross-border assignments. The business holds the #1 ranking on Opiekunki24.pl, reports a 9.7/10 caregiver satisfaction score, and achieves a 78% repeat caregiver rate, indicating strong two-sided retention on the platform.

Name

ATERIMA MED

Legal name

ATERIMA Europe Sp. z o.o. sp. k.

Website

https://aterima-med.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ATERIMA MED is a Polish caregiver staffing agency that recruits, trains, and places Polish caregivers into elderly care assignments with German families, operating across five Polish offices and a Düsseldorf-based German subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Elderly Care Staffing

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (621610), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Care & ADL Assistance (bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility) (HLADAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Conversation, Cognitive Stimulation & Activity Facilitation (HSABAAAB), Medication Reconciliation & Skilled Medication Administration (Clinical) (HSABACAH)

Keywords

• Elderly care staffing
• Caregiver placement services
• Live-in caregiver recruitment
• Polish-German care staffing
• Senior care placement

Headquarters

HQ city

Krakow

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Caregiver placement / staffing fees: ATERIMA MED acts as a licensed recruitment and staffing agency placing Polish caregivers (Opiekunowie) in elderly care assignments with German families. The company handles the full placement process including recruitment, vetting, matching, travel arrangement, insurance, and ongoing support. Caregivers are employed under employment contracts with ATERIMA Europe Sp. z o.o. Sp. k., with salaries paid in EUR or PLN. Revenue derives from the margin between caregiver compensation and fees billed to German clients/families.
2. ATERIMA Bus transportation service: The company organizes and subsidizes travel for caregivers to and from Germany. For assignments of one month or longer, round-trip transportation is fully covered. Revenue is effectively reduced by travel cost subsidies but serves as a key retention and satisfaction driver.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ATERIMA MED is a licensed Polish recruitment and staffing agency that places Polish caregivers (opiekunowie) in live-in elderly care assignments with German families. The company recruits candidates through branch offices and digital channels, vets and matches them to verified German assignments, and employs caregivers under contracts with its parent entity ATERIMA Europe Sp. z o.o. sp. k. The service is bundled with door-to-door travel (ATERIMA Bus), private medical insurance, free German language training, individual coordinator support, nurse consultations, and psychological and legal advice.

Product overview

ATERIMA MED to polska platforma rekrutacyjna działająca od 2011 roku, łącząca polskich opiekunów osób starszych z niemieckimi rodzinami potrzebującymi opieki nad seniorami. Główna oferta obejmuje sprawdzone zlecenia w Niemczech z pełnym wsparciem: od rekrutacji, przez organizację podróży (ATERIMA BUS), ubezpieczenie, indywidualną opiekę koordynatora, po wsparcie merytoryczne. Ekosystem uzupełniają bezpłatne kursy języka niemieckiego dla początkujących i średniozaawansowanych (Lekcje z Teresą i Lekcje z Basią), Akademię Opiekunów z kursami online, cykl webinarów 'Profesjonalni w opiece', program Zaopiekowani.TV oraz poradnik dla opiekunek obejmujący blogi tematyczne i ABC demencji.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Akademia Opiekunów: An academy for caregivers providing online courses and training materials for care professionals.
• Zaopiekowani.TV

Products and services

• Caregiver Placement Service (Elderly Care in Germany)
• ATERIMA Bus Travel Arrangement Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000+ caregiver assignments facilitated since 2011
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• ATERIMA care GmbHcoreOthersATERIMA care GmbH is a co-administrator of personal data (alongside ATERIMA Europe Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. and Home Care Service Sp. z o.o.) operating from Konigsallee 27, 40212 Dusseldorf, Germany (HRB 98464). The entity manages data processing for caregivers and care recipients involved in German placements, with its own Data Protection Officer.
• Home Care Service Sp. z o.o.coreOthersHome Care Service Sp. z o.o. is a co-administrator of personal data alongside ATERIMA Europe Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. and ATERIMA care GmbH. Located at ul. Puszkarska 7m, 30-644 Krakow, it shares the same address as ATERIMA Europe's headquarters and processes data for caregivers and care recipients.
• Sindbad (bus transport provider)supportingOthersATERIMA MED primarily uses Sindbad, one of Poland's largest intercity bus carriers (handling over 1 million passengers annually), for caregiver transportation from Poland to Germany. Sindbad buses are the most commonly used transport option for caregiver assignments.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Care.com: Global online marketplace connecting families with caregivers including elderly care; adjacent rather than directly competing on the Polish-to-German cross-border staffing model.
• Adecco Medical & Care: Large global staffing firm with dedicated German medical and care staffing lines; competes for the same German care placements at scale as a broad incumbent rather than a specialist.
• ManpowerGroup Care: Global staffing incumbent with care-sector operations in Germany; competes for caregiver placements as part of a broad workforce services portfolio.
• Randstad Healthcare: Major international staffing company with healthcare and care verticals in Germany; competes across caregiver placement with broader workforce solutions rather than PL-DE corridor specialization.

Regional players

• HelpDirect Pflegegesellschaft: German-side care service provider coordinating Eastern European caregivers for live-in elderly care in Germany; operates on the same demand side of the corridor ATERIMA MED serves.

Direct peers

• European Care: European care staffing agency placing caregivers from Central/Eastern Europe into German elderly care placements; comparable cross-border placement model.
• TTA Personal GmbH: German recruitment and staffing firm specializing in care personnel from Eastern Europe for German elderly care households; competes directly for German family clients.
• Promedis24: Germany-based care staffing agency placing Eastern European caregivers in German households for elderly care; competes for the same German demand side as ATERIMA MED's clients.
• SenioCare: Polish caregiver placement agency sending Polish caregivers to German elderly care assignments, directly competing with ATERIMA MED in the same bilateral corridor with similar placement-and-support model.
• Carework: Polish caregiver placement agency placing Polish caregivers in elderly care assignments in Germany, with comparable offerings and target candidate pool.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ATERIMA.MED
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aterima-med

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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