Expana
Expana is a private agrifood-focused Price Reporting Agency operating through its Mintec Analytics platform, delivering proprietary commodity pricing data, indices, and forecasts to 700+ enterprise customers in food retail, manufacturing, foodservice, and beverage procurement.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1982
- HeadquartersBourne End, United Kingdom
- Headcount251–500
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Expana does
Expana is a private Price Reporting Agency focused on global agrifood and industrial commodity pricing data and intelligence, operating primarily through its Mintec Analytics platform. The company collects and aggregates proprietary price data from 400+ curated sources and produces 18,000+ independent food commodity price series, 70M+ market data points annually, and 600+ price forecasts, organised through branded indices (Mintec Benchmark Prices, Mintec Category Indices, and the expanded Expana Category Indices covering 48 indices). Supporting modules include cost modelling, dashboards, weather analysis, price alerts, mobile apps, and RESTful Export and Import APIs that allow clients to ingest third-party purchase-cost data for blended product-cost views.
The company sells tiered annual subscriptions (Essentials, Advanced, Premium) via a sales-led motion targeting enterprise procurement and commodity teams across food retail (Tesco, Albertsons, Spar, Colruyt, DFI Retail Group), food manufacturing (Unilever, Mars, Kraft Heinz, Associated British Foods), foodservice (McDonald's, Compass Group, Sodexo, Hilton, Brakes, Gate Group), beverage (Starbucks), and industrial manufacturing. Geographically, Expana operates from the UK (Bourne End HQ, London), with additional offices in the US (New York), France (Paris), and Denmark (Copenhagen), serving customers across EMEA, the Americas, and Asia Pacific. Expana's IOSCO Assured EU dairy benchmarks underpin OTC derivatives contracts launched with StoneX in 2026, and a strategic partnership with Fastmarkets extends platform coverage into forest products.
The business was assembled through the roll-up of Agribriefing-era brands (Urner Barry, Mintec, Feedinfo, Stratégie Grains, Tropical Research Services) under the leadership of CEO Spencer Wicks from 2018; in January 2026, Julie Harris — previously of IWSR — succeeded Wicks as CEO. Expana is the operating parent of Mintec Limited (UK-incorporated), and the Mintec brand is retained as "Mintec by Expana." Ownership structure beyond the management team is not publicly disclosed.
Expana firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Expana
- Legal name
- Expana
- Website
- https://www.mintecglobal.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1982
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 251–500 employees
- Short description
- Expana is a private agrifood-focused Price Reporting Agency operating through its Mintec Analytics platform, delivering proprietary commodity pricing data, indices, and forecasts to 700+ enterprise customers in food retail, manufacturing, foodservice, and beverage procurement.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Expana industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Commodity Price Intelligence and Market Data Analytics
- NAICS
- Commodity Contracts Intermediation (52316)
- SIC
- Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Carbon Market Data, Indices, Ratings & Price Reporting (MRPAs) (EUAGAIAH)
Keywords
Where Expana is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Bourne End
- HQ country
- United Kingdom
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices5 records
Markets served
Expana business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Subscription Data Access: Mintec Analytics platform subscription providing access to commodity price data, forecasts, dashboards, cost models, and market intelligence. Tiered packages (Essentials, Advanced, Premium) with varying feature access.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Tiered subscription model with Essentials, Advanced, and Premium packages |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
Expana product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Expana provides a global commodity pricing data and intelligence platform through its Mintec Analytics SaaS offering, delivering 18,000+ independent food commodity prices, 70 million+ data points annually, and 600+ price forecasts to enterprise procurement teams. The core offering combines proprietary Mintec Benchmark Prices (MBP), Mintec Category Indices (MCI), Expana Category Indices (ECI), cost modelling, dashboards, and IOSCO Assured EU Dairy Benchmarks, sold on a subscription basis across Essentials, Advanced, and Premium tiers.
