UK affiliate of Henry Schein Inc. — global B2B distributor of dental, medical and animal health products. One of the largest dental supply distributors in the UK, with significant medical practice and veterinary channels.
Henry Schein UK is the British affiliate of NASDAQ-listed Henry Schein Inc. (HSIC), one of the world's largest B2B distributors of healthcare products to office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners. The UK operation is headquartered in Gillingham, Kent, and serves approximately 100,000 customers across the UK and Ireland. The UK business is anchored in dental supply distribution — where Henry Schein UK is among the top two distributors by market share — with significant secondary positions in medical practice supplies (private GPs, occupational health, sports medicine clinics) and veterinary distribution.
Henry Schein UK's strongest channel is the UK dental practice market — direct-to-practitioner distribution of consumables, equipment, instruments and digital workflow solutions. The company runs structured account management with the major UK dental chains (Bupa Dental, Mydentist, Dentex) as well as thousands of independent practices. In the medical channel, Henry Schein serves private GPs, occupational health providers, sports clinics and travel health practices, but not the NHS hospital tender system at scale.
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