What quadcare does

Quadcare is a South African primary healthcare clinic network founded in 2019 by Dr Dulcy Rakumakoe and headquartered in Braamfontein, Gauteng. It operates 13 owned-and-operated clinic locations concentrated in malls and shopping centres across Gauteng, Limpopo, and North West, with the 13th site opened at Jumbo Mall in eMalahleni in August 2025. The company serves two distinct customer segments: individual walk-in patients seeking affordable primary care in underserved communities, and corporate/industrial employers requiring occupational health compliance assessments.

The service offering is delivered entirely through physical retail clinics with no app, no proprietary technology platform, and no disclosed digital infrastructure beyond a WhatsApp booking link. Core services include consultations with basic medication priced at R499, sexual and reproductive health, antenatal care, contraception, ultrasound, HIV and chronic disease management, lab tests, DNA testing, IV drip therapy, and gender-affirming healthcare for the LGBTQIA+ community. The occupational health vertical provides mine, construction, driver, executive, international, and fitness-for-duty medicals, with pricing from R110 to R1,900 per assessment.

The business model is fee-for-service, with payment accepted from nearly all major South African medical aids and out-of-pocket cash. The network is founder-led and wholly private, with no disclosed funding rounds, external investors, or parent company. The company has stated a mission to scale to 100 primary healthcare centres over time, supported by a 51-person team including a CEO with combined clinical and MBA credentials and a COO with strategy and multi-country operations experience.

Name

quadcare

Legal name

Quadcare

Website

https://quadcare.co.za

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Quadcare is a South African network of 13 mall-based primary healthcare and occupational health clinics founded in 2019, serving underserved communities and corporate clients with affordable fee-for-service consultations and workplace medicals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail & Walk-In Primary Care Clinics (HLAFAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN) Clinics (HLAFAJAA)

Keywords

• Primary healthcare services
• Occupational health medicals
• Sexual and reproductive health
• Chronic disease management
• Clinic network South Africa

Headquarters

HQ city

eMalahleni (Witbank)

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Primary Healthcare Consultations: Fee-for-service consultations including basic medication, with follow-up visits within 3 days at standard rate. Consultation services form the core revenue stream.
2. Medical Procedures: One-time procedural charges including ultrasounds, wound care, ear irrigation, nebulizer treatments, and minor surgical procedures.
3. Diagnostic Tests: Lab tests including COVID-19 (antigen and PCR), blood tests, urine tests, and various screening tests. Chronic medication collection services.
4. Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: Services including antenatal care packages, circumcisions, IUD insertion/removal, and termination of pregnancy. Family planning products and gender-affirming healthcare.
5. Wellness and Preventive Services: Drip clinic services (skin brightening, energy boost, hangover recovery), vaccines (flu, yellow fever), and vitamin injections.
6. Occupational Health Services: Corporate medical examinations including entry/exit medicals, periodic medicals, mine medicals, construction medicals, driver medicals, and executive medicals. Compliance-focused services for employers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Quadcare delivers accessible primary healthcare through a network of 13 owned retail clinics in South African shopping malls, offering consultations with basic medication, sexual and reproductive health, pregnancy care, chronic disease and HIV management, lab tests, ultrasound, drip therapy, and LGBTQIA+ gender-affirming care. Separately, the company runs an occupational health line that supplies employers with compliance medicals (entry, exit, periodic, mine, construction, driver, international, and executive) and fitness-for-duty assessments.

Product overview

Quadcare is a network of primary healthcare clinics providing accessible, dignified healthcare services. The offering consists of a unified clinic network platform delivering both primary care services and occupational health services. Primary care services include Consultation with Basic Medication, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Pregnancy and Baby Clinic, Contraception, Ultrasound, HIV and Chronic Disease Management, Lab Tests, DNA Testing, Drip Clinic, and LGBTQIA+ Health. Occupational health services include Basic Medicals, Periodic Medicals, International Medicals, Mine/Construction Medicals, Driver Medicals, Executive Medicals, and Fitness for Duty Assessments. The 13 clinic locations across South Africa operate as a coordinated network under the Quadcare brand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Healthcare Consultation with Basic Medication
• Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
• Pregnancy and Baby (Antenatal) Clinic
• Contraception and Family Planning
• Ultrasound Diagnostics
• HIV and Chronic Disease Management
• Laboratory Tests
• DNA Testing
• Drip Clinic (IV Therapy)
• LGBTQIA+ Health and Gender-Affirming Care
• Quadcare Occupational Health (Workers Health) Service Line

Quantifiable outcome

• 13 clinic locations across South Africa

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Clicks Group: Major South African retail pharmacy chain operating primary care nurse clinics inside stores in high-footfall locations. Closely comparable business model to Quadcare on retail-anchored, affordable primary care in underserved areas.
• Intercare: South African private multi-specialty clinic and day hospital network offering primary care, sub-acute and occupational health. Comparable to Quadcare on multi-site primary care plus corporate/occupational health bundle.
• Dis-Chem Pharmacies: Largest retail pharmacy chain in South Africa with in-store primary care clinics in malls and shopping centres. Directly comparable to Quadcare on mall-based clinic distribution and overlap on family planning, wellness and primary care services.

Regional players

• Right to Care: South African NGO providing HIV, TB and primary care services through clinic networks in underserved communities. Comparable target patient demographic and clinic-based delivery model, though predominantly donor-funded.
• Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WRHI): Johannesburg-based clinical research and service delivery organisation focused on sexual/reproductive health, HIV and gender-affirming care. Comparable service-line overlap (SRH, HIV, LGBTQIA+) with Quadcare's specialty offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Mediclinic: International private hospital group with significant South African operations (formerly Medicross primary care). Comparable as a broad incumbent offering primary care and occupational health services, but at much greater scale.
• Life Healthcare: Private hospital and healthcare services group in South Africa with primary care and occupational health exposure. Comparable on occupational health and primary care adjacencies, but inpatient-anchored and far larger than Quadcare.
• Discovery Health (Hello Doctor): Largest South African medical scheme administrator with Hello Doctor telehealth and primary care services. Comparable on the payer-aligned primary care access model and on overlapping insured patient base.
• Netcare: Largest private hospital and healthcare group in South Africa with primary care and occupational health divisions. Comparable on service breadth and occupational health offering, though much larger and inpatient-focused.

Emerging players

• Kena Health: South African digital health platform offering chat-based primary care access. Comparable as an emerging player targeting affordable, accessible primary care for South African consumers, though delivery is digital rather than physical.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quadcaremed

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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