Product overview
Expana (operating primarily through its Mintec Analytics platform) is an agrifood-focused Price Reporting Agency providing a unified intelligence platform combining multiple data products and analytical modules. The core offering is Mintec Analytics, which delivers 18,000+ commodity prices, 70 million+ data points annually, and 600+ price forecasts. Supporting data products include Mintec Benchmark Prices (MBP), Mintec Category Indices (MCI), and Expana Category Indices (ECI, 48 indices). Analytical modules include the Forecasting Module (Core and Algorithmic), Cost Models, Dashboards, Price Change Reports, Weather Analysis, and Price Alerts. API access is provided via Export API and Import API. The platform also offers specialized services including Tropical Research Service, Data Direct, Alternative Data, and a Mobile App for on-the-go access.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Mintec Analytics Cloud-based SaaS platform providing global commodity price data, price forecasts, and market intelligence for food, CPG, and capital goods supply chains, offering 18,000+ independent food commodity prices and 70 million+ market data points annually. Sold via tiered subscription packages (Essentials, Advanced, Premium).
- Mintec Benchmark Prices (MBP) Proprietary price benchmarks providing independent food commodity pricing data used for negotiations and market analysis, derived from 400+ curated data sources.
- Mintec Category Indices (MCI) Category indices tracking price movements across various commodity categories to support market analysis and procurement teams' understanding of market trends.
- Expana Category Indices (ECI) Expanded to 48 indices with enhanced accuracy, relevance, and global coverage through refined methodology, new indices, and improved benchmark pricing for procurement and market analysis.
- Forecasting Module Commodity price forecasting service covering 60+ commodities with hedging recommendations based on a proven forecasting methodology, including Core Forecasts (analyst-driven, 3+ year targets) and Algorithmic Forecasts (statistical analysis-based, up to 18 months).
- Tropical Research Service Specialized research and market intelligence services focused on tropical commodities, providing deep coverage of products not tracked by competitors.
- Alternative Data Alternative market data and price intelligence for financial and professional service providers to support commodity investments and risk management decisions.
- Data Direct Direct access to Mintec's resources and data training materials, providing curated commodity data feeds and training content.
- Mintec Mobile App On-the-go access to prices, cost models, and price change reports for commodity market volatility management for procurement professionals.
- Export API RESTful API providing programmatic access to query and retrieve price series and cost models information, with Forecast API also available, for integrating Expana data into customer systems.
- Import API RESTful API allowing clients to bring their own or third-party data and cost models into Mintec Analytics, including actual purchase costs, to get a complete picture of product costs.
Quantifiable outcome
- 70 million+ market data points released annually
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use Expana
Customer profileNamed customers18 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Expana technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration2 records
Feature5 records
Expana partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- StoneX Financial Europe GmbHcorePartnership to launch OTC dairy derivatives suite underpinned by Expana's IOSCO Assured EU dairy benchmark prices. First contract covers Fat Filled Milk Powder (FFMP), with expansion planned across additional dairy products. StoneX Plus users gain direct access to Expana Dairy Benchmarks within their trading workflow.
- FastmarketscoreStrategic partnership integrating Fastmarkets' forest products price benchmarks (IOSCO-compliant) into Expana's platform. Collaboration covers pallets, wood, recovered paper, and packaging categories, combining upstream pricing with Expana's downstream analytics to support decision-making in volatile forest products markets.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Expana competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Argus Media: Argus Media is one of the world's largest independent Price Reporting Agencies, publishing benchmark price assessments across energy, fertilizers, agriculture, and metals — directly comparable to Expana's role as an agrifood-focused PRA serving procurement teams with subscription price intelligence and analytics.
- Fastmarkets: Fastmarkets is a leading cross-commodity PRA covering forest products, metals, and agricultural commodities with IOSCO-compliant price benchmarks — directly comparable to Expana's Mintec Benchmark Prices and ECI offerings, and now an integration partner for forest products pricing.
- Urner Barry: Urner Barry is a historic U.S. protein and commodity price reporting agency, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Expana. Listed as a peer because it remains a separately operated brand and is the U.S. protein-PRA benchmark directly comparable to Mintec's food commodity coverage.
