Clinisys

What Clinisys does

Clinisys is a UK-headquartered laboratory informatics software company that provides cloud-based SaaS Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) to laboratories across healthcare, life sciences, food and beverage, environmental, water, public health, crop sciences, biotech, and pharma. The company was founded in 1984 and reports more than 40 years of laboratory software expertise, operating with 1,450+ lab professionals globally and serving 7,000+ customer organizations whose laboratories process billions+ of tests annually. Clinisys positions itself as the #1 clinical lab systems provider based on this installed base.

The core product is the Clinisys Laboratory Solution, a configurable SaaS platform supporting both sample-centric and patient-centric workflows, organized into two vertical sub-brands: CLS Healthcare (clinical pathology, genomics, cellular pathology) and CLS Scientific (contract services, crop sciences, environmental, food & beverage, public health, toxicology, water quality). The portfolio also includes the standalone Clinisys ICE and Clinisys WinPath products and a set of acquired brands retained for market coverage (Sunquest, Horizon LIMS, Apollo LIMS, Promium LIMS, Orchard). The company has executed an extended M&A program to consolidate the laboratory informatics market and has migrated from on-premise to cloud-based SaaS delivery.

Clinisys operates an enterprise field-sales GTM with a consultative "Request a Demo" motion, supported by content marketing, events, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Revenue is generated through annual SaaS subscriptions priced via quote-based engagement; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company has localized operations across 14+ countries with offices in Cambridge (UK headquarters), Tucson, and Atlanta, and ownership commentary indicates integration as a subsidiary of Roper Technologies, though the structured parent-company field in the input reports no parent entity, and investor details are not disclosed.

Name

Clinisys

Legal name

Clinisys, Inc.

Website

https://clinisys.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Clinisys provides cloud-based SaaS LIMS and LIS software to 7,000+ laboratory organizations across healthcare, public health, food safety, environment, and life sciences in 14+ countries. Its configurable platform supports both sample-centric and patient-centric workflows via the Clinisys Laboratory Solution and acquired brands such as Sunquest and Horizon LIMS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Laboratory Informatics Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) (HLAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Clinical Laboratory LIS (Core Lab/Hospital Lab) (HLACAMAA), Public Health & Reference Lab LIMS (HLACAMAF), Laboratory Informatics for Diagnostics (LIS/Middleware/Analyzer Connectivity) (HLAHAAAO), Quality Management & Regulatory Compliance (CLIA/CAP/ISO) for Labs (HLACAMAH)

Keywords

• Laboratory informatics software
• Cloud LIMS platform
• Clinical LIS solutions
• Lab information management
• SaaS laboratory software

Headquarters

HQ city

Woking

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription Licensing: Cloud-based software-as-a-service model providing laboratory informatics solutions (LIMS/LIS) on a subscription basis. The configurable SaaS platform is available in English with other languages under development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Clinisys provides cloud-based SaaS laboratory information management system (LIMS) and laboratory information system (LIS) software to clinical, public health, life sciences, food and beverage, environmental, water, crop science, contract services, biotech, and pharma laboratories. Its configurable Clinisys Laboratory Solution supports both sample-centric and patient-centric workflows, supplemented by Clinisys ICE and WinPath products and a portfolio of acquired LIMS brands (Sunquest, Horizon LIMS, Apollo LIMS, Promium LIMS, Orchard).

Product overview

Clinisys offers a portfolio of laboratory informatics software solutions centered on two main product lines: Clinisys™ Laboratory Solution (a cloud-based, configurable SaaS LIMS/LIS platform) and standalone products Clinisys™ ICE and Clinisys™ WinPath Enterprise. Clinisys Laboratory Solution serves both sample-centric and patient-centric workflows and includes specialized sub-brands—CLS Scientific (covering contract services, crop sciences, environmental, food & beverage, public health, toxicology, and water quality) and CLS Healthcare (covering clinical pathology, genomics, and cellular pathology). The company has expanded through acquisitions including Sunquest, Horizon LIMS, Apollo LIMS, Promium LIMS, and Orchard. Solutions target industries including healthcare, contract services, food & beverage, environment, water, public health, crop sciences, biotech, and pharma.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Clinisys™ Laboratory Solution: Cloud-based configurable SaaS Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and Laboratory Information System (LIS) for sample-centric and patient-centric workflows.
• Clinisys™ ICE
• Clinisys™ WinPath
• CLS Scientific
• CLS Healthcare

Products and services

• Clinisys Laboratory Solution

Quantifiable outcome

• Contributed over $100M to Huntsville Hospital Laboratory's bottom line through lab outreach efforts from 1995 to date
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• LabWare: LabWare is a long-standing LIMS platform vendor offering configurable SaaS and on-premise LIMS solutions across pharmaceutical, clinical, environmental, food & beverage, and public health laboratories. It is one of the closest direct competitors to Clinisys in configurable LIMS for multi-industry lab workflows.
• LabVantage Solutions: LabVantage provides a 100% web-based, configurable LIMS platform serving pharmaceutical, food & beverage, environmental, and clinical labs. It competes head-to-head with Clinisys's CLS Scientific portfolio on configurable SaaS LIMS for sample-centric workflows.

Broad incumbents

• PerkinElmer (LabWorks / Signals LIMS): PerkinElmer offers LabWorks LIMS and Signals laboratory informatics for pharmaceutical, biotech, food, and environmental testing labs. It overlaps with Clinisys's CLS Scientific verticals and competes for regulated enterprise LIMS deals.
• Epic Systems (Beaker LIS): Epic's Beaker LIS is a laboratory information system tightly integrated with Epic's dominant EHR platform, targeting hospital and health system clinical labs. It is the primary EHR-embedded LIS competitor to Clinisys WinPath and ICE for large US health system deals.
• Roche Diagnostics (cobas IT laboratory solutions): Roche offers cobas IT middleware and laboratory information solutions designed to manage data from its in-vitro diagnostics analyzers in clinical labs. It is an instrument-vendor LIS competitor with deep reach into hospital and reference laboratory settings.
• Agilent Technologies (OpenLab / SLIMS): Agilent offers OpenLab laboratory informatics and SLIMS, a LIMS platform for life science, pharmaceutical, and analytical labs. As a large analytical instrument vendor, Agilent competes with Clinisys in regulated lab informatics with bundled instrument-plus-software offerings.
• Abbott (StarLIMS): Abbott acquired StarLIMS, a LIMS platform serving life sciences, clinical, and environmental labs. As a major diagnostics and device company, Abbott competes with Clinisys on integrated instrument-and-LIS deals for regulated lab environments.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (SampleManager LIMS / Thermo Scientific LIMS): Thermo Fisher offers SampleManager LIMS, a major enterprise LIMS platform tightly integrated with its analytical instruments and laboratory informatics portfolio. It competes with Clinisys across pharma, biotech, and industrial lab customers and brings instrument-vendor scale and incumbency.
• Oracle Health (Cerner Millennium PathNet LIS): Oracle Health bundles PathNet LIS with its Cerner Millennium EHR, competing with Clinisys for clinical pathology and reference laboratory contracts in large hospitals and integrated delivery networks.

Emerging players

• Waters Corporation (NEXUS LIMS / waters_connect): Waters provides waters_connect and NEXUS LIMS-style laboratory informatics solutions for analytical and QC labs, with growing emphasis on regulated pharma and environmental testing — making it an emerging competitor to Clinisys in adjacent verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCweKepCDy4vpbt7lmSJcWSw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clinisys

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries7 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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