Who owns Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology?
Sullivan Nicolaides 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, Brisbane
- Category
- Healthcare & pharma › Care providers › Labs & diagnostics
- Parent ticker
- ASX: SHL
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology is a Sonic Healthcare pathology practice serving doctors, private hospitals and aged care homes in Queensland, northern New South Wales and the Northern Territory. It calls itself Australia's largest private referral laboratory, taking complex tests from other laboratories, and its central laboratory is in Brisbane. Sonic's annual report lists Sullivan Nicolaides Pty Ltd among its significant subsidiaries, wholly owned.
Ownership timeline of Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
- Current owner Sonic Healthcare [1] reported
Where Sullivan Nicolaides 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 →
🇦🇺 Sullivan Nicolaides 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; Sullivan Nicolaides 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 Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology?
The parent company of Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology is Sonic Healthcare, a publicly listed company headquartered in Australia.
Is Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Australian?
Yes. Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology originated in Australia and its owner, Sonic Healthcare, is also headquartered in Australia.
Is Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology still owned by Sonic Healthcare?
Yes. As of 24 October 2026, Sullivan Nicolaides 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] Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology — About — Sullivan Nicolaides Pty Ltd, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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