Local Clinics

What Local Clinics does

Local Clinics (legal entity: Local Clinics Ltd) is a privately held UK company that operates a web-based directory platform connecting prospective patients with therapy providers across five complementary and alternative healthcare categories: chiropractic, osteopathy, physiotherapy, acupuncture, and massage therapy. Founded in 2017 and operating exclusively in the United Kingdom, the platform serves as both a referral source and an educational resource, providing informational content about each therapy modality and links to relevant UK regulatory bodies (GCC, GOsC, CSP, BAcC, CNHC) for practitioner verification.

The underlying technology is a content-managed website built on the WordPress "Atlas" theme, with therapy-specific landing pages optimized for organic search traffic. There is no mobile application, no disclosed API, no proprietary technology stack beyond standard web CMS functionality, and no integrations with booking or practice-management systems. The platform relies on SEO and content marketing as its primary acquisition channel, targeting top-of-funnel patients searching for therapy services online.

The company's revenue model is not publicly disclosed: there is no pricing page, no visible advertising or paid-listing mechanism, and no transactional flow from clinic search to booking on the platform. With 35 employees and no institutional funding rounds, no parent company, and no disclosed investors, the business appears to be a bootstrapped lifestyle or holding entity. No leadership team, management bios, certifications, awards, or partnership announcements are publicly available, and the operational footprint appears limited to a single UK jurisdiction with a single consumer-facing website.

Name

Local Clinics

Legal name

Local Clinics Ltd

Website

https://localclinics.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Local Clinics is a UK-based web directory that connects prospective patients with providers of chiropractic, osteopathy, physiotherapy, acupuncture, and massage therapy services, offering educational content and regulatory-body links. The privately held company has no publicly disclosed revenue model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Directory Services

NAICS

Offices of Other Health Practitioners (6213), Offices of All Other Health Practitioners (62139)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health Therapist Marketplaces (HLALALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical/Therapeutic Massage (Rehab/Pain Management) (HSALAEAO)

Keywords

• Clinic directory platform
• Therapy finder service
• Healthcare provider listings
• Complementary therapy directory
• Alternative medicine clinics

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Local Clinics operates a UK-wide online directory and finder service that helps patients locate healthcare providers across five complementary therapy categories: Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Acupuncture, and Massage Therapy. The platform is free for patients to use, hosts 6,000+ clinic listings, and serves approximately 60,000 monthly users searching for local practitioners. Clinics can self-onboard, create profiles, and manage their presence on the directory, while each therapy category is presented as a dedicated, content-rich page explaining the discipline and surfacing clinics.

Product overview

Local Clinics is a clinic directory and finder service that connects patients with healthcare providers across five therapy categories: Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Acupuncture, and Massage Therapy. The platform serves as an informational resource and referral service, helping users find appropriate clinics and practitioners for their healthcare needs in the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chiropractic Directory A dedicated therapy category page within Local Clinics that describes chiropractic treatment and lists chiropractic clinics across the UK, enabling patients to find a local chiropractor and clinics to be discovered by prospective patients.
• Osteopathy Directory A dedicated therapy category page within Local Clinics that describes osteopathic treatment and lists osteopathy clinics across the UK, helping patients locate an osteopath and enabling clinics to gain visibility.
• Physiotherapy Directory A dedicated therapy category page within Local Clinics that explains physiotherapy and lists physiotherapy clinics across the UK, allowing patients to find a local physiotherapist and clinics to surface to relevant patients.
• Acupuncture Directory A dedicated therapy category page within Local Clinics that describes acupuncture and lists acupuncture clinics across the UK, giving patients a single resource to find a local acupuncturist and helping clinics attract new patients.
• Massage Therapy Directory A dedicated therapy category page within Local Clinics that explains massage therapy and lists massage therapy clinics across the UK, allowing patients to find a local massage therapist and clinics to be discovered by prospective patients.
• Clinic Profile Listing A self-service listing capability that enables UK complementary therapy clinics to create and manage a profile on the Local Clinics directory, used by more than 6,000 clinics to gain exposure to the platform's approximately 60,000 monthly users.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Doctify: UK-headquartered healthcare directory and booking platform for private clinicians and therapists. Closest direct competitor to Local Clinics, with a much broader clinical scope but overlapping use case of helping UK patients find and book private practitioners online.
• Top Doctors: UK private doctor and specialist directory that helps patients find vetted clinicians across multiple specialties. Direct peer in the UK healthcare-find vertical, although weighted more toward physicians than therapists.
• Treatwell: UK-focused online marketplace for booking beauty, wellness, and therapy services including massage. Comparable business model to Local Clinics for the massage-therapy category, combining a searchable directory with booking and payment.

Broad incumbents

• Doctolib: Major European online healthcare booking platform backed by large-scale funding, now expanding into the UK. A well-capitalized incumbent threat in the same patient-to-provider discovery space.
• NHS Find Services: Official UK National Health Service directory of approved clinicians and services. A free incumbent alternative for UK patients searching for therapy providers, particularly relevant for osteopathy and physiotherapy referrals.

Emerging players

• Booksy: Online booking platform for beauty, wellness, and therapy services. Overlaps with Local Clinics on the massage-therapy discovery and booking use case, with stronger transactional functionality.

Regional players

• Practo: International online healthcare directory and booking platform focused primarily on India and Southeast Asia. Comparable directory-and-discovery business model targeting private practitioners across multiple therapy categories.
• Zocdoc: US-focused online medical appointment-booking marketplace. Operates the same patient-to-clinic directory/booking model as Local Clinics but geographically in North America, providing a useful international benchmark.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/local-clinics

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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