Who owns Health Services Laboratories?
Health Services Laboratories is owned by Sonic Healthcare (Australia, ASX: SHL).[1]
Sonic Healthcare owns 51% of Health Services Laboratories rather than all of it.
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 (51% stake) reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇺 Australia, Sydney
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Category
- Healthcare & pharma › Care providers › Labs & diagnostics
- Parent ticker
- ASX: SHL
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Health Services Laboratories
Health Services Laboratories is a pathology partnership between The Doctors Laboratory and two London NHS hospital trusts, the Royal Free London and University College London Hospitals, with its laboratory in the Halo building in London. Sonic Healthcare's annual report lists Health Services Laboratories LLP as a significant subsidiary in which it holds 51%, so it controls the partnership without owning all of it.
Ownership timeline of Health Services Laboratories
- Current owner Sonic Healthcare (51%) [1] reported
Where Health Services Laboratories 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 →
🇬🇧 Health Services Laboratories and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 570 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Health Services Laboratories among them.
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- Thyronorm — Virbac 🇫🇷
- VitalityHealth — Discovery 🇿🇦
- A.1. — Kraft Heinz 🇺🇸
- ASOS Design — ASOS 🇬🇧
- AVA — Pets at Home 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Health Services Laboratories?
The parent company of Health Services Laboratories is Sonic Healthcare, a publicly listed company headquartered in Australia.
Is Health Services Laboratories British or Australian?
Health Services Laboratories originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Sonic Healthcare, which is headquartered in Australia. So Health Services Laboratories is a British-origin brand under Australian ownership.
Is Health Services Laboratories still owned by Sonic Healthcare?
Yes. As of 24 October 2026, Health Services Laboratories is still owned by Sonic Healthcare (51% stake). 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] Health Services Laboratories — About Us — Health Services Laboratories LLP, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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