AURAL

What AURAL does

AURAL (Association pour l'Utilisation du Rein Artificiel dans la région Lyonnaise) is a French private non-profit healthcare association founded in 1974 and headquartered in Lyon, France. It operates as an Établissement de Santé Privé d'Intérêt Collectif (ESPIC) governed under French loi 1901 association law and is a member of FEHAP, the federation of non-profit hospital and home-care establishments. The organization specializes in chronic kidney disease treatment and delivers renal replacement therapy including hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, daily hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis, alongside external nephrology consultations and patient education programs.

AURAL operates 19 dialysis treatment sites and 2 health centers across the Rhône-Alpes region, employing 360 staff and serving 1,310 patients. Its technology infrastructure includes telemedicine capabilities deployed at 5 sites (Lyon 8ème, Lyon 4ème, Oyonnax, Chambéry, Albertville), an in-house biomedical maintenance service for dialysis generators, and a service pharmacy responsible for water quality in hemodialysis. The organization also integrates with Doctolib for online appointment booking and REINOMED for clinical registry purposes. In 2019, it launched a Sustainable Development Initiative targeting reduced water and energy consumption and waste reduction.

The revenue model is based on reimbursement through the French national health insurance system (Sécurité Sociale), with no private pay or premium pricing. Additional non-operating capital has been received via EU Fonds pour la Modernisation et l'Investissement en Santé (FMIS) grants totaling €482K over 2021–2024 for infrastructure modernization. As a non-profit, AURAL does not have external equity investors; resources are reinvested into patient care quality and infrastructure.

Name

AURAL

Legal name

Association pour l'Utilisation du Rein Artificiel dans la région Lyonnaise

Website

https://auralyon.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AURAL is a French non-profit healthcare association founded in 1974 that provides dialysis treatment, nephrology consultations, and telemedicine services to 1,310 chronic kidney disease patients across 19 sites in the Rhône-Alpes region, reimbursed through the French Sécurité Sociale.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dialysis and Nephrology Services

NAICS

Kidney Dialysis Centers (621492), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Dialysis Services (Hemodialysis & Peritoneal Dialysis) (HLAKAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Outpatient Dialysis & Kidney Care Centers (HLAFABAE), Kidney & Dialysis Remote Care (CKD/ESRD monitoring, home dialysis support) (HLALAFAC), Home Dialysis Support & Training Providers (HLAFAEAG)

Keywords

• Chronic kidney disease treatment
• Dialysis services
• Nephrology consultations
• Renal replacement therapy
• Home dialysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare service reimbursement: As a non-profit private healthcare establishment (Établissement de Santé Privé à but non lucratif) governed by a loi 1901 association, AURAL operates within the French public healthcare system (Sécurité Sociale). Services are reimbursed through French national health insurance for dialysis treatments and nephrology consultations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AURAL provides renal replacement therapy for chronic kidney disease patients across 19 sites in the Rhône-Alpes region, including hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, daily hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis. The organization also operates health centers offering external nephrology consultations and provides telemedicine-based remote patient monitoring at five sites, supported by therapeutic patient education, dietary, psychological, and social services.

Product overview

AURAL is a private non-profit healthcare establishment (Établissement de Santé Privé à but non lucratif, loi 1901) founded in 1974, specializing in chronic kidney disease treatment. The organization operates a unified dialysis service network with three interconnected offerings: hemodialysis and home dialysis treatments (the core service), nephrology consultations (offered at dedicated health centers), and telemedicine (enabling remote patient monitoring across multiple sites). These services work together to provide comprehensive renal care from initial consultations through various dialysis modalities to ongoing remote follow-up.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dialysis Treatment Services Renal replacement therapy including hemodialysis in-center and home hemodialysis options, hemodiafiltration, daily hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis treatments provided across 19 sites in the Rhône-Alpes region for chronic kidney disease patients.
• Nephrology Consultations External nephrology consultations at dedicated health centers in Lyon 8ème and Bourgoin-Jallieu, staffed by nephrologist physicians and dedicated nursing teams, provided without fee overruns (sans dépassement d'honoraires).
• Telemedicine Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 1310 patients treated across multiple dialysis modalities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FEHAP (Fédération des Établissements Hospitaliers et d'Aide à la Personne)coreOthersAURAL, as an Établissement de Santé Privé d'Intérêt Collectif (ESPIC), is a member of FEHAP, the Federation of Hospital Establishments and Home Care Organizations. This federation represents non-profit healthcare establishments in France.
• France ReinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with France Rein, an association dedicated to supporting people with kidney diseases since 1972. France Rein publishes the practical guide for dialysis patients (3rd edition), which AURAL promotes to its patients as an informative resource.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Calydial: Calydial is another non-profit dialysis association operating in the Lyon metropolitan area, offering hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and nephrology consultations with a similar ESPIC-style model. It is a direct peer to AURAL because it competes in the same Rhône-Alpes catchment for both dialysis patients and nephrology referrals.
• AGDUC: AGDUC is a French regional non-profit dialysis association operating multiple dialysis centers, similar in legal form (loi 1901 association) and operating model to AURAL. It is a direct peer because it offers the same multi-modality dialysis services under the same French public reimbursement framework.

Others

• France Rein: France Rein is a French national kidney patient association that publishes patient education materials in partnership with dialysis providers, including AURAL. It is an ecosystem/other peer rather than a direct competitor, functioning as a patient advocacy organization that influences the broader nephrology care environment in which AURAL operates.
• Renaloo: Renaloo is a French association of kidney patients that advocates for better access to treatment and patient choice, including home dialysis. It is an other/ecosystem peer to AURAL because it is not a service provider but shapes patient expectations and policy direction affecting AURAL's service mix.

Broad incumbents

• Diaverum France: Diaverum is one of the world's largest independent dialysis service providers, operating a global network of clinics including sites in France. It is a broad incumbent peer to AURAL because it offers the same hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis services but with materially greater scale, geographic reach, and corporate procurement power.
• Fresenius Medical Care (NephroCare): Fresenius Medical Care is the global leader in dialysis products and services, operating the NephroCare clinic network across dozens of countries including France. It is a broad incumbent peer to AURAL because it provides the same dialysis modalities with vertically integrated equipment manufacturing and substantially greater scale.
• B. Braun Avitum: B. Braun Avitum operates a network of dialysis centers across Europe and offers integrated dialysis services with in-house equipment manufacturing. It is a broad incumbent peer to AURAL because it competes in the same chronic hemodialysis market with greater scale, integrated supply chain, and pan-European footprint.

Regional players

• Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL): HCL is the major public teaching hospital network in the Lyon region that also operates dialysis services and nephrology consultations. It is a regional peer to AURAL because both operate in the same Rhône-Alpes catchment area and serve overlapping CKD patients, though HCL provides broader acute hospital services while AURAL focuses on outpatient chronic dialysis.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AuralLyon
• Facebookfacebook.com/AURAL.Lyon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aural-lyon

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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