Privat-Spitex Schweiz GmbH

What Privat-Spitex Schweiz GmbH does

Privat-Spitex Schweiz GmbH is a privately held Swiss home-care (Spitex) provider headquartered at Bergstrasse 94, 8032 Zürich, operating under the legal form of a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH). The company delivers nursing care, basic care, treatment care, household services, and 24-hour care to private patients across Zürich's Circle 7 and Circle 8 districts, with stated coverage extending to the whole Canton of Zürich and adjacent municipalities including Zollikon, Zollikerberg, Zumikon, and Küsnacht. It is a health-insurance-recognized (krankenkassenanerkannt) provider operating under Krankenpflegeleistungsverordnung (KLV) Article 7, and a member of the ASPS Swiss Association of Private Spitex Companies. Leadership comprises Geschäftsführer Jörg Piesbergen and Pflegedienstleitung Rachel Daquioag, supported by a small team of approximately nine employees described on the website as "familiar faces."

The company's service portfolio is anchored in three core pillars — Grundpflege (basic care including hygiene, mobilization, and nutrition support), Behandlungspflege (treatment care including medication management, wound care, and injections), and 24-hour care with day-and-night availability — supplemented by Hauswirtschaftliche Dienste (housekeeping) and a specialized Alterspsychiatrie line for dementia, neurological, and post-therapy psychiatric patients. Technology and operational infrastructure include the OPAN electronic patient referral system (enabling seamless transfers from hospitals and physicians, including weekends), InterRAI-HC assessment tooling, NANDA-based clinical documentation, and an internal e-learning platform hosted at health-learning.ch for multilingual staff training and certification. The firm operates an ISO-9002-aligned quality management system.

Privat-Spitex monetizes primarily through KLV Article 7 reimbursed nursing services billed directly to Swiss health insurers (with patients paying their franchise plus 10% co-insurance plus a CHF 7.65 daily statutory contribution), supplemented by privately negotiated household and caretaking fees. A distinctive revenue stream is the "Lohn für Angehörige" program, under which family members are formally employed as caregivers, with the company billing health insurance on their behalf and paying monthly wages, effectively converting informal family caregiving into a regulated, recurring revenue relationship. Distribution is overwhelmingly direct-to-consumer home delivery, supported by a referral pipeline from physicians, hospitals, and social services. Pricing for standard nursing is administratively aligned with public Spitex organizations, limiting pricing power but anchoring the business within the regulated Swiss reimbursement framework.

Name

Privat-Spitex Schweiz GmbH

Legal name

Privat-Spitex Schweiz GmbH

Website

https://privat-spitex.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Privat-Spitex Schweiz GmbH is a Zürich-based, health-insurance-recognized private home-care provider delivering nursing, basic care, treatment care, household services, and gerontopsychiatric care to private patients across Zürich's Circle 7 and Circle 8 districts under Swiss KLV Article 7 reimbursement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Healthcare Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (62161), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS) Coordination & Case Management (HSABAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dementia/Alzheimer’s Respite Care (Specialized) (HLADAKAG), Respite In-Home Care (Short-Term Relief) (HLADAGAH)

Keywords

• Home nursing care
• Spitex services
• Geriatric psychiatry care
• Household caretaking
• Family caregiver employment

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Nursing Care Services (KLV Art. 7): Bills health insurance directly for nursing care services under the Krankenpflegeleistungsverordnung Article 7. Patients pay their deductible (Franchise) plus 10% co-insurance, plus a statutory patient contribution of CHF 7.65 per day of service. Same pricing as public Spitex organizations.
2. Household and Caretaking Services: Private-pay services for regular housekeeping and caretaking. Individual prices can be negotiated. Special rates available for care patients receiving AHV supplementary benefits for weekly cleaning and laundry services.
3. Family Caregiver Employment: Employs family members (parents, partners, siblings, grandparents) to care for their relatives. Bills health insurance for services and pays caregivers a monthly hourly rate.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Privat-Spitex Schweiz GmbH is a health-insurance-recognized (krankenkassenanerkannt) private home care (Spitex) provider based in Zürich that delivers integrated nursing, household, and caretaking services to clients in their own homes. Its core offering combines Grundpflege (basic care such as hygiene, nutrition, and mobilization), Behandlungspflege (treatment care including medication administration, wound care, and injections), and 24-hour care availability, alongside household services and specialized geriatric psychiatry support for dementia and psychiatric patients.

