Doctoralia is an online healthcare platform for finding doctors and other healthcare professionals, booking appointments and leaving reviews. It also offers paid software to doctors and clinics for appointment scheduling and practice management. Doctoralia was founded in Barcelona in 2007 by Frederic Llordachs, Albert Armengol and David Díaz. It has then expanded into Latin America.
In 2016, it merged with the Polish healthcare platform Docplanner. Docplanner continued to use the name in Spain and several Latin American markets.
History
Founding and expansion Doctoralia was founded in Barcelona in 2007 by Llordachs, Armengol and Díaz. It began as an online directory of healthcare professionals and later added online appointment booking and patient reviews. Llordachs, a physician, helped shape the original concept.
The service was free for patients. Doctoralia made money from doctors who paid for additional features and greater visibility on the site.
Doctoralia expanded into Latin America during the early 2010s. By 2015, the company was active in about 20 countries, and reported that 66% of its business was generated outside Spain. Mexico and Brazil together accounted for about 40% of sales. Doctoralia reported revenue of €3 million for 2015. The company had also expanded int Argentina, Colombia and Brazil.
Merger with Docplanner In June 2016, Doctoralia and Docplanner announced that they would combine their businesses. When the merger was announced, Doctoralia said it had about 9 million monthly users in 20 countries. Much of its business was in Spain, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. Docplanner had around 8 million monthly users and was more established in Central and Eastern Europe.
Doctoralia's founders received shares in the merged company. The two businesses were integrating their operations in 2017, while Docplanner prepared further expansion in Brazil and Mexico.
By 2019, the Barcelona office had become one of Docplanner's development centres. Doctoralia opened a Colombian office in 2019 after previously serving the country remotely. It was also expanding in Mexico and Brazil, while its operations in Chile and Colombia were still developing.
Services Users can search for doctors, view available appointments, book consultations and submit reviews. Patient reviews, according to Doctoralia, are subject to automated and human moderation. In Mexico, a review linked to an appointment can only be left by the patient who booked it.
Doctors and clinics can pay a monthly subscription that includes online booking, calendar management and automatic appointment reminders by email, SMS and WhatsApp. In 2025, services for clinics and hospitals made up about a quarter of Doctoralia Spain's revenue.
See also
Docplanner Telemedicine
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