Don de sang Charleroi 🩸

What Don de sang Charleroi 🩸 does

Don de Sang Charleroi is a Belgian non-profit (ASBL — Association Sans But Lucratif) operating under the legal name L'Etablissement La Transfusion du Sang ASBL. Founded in 1909, it is positioned as the first blood transfusion establishment in Belgium, with a stated operational history that conflicts slightly across sources (one source cites 1935). The organization's mandate is to collect and distribute blood products for all hospitals in the Charleroi region of Hainaut province, Wallonia.

The core service portfolio comprises voluntary whole-blood donation at a fixed center located at 31 Boulevard Zoé Drion in Charleroi (walk-in, no appointment required), plasma donation by appointment only, and platelet donation. Service delivery combines the fixed center with a network of mobile blood collection drives hosted at hospitals, shopping centers, cultural venues, and community organizations across the region. The organization periodically runs mobilization campaigns — most notably the STAYIN' ALIVE summer challenge (July–August 2026) targeting 3,000 blood bags — to address seasonal donation shortfalls, supported by a Facebook presence and a public website (dondesang.be). Goodies (badges, promotional items) are distributed as donor appreciation rather than compensation.

The business model is structured around Belgian legislation that mandates voluntary, unpaid, and anonymous blood donation. There is no pricing model, no disclosed revenue, and no monetization of the donation activity itself. Operations are sustained through institutional arrangements consistent with the ASBL framework. The organization employs approximately 8 people, holds GDPR-compliant donor and candidate privacy policies, and operates exclusively within the Charleroi regional catchment.

Name

Don de sang Charleroi 🩸

Legal name

L'Etablissement La Transfusion du Sang ASBL

Website

https://dondesang.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1909

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Don de Sang Charleroi is a Belgian ASBL non-profit and Belgium's first blood transfusion establishment, collecting and distributing voluntary whole-blood, plasma, and platelet donations from a fixed center and mobile drives to hospitals across the Charleroi region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blood Transfusion Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991), Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (6215)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Blood, Organ & Tissue Donation Organizations (BPAGACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Transfusion Medicine & Immunohematology (Blood Bank) (HLAFAMAG)

Keywords

• Blood donation services
• Blood plasma collection
• Platelet donation services
• Mobile blood drives
• Transfusion medicine supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleroi

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Blood donation services: Blood donations are voluntary, unpaid, and anonymous acts in accordance with Belgian legislation. The organization collects blood and distributes it to regional hospitals. Revenue is not generated from donations themselves.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Don de sang Charleroi is a non-profit blood transfusion organization that collects voluntary whole blood, plasma, and platelets from individual donors at a fixed center and through mobile collection drives across the Charleroi region. Collected blood products are processed and distributed to all hospitals in the Charleroi region for use in patient transfusions, surgeries, and emergencies. Donations are voluntary, unpaid, and anonymous in compliance with Belgian legislation.

Product overview

Don de sang Charleroi operates as a regional blood transfusion service organized as L'Etablissement La Transfusion du Sang ASBL. The organization offers a unified blood donation service portfolio comprising blood donation (without appointment at the fixed center), plasma donation (by appointment only), and platelet donation. Services are delivered through a fixed center located at 31 Blvd Zoé Drion in Charleroi and through mobile collection drives across the region. The organization periodically runs citizen mobilization campaigns such as the STAYIN' ALIVE challenge to address seasonal blood supply shortages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Blood Donation Service (Don de Sang)

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered aspirational, core and minor.

• Stade du Pays de CharleroiaspirationalOthers · 1 July 2026If STAYIN' ALIVE goal of 3000 bags is reached, final event planned at Charleroi football stadium to create largest human blood drop formation in Belgium.
• Hôpital site les VivierscoreOthersMobile blood collection venue - hospital hosts blood donation events in its main hall entrance area.
• Centre Commerciale Rive GauchecoreOthersMobile blood collection venue at shopping center - former Bagel Corner location in Charleroi.
• CHU André VésalecoreOthersMobile blood collection venue at Montigny-le-Tilleul hospital.
• Clinique Notre Dame de GrâcecoreOthersMobile blood collection venue at Charleroi clinic auditorium.
• SPA - Société protection des animauxminorOthersCommunity venue hosting mobile blood collection at Rue Jules Ruhl 211, Charleroi.
• Musée de la photographie, Mont-sur-MarchienneminorOthersCultural venue hosting mobile blood collection at Avenue Paul Pastur 11.
• Local businesses and organizationscoreOthersVarious organizations can organize blood collection events at their establishments - downloadable request forms and conditions available on website.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Australian Red Cross Lifeblood: Australian national blood collection operator – comparable as a centralized, non-profit voluntary-donation blood service with mobile collection drives and regional donor centers.
• Canadian Blood Services: Canada's national, non-profit blood operator responsible for collection and hospital supply – comparable as a regional monopoly blood-bank operator serving a defined geographic catchment.
• American Red Cross Blood Services: Largest US blood collector operating region-specific centers with mobile drives and fixed sites – the model most structurally analogous to Don de Sang Charleroi's fixed-center-plus-mobile approach.
• NHS Blood and Transplant: UK-wide blood and organ authority collecting voluntary donations and supplying hospitals under a nationalized structure – directly comparable operating model at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Sanquin Bloedbank: Dutch national blood bank that collects, processes, and distributes blood products in the Netherlands – directly comparable operating model (voluntary donation, hospital supply chain) but serving a different geography.
• Blutspende SRK Schweiz (Swiss Red Cross Blood Service): Swiss national blood service operated by the regional Red Cross chapters – directly comparable decentralized national model of voluntary blood collection and hospital supply.
• Établissement Français du Sang (EFS): France's national civilian blood service operator – directly comparable function as the country's designated blood collector and hospital supplier, though serving a much larger geography.

Direct peers

• New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS): New Zealand's national blood operator running fixed donor centers and mobile collection drives – a similar mid-sized, non-profit, voluntary-donor operation to Don de Sang Charleroi.
• Croix-Rouge de Belgique (Service du Sang): Belgian Red Cross operates the national blood collection and transfusion service and is the most direct operational peer for Don de Sang Charleroi, which historically has supplied hospitals in the same country under similar regulatory and voluntary-donor frameworks.

Emerging players

• Haemokinesis / Zenopa (Blood donor recruitment specialist): Specialized blood-donor-recruitment and engagement service provider to blood banks – a commercial, niche adjacent to Don de Sang Charleroi's in-house community mobilization model (e.g., STAYIN' ALIVE).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/dondesang.charleroi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ets-charleroi

Compliance1 record

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