Product overview

Privat-Spitex Schweiz GmbH operates as a home care and nursing organization offering an integrated portfolio of services centered on quality of life and well-being at home. The core offering combines three main service pillars: Grundpflege (basic care including hygiene, nutrition, transfers, and mobilization), Behandlungspflege (treatment care including medication management, vital signs, wound care, and injections), and 24-hour care and household services. Specialized offerings include geriatric psychiatry care for dementia, neurological, and psychiatric conditions, alongside an internal e-learning platform for staff training and a unique family caregiver employment program that enables relatives to be paid for caring for family members while billing health insurance directly. The company maintains an ISO-9002-aligned quality management system and serves patients throughout the canton of Zurich.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grundpflege (Basic Care)
• Behandlungspflege (Treatment Care)
• 24-Stunden-Betreuung (24-Hour Care)
• Hauswirtschaftliche Dienste (Household Services)
• Alterspsychiatrie (Geriatric Psychiatry Care)
• Lohn für Angehörige (Family Caregiver Employment Program)

Quantifiable outcome

• Continuous care at home as long as possible with quality of life as the focus

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ASPS (Verband der Schweizerischen Privat-Spitex Unternehmen)coreOthersOfficial member of the Swiss Association of Private Spitex Companies. ASPS represents and supports private home care organizations in Switzerland, providing industry advocacy and standards.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Senevita AG: Swiss operator of care homes and home-care services with a strong dementia-care offering. Overlaps with Privat-Spitex in geriatric-psychiatry and dementia home care, but also runs residential facilities and operates at significantly larger scale.
• Domicil AG: Large Bern-based residential and home-care provider under the Concadia group. Comparable in the regulated Spitex-style nursing and dementia-care domain, but anchored in a different canton and operating a substantially broader facility portfolio.
• Tertianum Group: One of Switzerland's largest senior-care groups operating residences plus home-care and outpatient services. Comparable to Privat-Spitex in offering home-based nursing and accompaniment, but at much greater scale and with a wider real-estate-anchored portfolio.
• Orpea Suisse: Swiss subsidiary of the international Orpea group, operating nursing homes and home-care services. Overlaps with Privat-Spitex in regulated home nursing and dementia care but has national reach and institutional capital behind it.

Direct peers

• Helvita Pflege und Betreuung: Swiss private home-care provider delivering basic care, treatment care, and household support to seniors at home. Closely matches Privat-Spitex's service mix and regulatory model under KLV Art. 7, with similar positioning toward private-pay clients.
• Spitex Stadt Zürich: The municipal public Spitex organization serving the City of Zürich. It is the largest home-care provider in Privat-Spitex Schweiz's core geography and competes directly for the same nursing, basic-care, and household-service referrals under the same KLV Art. 7 reimbursement framework.
• Home Instead Senior Care (Switzerland): Franchised international private home-care brand operating across Switzerland, providing non-medical companionship, personal care, and household support to seniors at home. Directly competes with Privat-Spitex for affluent private-pay clients in Zürich and offers a similar 24-hour-care concept.
• Swiss Care Group: Swiss private home-care and staffing group providing Spitex-style nursing, basic care, and 24-hour care. Directly comparable to Privat-Spitex in service scope, target client (seniors at home), and reliance on the KLV reimbursement framework.

Others

• Spitex Verband Schweiz: National industry association for Swiss home-care providers. Not a direct competitor, but relevant ecosystem player: Privat-Spitex Schweiz's ASPS membership and KLV-mandated pricing both sit within the framework this association and its public-sector counterparts shape.
• Bonacasa AG: Swiss operator of age-appropriate housing with bundled services including home care, emergency call, and social activities. Comparable as an integrated service concept for aging-in-place, though it does not directly bill under KLV and focuses on housing-led bundles.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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