NARZ Norddeutsches Apotheken- Rechenzentrum e. V.

Name

NARZ Norddeutsches Apotheken- Rechenzentrum e. V.

Legal name

NARZ Norddeutsches Apotheken-Rechenzentrum e. V.

Website

https://narz.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmacy Billing Services

NAICS

Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds (524292)

SIC

Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324)

akta.pro primary industry

Pharmacy Benefit/Channel Services (PSAO, 340B Admin, Chargebacks/Rebates Ops) (CRAOAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

PBM Technology Platforms (ePA/eRx/Real-Time Benefit Tools) (HLAEAKAL), Medication Inventory, Procurement & Supply Chain (Pharmacy) (HLACAKAI)

Keywords

• Pharmacy billing services
• Prescription processing
• Healthcare IT solutions
• Pharmacy management software
• Electronic prescriptions

Headquarters

HQ city

Bremen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Prescription Billing Services: Core revenue stream from providing prescription billing and accounting services to pharmacies and hospital pharmacies. Handles the processing and settlement of prescription claims with health insurance providers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

NARZ Norddeutsches Apotheken-Rechenzentrum e. V. (NARZ/AVN) provides prescription billing and reimbursement settlement services for pharmacies and hospital pharmacies in northern Germany through its proprietary aposoft software platform. The company processes and settles prescription claims with health insurance providers, handles electronic prescriptions (E-Rezept), and offers a suite of complementary pharmacy IT solutions spanning taxation, invoicing, cash management, analytics, risk protection, reconciliation, corrections, retaxation administration, and digital nursing home supply management.

Product overview

NARZ/AVN offers a comprehensive suite of pharmacy prescription billing solutions centered around the aposoft software platform. The core offering is apoabrechnung for prescription billing, complemented by specialized services for hospital pharmacies and electronic prescriptions. The portfolio includes multiple add-on modules: easytax for prescription taxation, easyfaktura for invoicing, apocash for cash management, apokompass for analytics, Aktiv4plus for operations optimization, apoprotect for risk prevention, apoabgleich for reconciliation, apokorrektur for error correction, retaxadmin for retaxation management, and pflegehimidigital for care Hilfsmittel management. Together, these products provide end-to-end prescription billing, financial management, and compliance services for pharmacies across northern Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• apoabrechnung: Core prescription billing service for pharmacies
• easytax
• easyfaktura
• apocash
• apokompass
• Aktiv4plus
• apoprotect
• apoabgleich
• apokorrektur
• retaxadmin
• pflegehimidigital
• aposoft

Products and services

• apoabrechnung Core prescription billing service that processes and settles prescription claims for pharmacies, ensuring accurate and timely reimbursement from health insurance providers.
• Krankenhaus-Apotheken (Hospital Pharmacy Billing) Specialized prescription billing service for hospital pharmacies handling inpatient medication billing, §129a contracts, and 11.3 supply arrangements.
• E-Rezept (Electronic Prescription Processing) Electronic prescription processing and management service that enables digital handling and settlement of electronic prescriptions (E-Rezept) for pharmacies.
• aposoft Software Platform Proprietary software platform that supports all NARZ/AVN billing and pharmacy management services, accessed by pharmacies through a dedicated member login portal.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GfI Bremen (GfI Gesellschaft für Informations- und Datenverarbeitung mbH)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 1998GfI Bremen was established in 1998 as an operational entity (operative Eigengesellschaft) of NARZ. The company handles information and data processing services for the NARZ group, representing a core operational partnership in their IT infrastructure.

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Sanvartis GmbH: German telehealth and medical communication services company with pharmacy-channel integrations. Partially comparable to NARZ through digital-pharmacy enablement, though focused on patient communication and virtual care rather than claims settlement.
• LINUS Digital Health / IhreApotheken.de: Digital health venture supporting German independent pharmacies with e-commerce, E-Rezept infrastructure, and digital tools. Adjacent to NARZ's domain through E-Rezept and pharmacy digitalization, though focused on consumer-facing and online-pharmacy capabilities rather than billing.

Broad incumbents

• CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA: Publicly listed European healthcare IT group with pharmacy software (Lauer-Fischer, ABDATA-adjacent) and provider-network products. Tangentially competes with NARZ through its pharmacy-IT portfolio and broader healthcare-billing capabilities, though CGM operates at much larger scale across multiple verticals.
• GEHE Pharma Handel GmbH (Phoenix Group subsidiary): Pharmaceutical wholesale and pharmacy services company within the Phoenix Group, offering pre-wholesale, IT, and marketing services to pharmacies. Comparable to NARZ as a B2B service provider to pharmacies, though GEHE's scale and wholesale dominance position it as a much broader incumbent.

Direct peers

• Pharmatechnik GmbH & Co. KG: Major German pharmacy management software vendor offering ERP, POS, and billing-adjacent solutions. Comparable to NARZ through its pharmacy-IT focus and overlapping customer base, though Pharmatechnik's strength is broader store-management software rather than claims settlement.
• ADG Apotheken-Dienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH: Pharmacy IT and service provider under the ABDATA umbrella, offering software, master data, and pharmacy workflow tools. Comparable to NARZ as a B2B technology and service provider serving the German pharmacy channel.
• ARZ Haan AG: Regional pharmacy billing center serving North Rhine-Westphalia. Direct comparable to NARZ in business model (pharmacy claims administration, ePrescription support) and target customer (independent and hospital pharmacies), differing primarily by geographic Länder focus.
• AvP Deutschland GmbH: Pharmacy factoring and financial services provider, historically working closely with German pharmacy associations on receivables management. Comparable to NARZ's apocash/easyfaktura offerings and overlapping customer base, with a financial-services specialization.
• ARZ München (Bayerisches Apothekenrechenzentrum): Regional pharmacy billing center for Bavaria, providing the same prescription settlement and insurance reconciliation services as NARZ. Like NARZ, organized as a pharmacist-owned billing association with a long operating history.
• NOVENTI Health SE: Germany's largest pharmacy billing and PBM provider, offering prescription settlement, software, and financial services to pharmacies nationwide. NARZ and NOVENTI are both B2B pharmacy claims administrators, but NOVENTI operates at national scale with broader PBM and fintech capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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