The Golden Age of Polish Medicine – 2026 Industry Report
Bartosz CiesielskiPolish healthcare is experiencing a period of strong, multi-year growth. KRS financial statements show a clear, multi-year advance across all market segments: from primary care, through specialist practice, to dentistry and hospital care. Behind this phenomenon lies a powerful structural factor – the ongoing aging of Polish society, which is permanently increasing demand for medical services.
General Medical Practice: Steady Growth in Scale and Profits
In the primary and general medical practice sector (PKD 86.21.Z) – home to over 41,500 entities in Poland – KRS financial statements from 2018–2025 show a clear, multi-year growth trend, with a temporary slowdown in 2022. Average revenue per entity rose from PLN 3.88 million to PLN 8.26 million, while median revenue increased from PLN 2.02 million to over PLN 3.52 million.
Crucially, the net profit cushion also grew over the full period studied: median profit rose from PLN 69.5 thousand in 2018 to nearly PLN 200 thousand (PLN 196 thousand) in 2025, putting the net margin at 6% in 2025.
Revenues in General Medical Practice (PKD 86.21.Z)
Despite a temporary slowdown in 2022 (average and median net profit both fell by around 30% year-on-year), general medical practice shows a clear upward trend in its financial results over the full period studied. By 2023, both average and median net profit had already exceeded their pre-slowdown levels, and rising healthcare spending allows entities to build up equity over the longer run.
Net Profit in General Medical Practice (PKD 86.21.Z)
Specialist Practice: Revenue Doubles in the Largest Segment
Specialist medical practice (PKD 86.22.Z) – with a base of nearly 67,000 companies – is the third most popular economic sector in Poland. In this segment’s filings, median revenue exceeded PLN 2.0 million in 2025 (up from PLN 953 thousand in 2018), and average company revenue reached PLN 7.6 million.
Revenues in Specialist Medical Practice (PKD 86.22.Z)
As revenues expanded, generated income grew just as fast. Median net profit jumped from PLN 13.2 thousand in 2018 to PLN 72.5 thousand in 2025 – over a 5-fold increase in profitability. Average net profit per specialist entity now exceeds PLN 535 thousand.
Net Profit in Specialist Medical Practice (PKD 86.22.Z)
Dentistry Is Growing Fastest – and Closing the Gap
Average Revenue: General vs. Specialist Practice vs. Dentistry
Dentistry: Profit Growth Record-Holder
Dental offices and clinics (PKD 86.23.Z – over 32,000 entities) underwent the most spectacular transformation in the entire healthcare sector. Median revenue rose from PLN 789 thousand in 2018 to over PLN 2.63 million in 2025, while average revenue climbed from PLN 1.68 million to PLN 4.41 million.
Revenues in Dental Practice (PKD 86.23.Z)
Dentistry's real standout, however, is profitability: median net profit jumped from PLN 9.5 thousand in 2018 to nearly PLN 131 thousand in 2025, a more than 13-fold increase in median profit. Dentistry was the fastest to adopt modern diagnostic technology and comprehensive treatment, turning those investments into a sharp improvement in margins.
Net Profit in Dental Practice (PKD 86.23.Z)
Hospitals and Inpatient Care: Emerging From Years of Losses
Inpatient and hospital care providers (PKD 86.10.Z) represent an entirely different capital profile. This is a segment of massive cash flows, where average company revenue stands at PLN 58.6 million (median PLN 16.05 million). The sector’s balance sheet shows a historic turnaround: from 2018–2020, hospitals in the KRS posted a negative average financial result (losses ranging from -PLN 310 thousand to -PLN 480 thousand per year). Since 2021, the sector has permanently returned to profitability, posting an average net profit of around PLN 738 thousand in 2025 (median PLN 345 thousand).
Revenues in Hospital Activities (PKD 86.10.Z)
The Industry's Demographic Engine: An Aging and Longer-Living Population
The medical industry’s dynamic growth rests on solid demographic fundamentals. According to harmonized OECD data visualized on Monitly (dataset: Life expectancy), average life expectancy in Poland rose from 73.8 years in 2000 to a record 78.5 years in 2024, fully recovering from the 2020–2021 COVID dip.
Life Expectancy in Poland (years) – OECD data
At the same time, Eurostat data presented on Monitly (dataset: Fertility Rate in Europe) shows an unprecedented decline in fertility in Poland – the fertility rate fell from 1.48 in 2017 to just 1.14 in 2024.
Fertility Rate in Poland – Eurostat data
The combination of these two phenomena – longer lifespans alongside a sharp drop in births – is driving an accelerating aging of Polish society. The share of seniors in the population is steadily rising. Because the average senior generates several times greater demand for medical consultations, chronic disease treatment, diagnostics, and rehabilitation than younger people, the medical sector gains a durable, multi-decade source of demand.
Conclusion
- Healthcare in Poland stands out for a resilience and financial stability rarely seen in other industries. General practice, specialist care, and dentistry alike are posting a clear, multi-year growth trend in median revenue and net profit over 2018–2025, despite the occasional weaker year (such as 2022 for general practice).
- Dentistry emerges as a particular leader in profitability, with median net profit up more than 13-fold between 2018 and 2025, while hospital entities have durably overcome the negative operating results seen from 2018–2020.
- Growth in the medical market is being driven by an irreversible demographic megatrend: a shrinking number of births combined with rising life expectancy is producing a rapidly growing senior population, permanently increasing demand for healthcare services in the decades ahead.
Methodology
For the purpose of this report, official financial statements submitted to the National Court Register (KRS) by Polish medical entities between 2018 and 2025 were analyzed.
The study covered the key healthcare divisions classified under the following NACE/PKD codes:
- 86.21.Z – General medical practice (primary care)
- 86.22.Z – Specialist medical practice
- 86.23.Z – Dental practice
- 86.10.Z – Hospital activities
The average and median values shown reflect official financial statements verified in the Compabase database. Detailed metrics for each PKD code can be found in the links above.
Demographic data on life expectancy come from the OECD (Health Statistics, Life expectancy indicator), and fertility rate data from Eurostat (demo_find), structured and visualized on Monitly.