Pesquera Exalmar

What Pesquera Exalmar does

Pesquera Exalmar is a Peru-based fishing company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Lima, engaged in the extraction and processing of hydro-biological (marine) resources into products such as fishmeal, fish oil, and frozen/processed seafood. It operates at industrial scale, reporting a workforce of 1,001–5,000 employees, which is consistent with an asset-heavy operation spanning fishing fleet, landing, and processing plant capacity typical of the Peruvian anchovy-derived fishmeal and fish oil sector.

The company's business model is commodity manufacturing and export: it converts a marine catch into standardized industrial and consumption products that are sold primarily into global markets (fishmeal and fish oil are predominantly directed to aquaculture and animal-feed buyers). The source data does not disclose specific product SKUs, pricing, customer names, distribution channels, or go-to-market detail — the company website returned only a verification/loading page during collection — so the revenue mechanics can only be characterized at the level of volume-driven commodity sales rather than contracted or subscription revenue.

Financially, the provided statements are internally inconsistent in magnitude (values are labeled "$M" but carry implausible trailing zeros) and cannot be relied upon at face value; however, the year-over-year pattern is informative, showing a sharp contraction and net loss in 2023 followed by recovery in 2024–2025, a profile consistent with the cyclicality of Peruvian fishing (biomass/quota fluctuations and El Niño effects). In January 2023 the company secured $40M in financing from the Inter-American Development Bank, the only discrete corporate action documented in the data.

Name

Pesquera Exalmar

Website

https://exalmar.com.pe

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Pesquera Exalmar is a Lima, Peru-based fishing company founded in 1992 that extracts and processes marine (hydro-biological) resources into products such as fishmeal, fish oil, and frozen seafood, serving global industrial and aquaculture-feed export markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lima

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

Pesquera Exalmar is a Peruvian fishing company that catches marine resources and manufactures hydro-biological (seafood) products for commercial sale. Operations span industrial fishing and processing of marine catches into food-grade outputs, which it sells to downstream buyers in the food industry. The company website was inaccessible during data collection, so specific SKU-level product details are not documented.

Product overview

Pesquera Exalmar is a Peruvian fishing company specializing in seafood products. The available source data does not provide detailed information about specific products, services, or product architecture. The company website (exalmar.com.pe) was inaccessible during data collection, displaying only a verification/loading screen.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Direct peers

• Pesquera Hayduk: Peruvian fishing company founded in 1944 producing fishmeal, fish oil, frozen fish, and canned fish. Directly comparable to Exalmar in product mix, target markets, and dependency on Peruvian anchovy quotas.
• Austral Group S.A.A. Peruvian anchovy fishing and processing major, listed on the Lima Stock Exchange, producing fishmeal, fish oil, and frozen seafood for export. Closely mirrors Exalmar's footprint, product portfolio, and exposure to Peruvian TAC cycles.
• Tecnológica de Alimentos S.A. (TASA): One of Peru's largest fishing companies, producing fishmeal, fish oil, and canned seafood. Direct competitor to Exalmar for anchovy quotas, processing capacity, and human-consumption seafood markets.
• CFG Investment (Corporación Pesquera Inca): Peruvian fishing group with vertically integrated operations in fishmeal, fish oil, and frozen fish. Comparable in product mix and Peruvian anchovy exposure, though somewhat smaller in scale than Exalmar.
• Copeinca S.A.A. Peruvian anchovy fishing and fishmeal/fish oil producer, formerly controlled by a Norwegian group. Directly comparable for vessel fleet operations, anchovy quota allocations, and commodity-grade product mix.

Broad incumbents

• Austevoll Seafood ASA: Norwegian seafood conglomerate with operations in fishing, fishmeal/fish oil production (Austral Group parent), aquaculture, and value-added processing. Comparable as a global seafood platform with overlapping fishmeal/oil and human consumption segments.
• Thai Union Group PCL: Global seafood processor (Chicken of the Sea, John West brands) producing canned tuna, frozen seafood, and value-added products. Comparable as a scaled seafood manufacturer with branded human-consumption focus and global distribution.
• Maruha Nichiro Corporation: Japanese seafood giant with global operations in fishing, aquaculture, processing, and distribution. Comparable as a vertically integrated seafood platform spanning commodity fish protein and value-added consumer products.
• Nissui (Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.): Japanese global seafood company engaged in fishing, aquaculture, and processed marine foods including fishmeal and surimi. Comparable across the fishmeal and processed seafood segments with similar vertical integration.
• Mowi ASA: World's largest Atlantic salmon farmer and a major seafood supplier with feed (fishmeal-based) operations. Comparable as a major consumer of fishmeal inputs and a global seafood protein producer, though aquaculture-based rather than wild-catch.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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