Epikur GmbH

What Epikur GmbH does

Epikur GmbH is a privately held German healthcare center (Zentrum für Gesundheit) headquartered in Falkenberg (Elster), Brandenburg, that operates an interdisciplinary outpatient therapy practice across four regional locations in the Elsterwerda–Falkenberg–Finsterwalde corridor. The company delivers four core clinical service lines — Ergotherapie (occupational therapy), Physiotherapie (physiotherapy), Betriebsmedizin/Arbeitsmedizin (occupational medicine), and Ernährungsberatung (nutritional counseling) — to individual patients across all age groups, addressing neurological, orthopedic, psychological, and lifestyle-related conditions. Its core clinical technology is conventional licensed-therapy practice with no proprietary platform, digital product, or disclosed software stack; patient acquisition and scheduling run through the Doctolib marketplace across all sites.

The business model rests on three revenue streams: statutory health insurance (GKV) billing per treatment session for physician-prescribed core services, self-pay IGeL services (e.g., kinesiotaping, cupping, ultrasound, cold therapy), and a corporate health ticket (Betriebliches Gesundheitsticket) targeting employers under German Arbeitsschutz obligations. A fourth, smaller stream comes from ZPP-certified §20 SGB V prevention courses partially subsidized by health insurers. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding, parent, or subsidiary structure; managing directors are Uwe Schrader and Katja Dietrich. Total headcount is reported at approximately 10 employees, indicating a small practice whose growth is constrained more by clinical staffing capacity than by market demand in its served geography.

Name

Epikur GmbH

Legal name

Epikur GmbH

Website

https://epikur-gesundheit.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Epikur GmbH is a privately held German outpatient therapy center operating four locations in Brandenburg, delivering ergotherapy, physiotherapy, occupational medicine, and nutritional counseling to individual patients and corporate clients reimbursed primarily through statutory health insurance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Falkenberg (Elster)

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Statutory Health Insurance (GKV) Services: Core services (Ergotherapy, Physiotherapy, Nutritional Therapy) are covered by statutory health insurance when prescribed by a physician. Revenue is generated through billing Krankenkasse (health insurance providers) per treatment session.
2. Self-Pay Services (IGeL): Additional services such as Kinesiotape, foot reflexology, cupping massage, heat packs, ultrasound, and cold therapy are offered as self-pay services outside insurance coverage.
3. Corporate Health Services: Betriebliches Gesundheitsticket provides workplace massage, physiotherapy, and health services to corporate clients on a subscription or per-service basis.
4. Prevention Courses (Präventionskurse): Certified prevention courses under § 20 SGB V for groups up to 10 participants over 10 weeks, partially covered or subsidized by health insurers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Epikur GmbH operates a regional outpatient health center (Zentrum für Gesundheit) that delivers four therapeutic service lines in person: Ergotherapie (occupational therapy), Physiotherapie (physiotherapy), Betriebsmedizin/Arbeitsmedizin (occupational medicine), and Ernährungsberatung (nutritional counseling). Treatments are provided by qualified specialists across four locations in Brandenburg, primarily billed to statutory health insurers when prescribed by a physician, with self-pay and corporate health ticket offerings on top.

Product overview

Epikur GmbH operates as a modern health center (Zentrum für Gesundheit) that combines four core therapeutic services under one roof: Ergotherapie (occupational therapy), Physiotherapie (physiotherapy), Betriebsmedizin/Arbeitsmedizin (occupational medicine), and Ernährungsberatung (nutritional counseling). The company takes an interdisciplinary approach, offering preventive and rehabilitative care for people of all ages. Each service functions as a distinct practice area with its own specialized treatments, locations, and qualified professionals, unified by the common goal of promoting health, mobility, and performance tailored to individual needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ergotherapie (Occupational Therapy)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Medical Park: German private clinic group focused on prevention, rehabilitation, and recovery across orthopedics, neurology, and internal medicine. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering therapy-adjacent services, though concentrated in inpatient and day-clinic settings.
• Schön Klinik: Privately held German hospital group with strong focus on orthopedic, neurological, and psychosomatic care — overlapping substantially with Epikur's therapy categories. Operates as a broader incumbent at hospital scale rather than local-practice scale.
• MEDIAN Group: Germany's largest private rehabilitation clinic operator, running inpatient and outpatient rehab facilities across neurology, orthopedics, and psychosomatics. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the same rehabilitation and therapy services space, though operating at hospital scale rather than the local-practice scale.
• Helios Kliniken: Largest hospital operator in Europe (Fresenius subsidiary) running acute-care hospitals and outpatient facilities across Germany. Overlaps with Epikur in physiotherapy, occupational medicine, and outpatient therapy, but at vastly larger scale and as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Sana Kliniken: Private German hospital and rehabilitation group with facilities covering acute care, rehab, and outpatient services. Comparable as a broader incumbent in German healthcare delivery including therapy services, though at hospital scale.
• Asklepios Kliniken: One of Germany's largest private hospital operators with broad inpatient and outpatient services including rehabilitation and occupational medicine. Operates as a broad incumbent rather than a focused therapy practice comparable in scale to Epikur.
• BG Kliniken (Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken): German statutory accident insurance clinic group specializing in occupational injuries and rehabilitation. Highly relevant given Epikur's occupational medicine (Betriebsmedizin/Arbeitsmedizin) offering, though operating as large specialized hospitals rather than community therapy centers.

Direct peers

• ZAR Zentren für ambulante Rehabilitation: Operates outpatient rehabilitation centers across Germany offering multi-disciplinary therapy services similar to Epikur's combined ergotherapy/physiotherapy model. Direct comparable as another ambulatory rehab operator, though at significantly larger national scale.

Emerging players

• Caspar Health: Berlin-based digital rehabilitation platform delivering app-based therapy programs for musculoskeletal, neurological, and cardiac conditions. Represents the emerging digital-rehab model that could substitute for or complement traditional in-person therapy services like Epikur's.
• Kranus Health: Munich-based digital health company offering prescription digital therapeutics (DiGA), starting in urology and expanding into other therapy areas reimbursed by German statutory health insurance. Emerging digital entrant relevant to Epikur's GKV-billed therapy model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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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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