H.I.G. Capital has announced that its portfolio company Avanta Salud Integral has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vitaly Group, one of the leading occupational health and safety services providers in Iberia. Vitaly’s co‑founders and co‑CEOs, Jesús Nieto and Andrés López, will reinvest alongside H.I.G., Avanta founder Josep Pla, and minority investor MCH Private Equity, a signal of strong conviction in the combined platform.
The acquisition brings together two highly complementary businesses that each provide technical prevention, occupational medicine, training and elective health services to a predominantly SME customer base across Spain. The combined group will serve more than 240,000 clients and approximately 4 million protected workers, operating from 505 centers with roughly 5,500 employees .
H.I.G. said the transaction creates a platform of genuine continental scale, combining two of the most dynamic and operationally sophisticated OHS providers in Iberia. Vitaly’s advanced AI capabilities — embedded across back‑office workflows, occupational health surveillance and elective digital services — will serve as a differentiator and integration enabler as the combined group accelerates international expansion. Avanta’s core business centers on mandatory occupational health services required under Spanish and EU law, while also offering elective, ROI‑driven employee health services such as mental health support, absenteeism management and in‑company medical services. Vitaly, created in 2022 through the merger of Grupo Preving and Cualtis, brings a national network of 387 centers and 147 mobile units, serving 140,000 clients and 2.5 million protected workers .
The companies emphasized that the combination is rooted in shared values, operational excellence and a long‑term vision to build Europe’s leading workplace health platform. All founders and leadership teams are reinvesting heavily in the combined business, underscoring confidence in the growth and integration opportunity. H.I.G. noted that the sector is resilient, highly regulated and supported by strong organic growth and a meaningful international expansion runway .
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“The acquisition of Vitaly is a landmark transaction for Avanta and for H.I.G. in Europe. We are combining the two most dynamic and operationally sophisticated OHS businesses in Iberia to create a platform of genuine continental scale. The strategic rationale is compelling: complementary service models, significant synergies, and a combined leadership team with decades of growth and integration experience. We are building a market leader in a resilient, highly regulated sector with significant organic growth and an international expansion runway. This is exactly the kind of transformative value creation opportunity we look for.”
Rohin Jain, Managing Director, H.I.G. Middle Market Europe
“When I founded Avanta, our ambition was always to build the leading workplace health platform in Europe. The combination with Vitaly is one of the most important steps we have taken towards that goal. Jesús and Andrés have built something exceptional at Vitaly, a business that shares our values, our commitment to quality, and our drive for operational excellence. I am proud that all three of us will be reinvesting heavily in the combined business because we genuinely believe the best years are still ahead of us.”
Josep Pla, Founder, Avanta
“We have spent 25 years building Vitaly into one of the most respected names in occupational health in Spain, and we have been deliberate and patient in selecting the right partner for the next chapter. From the moment we met Josep and the H.I.G. team, it was clear that this combination was special: two businesses built on the same principles, with the same relentless focus on quality and technology.”
Jesús Nieto and Andrés López, Co‑Founders and Co‑CEOs, Vitaly
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