On the Record · Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health competitors, on the record
The companies Cardinal Health names as competitors in its annual reports, 2023 to 2026, and the companies that name Cardinal Health, each with the sentence and the filing.
Who Cardinal Health names
| Company | Named in |
|---|---|
| McKesson Corporation | 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| Medline Industries, Inc. | 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| Owens & Minor, Inc. | 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| Cencora, Inc. | 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 2023, 2024 |
| AmerisourceBergen Corporation | 2023 |
In its own words
McKesson Corporation, Cencora, Inc.
Word for word“In the Pharma segment, we compete with wholesale distributors with national reach, including McKesson Corporation and Cencora, Inc., regional wholesale distributors, self-warehousing chains, specialty distributors, third-party logistics companies, and companies that provide specialty pharmaceutical services and managed services to specialty physicians, among others.” 10-K for 2026
Medline Industries, Inc., Owens & Minor, Inc.
Word for word“In the GMPD segment, we compete with many diversified healthcare companies and national medical product distributors, such as Medline Industries, Inc. and Owens & Minor, Inc., as well as regional medical product distributors and companies that are focused on specific product categories.” 10-K for 2026
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Word for word“In the GMPD segment, we compete with many diversified healthcare companies and national medical product distributors, such as Medline Industries, Inc., Owens & Minor, Inc. and Becton, Dickinson and Company, as well as regional medical product distributors and companies that are focused on specific product categories.” 10-K for 2024
AmerisourceBergen Corporation
Word for word“In the Pharmaceutical segment, we compete with wholesale distributors with national reach, including McKesson Corporation and AmerisourceBergen Corporation, regional wholesale distributors, self-warehousing chains, specialty distributors, third-party logistics companies, companies that provide specialty pharmaceutical services and nuclear pharmacies, among others.” 10-K for 2023
Who names Cardinal Health
Companies whose own annual reports name Cardinal Health as a competitor.
Word for word“Our largest competitors are McKesson Corporation (“McKesson”), Cardinal Health, Inc. (“Cardinal”), and UPS Logistics, among others.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Our primary competitors in distribution, wholesaling, and logistics are Cencora, Inc. and Cardinal Health, Inc.” 10-K for 2026
Word for word“We compete against national providers and numerous regional and local providers that deliver products and services to patients’ homes, including AdaptHealth Corp., Lincare, Inogen, Viemed Healthcare, Inc., Quipt Home Medical, Cardinal Health and Rotech.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“AdaptHealth’s largest national home respiratory/home medical equipment provider competitors include Accendra Health, Lincare Holdings Inc., Rotech Healthcare, Inc., Cardinal Health, Inc. and Quipt Home Medical Corp.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Our competitors are other wholesalers, including Cardinal Health, Inc., Cencora, Inc., McKesson Drug Co., and manufacturers / re-packagers such as Golden State Medical Supply.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Our competition includes Boston Scientific Corporation - Endoscopy; Cook Medical, Inc.; Merit Medical Endotek; Olympus Corporation; STERIS Corporation - U.S. Endoscopy; Cantel Medical- Medivators, Inc.; Cardinal Health Inc.; and 3M Company.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Additionally, other distributors of med-surg products similarly connect the fragmented supplier and provider bases and aggregate inventory from suppliers to deliver products to customers, such as McKesson, Cardinal Health, Owens & Minor, and Henry Schein.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Our principal competitors in this segment include Becton Dickinson, Hartmann, ICU Medical, Medline, Cardinal Health, Fortive, Steris, MDF Instruments, and BSN.” 10-K for 2025
Read from Cardinal Health’s annual reports (10-K for 2026, 10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-08-11. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.