# Medline Inc.

Summary updated: 2026-10-02T11:07:38.832359Z
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## Overview

Medline Inc. is a healthcare company focused on medical-surgical products and supply-chain solutions for care settings across the healthcare industry. Its product range includes surgical and procedural kits, gloves and protective apparel, wound-care products, and laboratory and diagnostic consumables, serving customers such as hospitals, surgery centers, physician offices, and post-acute facilities. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327340)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327344) The company’s stated mission is “to make healthcare run better by delivering improved clinical, financial, and operational outcomes.” [3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327338)

Founded in 1966, Medline reported 2025 net sales of $28.432 billion. [2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327344)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=D378602)[5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T19875211) As of December 31, 2025, it had more than 45,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries and territories. [6](https://www.medline.com/about-us/fast-facts/)
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## Products & services

Medline’s Medline Brand portfolio comprises about 190,000 products across Front Line Care, Surgical Solutions, and Laboratory and Diagnostics. Its broader med-surg range includes surgical and procedural kits, gloves and protective apparel, urological and incontinence care, wound care, and consumable laboratory and diagnostics products. Specific named surgical-drape families include Standard SMS, OrthoMax, UltraGard, and Hydro-Dynamic. [7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327357)[1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327340)[8](https://www.medline.com/perioperative/surgical-drapes/)

Medline also provides supply-chain services alongside products: it offers roughly 145,000 items from third-party suppliers and services including consulting, outsourced warehouse and technology management, third-party logistics, inventory rationalization, and route planning. Its distribution network and MedTrans fleet support next-day delivery to 95% of U.S. customers. Clinical support includes clinician expertise, best-practice guidance, caregiver training, and Medline University education. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327365)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327397)[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327417)

For the six months ended June 27, 2026, Medline Brand sales were $7.005 billion: Front Line Care $3.270 billion, Surgical Solutions $3.194 billion, and Laboratory and Diagnostics $541 million. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T19872635) For 2025, Medline Brand accounted for 48.3% of total net sales and 80.6% of Segment Adjusted EBITDA; Supply Chain Solutions accounted for 51.7% and 19.4%, respectively. [13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327352)
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## Geographic presence

Medline is headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, where it owns approximately 720,000 square feet of office space. The company reports operations in more than 100 countries and employs over 45,000 people, but does not provide a geographic breakdown of its workforce. [14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198328719)[15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327439)

Its distribution footprint is U.S.-centered: as of the May 2026 prospectus, Medline reported 70 distribution centers globally, including 45 in the United States. U.S. centers covered more than 26 million square feet and were positioned to support next-day delivery to 95% of its U.S. customer base. The company also reported 30 manufacturing facilities, 24 in North America, and sourcing partners in approximately 40 countries. [16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327375)[17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198328325)

Medline identifies Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia Pacific among its international markets. Its 2025 filing reported 6.7% of net sales in currencies other than U.S. dollars, but this is a currency measure rather than a geographic revenue split; the reviewed filings do not provide revenue by country or region. [18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198328583)
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## Business segments

Medline reports two operating segments. **Medline Brand** procures and manufactures its own-brand products, while **Supply Chain Solutions** procures and distributes third-party national-brand products and provides logistics and supply-chain optimization services. Medline evaluates these segments separately; Corporate & Other represents centralized corporate expenses, not a revenue segment. [19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198317213)[20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198317214)[21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198317215)[22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198317216)

For the six months ended June 27, 2026, Medline Brand generated approximately **46.6%** of net sales ($7.005 billion) and Supply Chain Solutions approximately **53.4%** ($8.032 billion), calculated from reported segment and consolidated sales. [23](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2046386/000204638626000051/mdln-20260627.htm) Medline also presents three Medline Brand product categories—not additional reportable segments: Front Line Care, Surgical Solutions, and Laboratory & Diagnostics. Their H1 2026 sales were $3.270 billion, $3.194 billion, and $0.541 billion, respectively; Supply Chain Solutions is not managed by product category. [20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198317214)[23](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2046386/000204638626000051/mdln-20260627.htm)
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## Company history

Medline’s roots trace to a Chicago garment business started by A.L. Mills in 1910, while the company itself was founded in Evanston, Illinois, in 1966 by brothers Jim and Jon Mills. It opened its first manufacturing facility in 1968 and expanded into molded products in 1972 through the purchase of an injection-molding business and creation of Dynacor Plastics. [24](https://newsroom.medline.com/company-news/medline-60-anniversary/)[25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327501)

During the 1980s and 1990s, Medline broadened its healthcare business, adding a post-acute-care sales force and surgical procedure trays, then moving into prime-vendor distribution and online ordering. In 1997, Charles N. Mills, Andrew J. Mills, and James D. Abrams succeeded Jim and Jon Mills in leading the company. [26](https://www.medline.com/about-us/history/)[25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327501)

Medline acquired CareFusion’s International Surgical Products distribution business in 2011. In 2021, funds managed by Blackstone, Carlyle, and Hellman & Friedman made a majority investment in the company; Medline also acquired Teleflex’s Hudson RCI respiratory-products business that year. Jim Boyle became CEO in 2023, and Medline completed its acquisition of Ecolab’s global surgical solutions business in 2024. [27](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1457543/000119312511023796/dex991.htm)[28](https://newsroom.medline.com/company-news/blackstone-carlyle-and-hellman-friedman-to-invest-in-medline/)[29](https://newsroom.medline.com/company-news/medline-completes-acquisition-of-hudson-rci-respiratory-products/)[30](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327502)[31](https://newsroom.medline.com/releases/medline-completes-successful-acquisition-of-surgical-solutions-business-from-ecolab-inc/)

Medline’s shares began trading on Nasdaq in December 2025, following its initial public offering. [32](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198329033)[33](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P198327701)
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