Beltone

What Beltone does

Beltone is a U.S.-based hearing care provider founded in 1952 and headquartered in O'fallon. The company delivers hearing evaluations, hearing aids, batteries, accessories, and ongoing hearing care services to patients with hearing impairment. Operations span multi-state clinic locations, indicating a multi-site, in-person service-delivery model rather than a single-site practice. The Beltone Alliance domain (beltonealliance.com) suggests the entity operates within a franchise-or-affiliate structure that aligns independent clinic operators under the broader Beltone brand, supplier relationships, and clinical protocols.

Beltone operates as a for-profit private company with a workforce of 101–250 employees. The business model centers on per-patient transactions combining professional audiology services with hearing-aid device sales and recurring accessory/aftercare revenue, though specific pricing, average ticket size, supplier relationships, payer mix, and clinic-level unit economics are not disclosed in available source material. No enterprise or B2B customer relationships, no technology platform, and no SaaS or digital-health revenue lines are evidenced; the operation appears to be a clinic-based retail healthcare business.

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Name

Beltone

Website

https://beltonealliance.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Beltone, founded in 1952 and headquartered in O'fallon, US, operates multi-state hearing care clinics delivering hearing evaluations, hearing aids, batteries, accessories, and audiology services to patients with hearing impairment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hearing Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134)

SIC

Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Audiology & Hearing Services (ENT-Affiliated) (HLAKAMAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Audiology & Hearing Diagnostic Centers (HLAFAKAH)

Keywords

• Hearing aids
• Hearing care
• Audiology services
• Hearing evaluations
• Hearing accessories

Headquarters

HQ city

O'fallon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Core offering

Beltone provides hearing evaluations, hearing aids, batteries, accessories, and hearing care services through multi-state clinic locations. The company operates as a hearing healthcare provider serving individual consumers across the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Demant (Oticon): Demant owns Oticon and other hearing care brands and operates retail clinics in some markets, putting it in direct competition with Beltone for hearing aid fittings and audiology services.
• Sonova (Phonak): Sonova, owner of Phonak and other brands, is a global hearing aid manufacturer with retail and audiology service touchpoints, comparable to Beltone at the device and care-delivery level.
• GN Hearing (ReSound): GN Hearing manufactures ReSound and Beltone-branded devices historically and competes in the same prescription hearing aid channel that Beltone's clinics dispense through.
• WS Audiology (Widex / Signia): WS Audiology owns Widex and Signia, supplying hearing aids to retail audiology networks and competing with Beltone at the device and clinic service layer.
• Costco Hearing Aid Center: Costco operates in-clinic hearing aid dispensing inside its warehouse clubs, competing with Beltone on price and convenience for value-oriented consumers seeking prescription-grade hearing aids.

Emerging players

• Lexie Hearing: Lexie Hearing sells OTC and online-fit hearing aids with subscription support, directly challenging the clinic-based dispensing model that Beltone relies on.
• Eargo: Eargo is a DTC hearing aid company selling directly to consumers online, competing with Beltone on convenience and price for mild-to-moderate hearing loss patients.

Direct peers

• Starkey Hearing Technologies: Starkey manufactures and distributes hearing aids through its own retail and provider network, overlapping with Beltone as a vertically integrated competitor in hearing devices and patient-facing hearing care.
• Miracle-Ear: Miracle-Ear is a long-standing U.S. hearing aid retailer and audiology clinic network directly comparable to Beltone in service offering, clinic-based dispensing model, and target demographic of older adults seeking prescription hearing aids.
• HearUSA: HearUSA is a multi-state U.S. audiology clinic network offering hearing evaluations and hearing aids, closely mirroring Beltone's clinic-based model and patient demographic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BeltoneMarionIL
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/beltone-midwest

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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