Owens & Minor is the nation's leading distributor of national name-brand medical and surgical supplies and a healthcare supply-chain management company. Owens & Minor distributes approximately 130,000 finished medical and surgical products produced by nearly 1,000 suppliers to approximately 4,000 healthcare provider customers from 42 distribution centers nationwide. The company's primary distribution customers are acute-care hospitals and integrated healthcare networks (IHNs), which account for more than 90% of O&M's revenue.
Many of these hospital customers are represented by national healthcare networks (Networks) or group purchasing organizations (GPOs) that negotiate discounted pricing with suppliers and contract for distribution services with the company. Other customers include the federal government and alternate care providers such as clinics, home healthcare organizations, nursing homes, physicians' offices, rehabilitation facilities and surgery centers.