Who owns Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology?
Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology is owned by Sonic Healthcare (Australia, ASX: SHL).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Sonic Healthcare Limited — Annual Report 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sonic Healthcare Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇺 Australia, Sydney
- Origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Founded
- 1996
- Category
- Healthcare & pharma › Care providers › Labs & diagnostics
- Parent ticker
- ASX: SHL
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology
Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology is the largest of Sonic Healthcare's Australian pathology practices, serving doctors, private hospitals and nursing homes in New South Wales and north-west Victoria. It was formed in 1996 by merging Douglass Laboratories and Hanly Moir Pathology, and later absorbed practices including Barratt & Smith, Tan Pathology, Posney Richmond, Australian Diagnostic Laboratories and Accord Pathology. Sonic's annual report calls it the group's founding practice.
Ownership timeline of Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology
- Current owner Sonic Healthcare [1] reported
Where Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology sits in Sonic Healthcare
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Sonic Healthcare
Sonic Healthcare controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in healthcare & pharma.
Also in healthcare & pharma
Other brands in labs & diagnostics, and who owns them
Sonic Healthcare has more brands in labs & diagnostics on Brandtree than any other owner: 9 of 26.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| AmeriPath | Quest Diagnostics | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Al Borg | IDH | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Colilert | IDEXX | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Petrifilm | Neogen | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Labcorp | Labcorp | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dermpath Diagnostics | Quest Diagnostics | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ExamOne | Quest Diagnostics | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Haystack Oncology | Quest Diagnostics | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Sonic Healthcare
Sonic Healthcare is a publicly listed company headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as ASX: SHL.
Sonic Healthcare is an Australian medical diagnostics company and, by its own account, the world's third largest provider of pathology and clinical laboratory services. It runs 330 laboratories in nine countries and is the largest private laboratory operator in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, the UK and Liechtenstein, the second largest in Belgium and New Zealand and the third largest in the US. It also runs radiology practices and Australian medical centres. In the year to June 2026 revenue was A$10.9 billion, and Germany, after the 2025 purchase of LADR, became its largest market.
Sonic Healthcare: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇦🇺 Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology and other Australian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 228 brands that began in Australia. 72 of them (32%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology is not one of them.
- Amplar Health — Medibank 🇦🇺
- Honeysuckle Health — nib 🇦🇺
- Randlab — Animalcare 🇬🇧
- 19 Crimes — Treasury Wine Estates 🇦🇺
- 7plus — Southern Cross Media Group 🇦🇺
- 9Now — Nine 🇦🇺
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology?
The parent company of Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology is Sonic Healthcare, a publicly listed company headquartered in Australia.
Is Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology Australian?
Yes. Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology originated in Australia in 1996 and its owner, Sonic Healthcare, is also headquartered in Australia.
Is Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology still owned by Sonic Healthcare?
Yes. As of 24 October 2026, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology is still owned by Sonic Healthcare. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Sonic Healthcare Limited — Annual Report 2026 — Sonic Healthcare Limited, Annual report; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [2] Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology — About DHM — Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology Pty Limited, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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