On the Record · Smith & Nephew
Smith & Nephew competitors, on the record
The companies Smith & Nephew names as competitors in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, and the companies that name Smith & Nephew, each with the sentence and the filing.
Who Smith & Nephew names
| Company | Named in |
|---|---|
| Arthrex | 2025 |
| DePuy Synthes | 2025 |
| Solventum | 2025 |
| Stryker | 2025 |
In its own words
Arthrex, DePuy Synthes, Stryker
Word for word“Sports Medicine global market sharea,b In Sports Medicine, Smith+Nephew holds a leading position behind Arthrex, and also competes against Stryker and DePuy Synthes.” 20-F for 2025
Solventum
Word for word“Solventum is a wound care company and key competitor that spun off from 3M in 2024, and Convatec is the only other UK-based MedTech company of scale.” 20-F for 2025
Who names Smith & Nephew
Companies whose own annual reports name Smith & Nephew as a competitor.
Word for word“We compete with Smith & Nephew, plc; Arthrex, Inc.; Stryker Corporation; Johnson & Johnson: DePuy Mitek, Inc.; Zimmer Biomet, Inc.; Globus Medical, Inc.; and Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Our competitors for TT include Smith & Nephew plc, Organogenesis Holdings Inc., MiMedx Group, Inc., Allergan PLC, Becton Dickinson and Company, and Axogen, Inc.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Our NSO subsidiary competes with divisions of traditional orthopedics companies, including Stryker Orthopedics and Smith & Nephew, as well as Orthofix Medical and other smaller companies that offer specialized orthopedics solutions.” 10-K for 2022
Word for word“In the MedSurg segment, the advanced wound care market is highly competitive, particularly in the United States and Europe, with our principal competitors including Smith & Nephew, Medaxis, Mölnlycke, Coloplast, and Convatec.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“We are one of seven leading global competitors in Endoscopy; the other six being Karl Storz GmbH & Co., Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., Smith & Nephew plc (Smith & Nephew), ConMed Linvatec, Arthrex, Inc. and STERIS plc.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“In the global markets for our knees, hips, and S.E.T. products, our major competitors include Johnson & Johnson MedTech (formerly the DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson), Stryker Corporation and Smith & Nephew plc.” 10-K for 2025
Read from Smith & Nephew’s annual reports (20-F for 2025, 20-F for 2024, 20-F for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-03-16. 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.