Henry Schein Inc (NASDAQ: HSIC) is a health care distribution company that supplies dental and medical practitioners with consumable merchandise, equipment, specialty products, and practice management technology. It makes money through transactional product sales across three segments: Global Distribution and Value-Added Services, Global Specialty Products, and Global Technology, with additional revenue from financial services, continuing education, and software subscriptions. The company positions itself as a single-source supplier to office-based dental and medical practices, competing on breadth of product offering, a corporate brand merchandise portfolio, and integrated technology services. Global Distribution and Value-Added Services covers national brand and corporate brand consumables plus equipment and technical services. Global Specialty Products covers dental implants, biomaterials, endodontic, orthodontic, and orthopedic products. Global Technology covers practice management software and e-services distributed to health care providers. The filing was submitted February 24, 2026, covering fiscal year ended in that period, and lists HSIC on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Revenue model

Transactional product distribution of consumables and equipment; manufacturing and sales of specialty dental and orthopedic products; software licensing and e-services fees; financial services and consulting fees to health care practices.

Products and services

National brand and corporate brand consumable merchandise; dental and medical equipment with related technical services; dental implants and biomaterial products; endodontic, orthodontic, and orthopedic products; practice management software; e-services; financial services; continuing education and consulting services.

Customers and end markets

Office-based dental practitioners; office-based medical practitioners; health care providers requiring practice management technology. End markets: dental care, medical care, specialty dental (implants, endodontics, orthodontics), orthopedics.

Value-chain role

Distributor and manufacturer sitting between product suppliers and office-based health care practitioners; also a software developer and services provider to the same customer base.

Geographic exposure

Global operations described across dental and medical markets; specific revenue by geography not determinable from provided filing excerpts.

Source: SEC 10-K, filed 2026-02-24

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