Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms sector
Strategic acquirers, private equity (buyout funds and growth funds) firms, and valuation benchmarks for Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms
1.1 - About Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms sector
Companies in Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms build cloud-based systems that let patients discover providers, compare options, and book visits across virtual, in-person, diagnostic, and in-home care. They aggregate real-time availability, streamline intake and eligibility, and connect to clinical systems to create seamless experiences. These vendors enable healthcare organizations to increase access, reduce administrative burden, and improve utilization and patient satisfaction.
Solutions typically combine consumer-facing provider directories with ratings and search filters, online scheduling with real-time slot management, and telehealth visit booking with virtual primary care. Many add lab and imaging test scheduling and in-home care dispatch to extend the care journey. Platforms provide care navigation, digital intake, eligibility and payments, automated reminders, waitlists and rebooking, analytics on acquisition and capacity, and integrations to EHR, practice management, CRM and payer systems.
Primary buyers include health systems and hospitals, multi-specialty physician groups, telehealth providers, and diagnostic networks. Outcomes include higher patient acquisition and conversion through improved discovery and booking, lower no-show rates via reminders and streamlined intake, optimized clinician capacity from real-time scheduling, and reduced administrative costs through automation. Buyers also report better patient engagement and measurable access improvements across virtual, in-person, and home-based care.
2. Buyers in the Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms sector
2.1 Top strategic acquirers of Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms companies
Healthgrades
- Description: Provider of online healthcare information and digital solutions that enable consumers to find, compare and connect with physicians and hospitals through a robust provider directory, real-time online appointment scheduling, referral management tools and a marketplace that supports care coordination before, during and after appointments.
- Key Products:
- Online Appointment Scheduling: Provides real-time booking for consumers and physicians across hospital sites
- Healthgrades.com and the wider internet, streamlining access and filling appointment capacity
- Referral Management Scheduling Solutions: Lets physicians efficiently make referral appointments for existing patients with integrated, real-time scheduling workflows that optimize care continuity
- Provider Directory: Offers a comprehensive, searchable database of physicians and hospitals with detailed quality, experience and patient satisfaction information to aid informed provider selection
- Online Healthcare Marketplace: Connects consumers with the right doctors, enabling care management before, during and after visits while integrating scheduling features for a unified experience.
- Rationale: Provider of Online Appointment Scheduling real-time booking, Referral Management Scheduling Solutions integrated referral workflows, and Provider Directory quality-rated search.
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2.2 - Strategic buyer groups for Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms sector
M&A buyer group 1: Doctor Appointment Booking
123Dentist
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- Description: Provider of comprehensive dental care through its 123Dentist clinics, offering general, cosmetic, restorative, emergency, orthodontic, sedation and appliance services, supported by AI-assisted diagnostics and a patient-focused, judgment-free approach.
- Key Products:
- Cosmetic Dentistry: Provides cosmetic dentistry services across its network, helping patients address aesthetic dental needs through professionally delivered procedures, available in multiple Canadian provinces
- Emergency Dentistry: Offers rapid-response emergency dental care through its practice network, ensuring individuals receive timely treatment for urgent oral issues
- Orthodontic Dentistry: Delivers orthodontic services within member clinics, supporting patients requiring alignment or corrective dental treatments across the network
- Dental Appliances & Technology Integration: Supplies dental appliances and integrates technology into care delivery, enhancing treatment capabilities and patient outcomes throughout its practices
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●● companies3. Investors and private equity firms in Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms sector
3.1 - Buyout funds in the Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms sector
2.2 - Strategic buyer groups for Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms sector
4 - Top valuation comps for Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms companies
4.2 - Public trading comparable groups for Healthcare Appointment Booking Platforms sector
Valuation benchmark group 1: Consumer Services Marketplace Companies
Meituan
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- Description: Provider of web-based shopping platform services, using technology to connect consumers and merchants, offering locally found consumer products and retail services like entertainment, dining, delivery, travel, and other activities in China.
- Key Products:
- Food Delivery: On-demand food delivery services from local restaurants
- Hotel & Travel Booking: Convenient booking options for hotels and travel services
- Entertainment: Booking and reservation services for entertainment activities
- Car-Hailing: Ride-hailing services for commuters
- Bike Sharing: Shared bike services for short-distance travel