Broad incumbents
- S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts): S&P Global Commodity Insights operates Platts, the benchmark PRA for energy and increasingly adjacent commodity coverage including agriculture. Comparable as a larger, broader-scope PRA with overlapping subscription-based price-assessment and analytics offerings.
- ICIS (RELX): ICIS, part of RELX, is a major PRA covering petrochemicals, fertilizers, and agricultural commodities with price benchmark reports and analytics. Comparable as a broad-incumbent PRA serving procurement and trading desks with subscription intelligence.
- Bloomberg Commodity Data: Bloomberg provides broad commodity pricing data, analytics, and news to financial and corporate customers via the Bloomberg Terminal. Comparable as an incumbent data and analytics platform overlapping with Expana's financial-segment and alternative-data use cases.
- LSEG (Refinitiv) Commodity Data: LSEG (formerly Refinitiv) offers comprehensive commodity market data, analytics, and benchmarks across agriculture, energy, and metals via its Eikon/Workspace terminals. Comparable as a broad incumbent data platform serving overlapping procurement, trading, and financial customers.
Emerging players
- Czarnikow: Czarnikow is a specialist trade house and advisory firm in sugar, ethanol, and soft commodities with proprietary market intelligence and analysis products. Comparable as an emerging intelligence player in adjacent soft-commodity verticals overlapping with Expana's tropical and food-ingredient coverage.
- Gro Intelligence: Gro Intelligence is a data and analytics platform focused on agricultural and food commodity intelligence using AI-driven forecasting and satellite data. Comparable as an emerging data-and-forecasting player serving overlapping food and agri customers.
- Marsden & Co / Mercaris: Mercaris (formerly part of Mercaris) provides market data and analytics for organic and non-GMO agricultural commodities, addressing a similar procurement intelligence use case for ingredient buyers in adjacent specialty segments.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Expana social profiles
Digital presenceExpana compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
Expana financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Expana leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Expana subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
Expana funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Expana M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A6 records
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Expana
What does Expana do?
Expana provides a global commodity pricing data and intelligence platform through its Mintec Analytics SaaS offering, delivering 18,000+ independent food commodity prices, 70 million+ data points annually, and 600+ price forecasts to enterprise procurement teams. The core offering combines proprietary Mintec Benchmark Prices (MBP), Mintec Category Indices (MCI), Expana Category Indices (ECI), cost modelling, dashboards, and IOSCO Assured EU Dairy Benchmarks, sold on a subscription basis across Essentials, Advanced, and Premium tiers.
Is Expana a public or private company?
Expana is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.
When was Expana founded?
Expana was founded in 1982. It employs 251 to 500 people.
Where is Expana based?
Expana is headquartered in Bourne End, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.
How does Expana make money?
One revenue line is on record: subscription Data Access.
Who are Expana's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Argus Media, Fastmarkets and Urner Barry. Broad incumbents are S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts), ICIS (RELX), Bloomberg Commodity Data and LSEG (Refinitiv) Commodity Data. Emerging players are Czarnikow, Gro Intelligence and Marsden & Co / Mercaris.
Does Expana have an API?
Yes. Mintec Analytics offers two RESTful APIs: (1) The Export API provides programmatic access to query and retrieve price series and cost models information, with Forecast API also available; (2) The Import API provides programmatic access to allow clients to bring their own/third-party data and cost models into Mintec Analytics, including actual purchase costs, to get a complete picture of product costs. Developer documentation is at www.mintecglobal.com/hubfs/aa_Training%20(CST)/Training%20videos%20and%20documents/Documents/Mintec_API_Public_Technical_Documentation.pdf?hsLang=en.
What industry is Expana in?
Expana's product category is Commodity Price Intelligence and Market Data Analytics. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAGAIAH, Carbon Market Data, Indices, Ratings & Price Reporting (MRPAs). Its NAICS code is 52316 and its SIC code is 6200.