ICL
ICL Group is a publicly traded Israeli global specialty minerals company that produces specialty fertilizers, bromine-based industrial products, phosphates, and potash from Dead Sea and other deposits, serving agricultural, industrial, food, and energy customers across six continents with FY2025 sales of $7.15 billion.
- Company typePublic
- Founded2022
- HeadquartersTel Aviv, Israel
- Headcount5,001–10,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What ICL does
ICL Group Ltd. is a publicly traded global specialty minerals company (NYSE: ICL, TASE) headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded on a heritage of Dead Sea mineral extraction dating to the early 20th century and now operating across approximately 12,500 employees with a presence in Israel, Europe, North America, South America, India, and China. The company operates four business segments—Growing Solutions (specialty fertilizers including controlled-release, water-soluble, and biostimulant products, which generated $2.063 billion in 2025 sales), Industrial Products (bromine-based flame retardants, biocides, and oilfield fluids), Phosphate Solutions, and Potash—with FY2025 consolidated sales of $7.153 billion. Core technology is built on proprietary extraction and processing capabilities anchored by Dead Sea concession rights secured through at least 2035, proprietary controlled-release fertilizer coatings (Osmocote, eqo.x, eqo.s), bromine-based chemistry for flame retardants and water treatment, and the Agmatix/Growers neuro-symbolic AI platform for agricultural data standardization. ICL monetizes primarily through B2B transaction-based pricing, including long-term supply agreements (e.g., a 375,000-metric-ton potash deal with Indian Potash Limited at $383/ton), regional agricultural distributor networks, and direct sales to industrial manufacturers and food/beverage customers, with the strategic shift underway toward higher-margin specialty phosphate and food ingredients following the Bartek Ingredients acquisition.
ICL firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- ICL
- Legal name
- Israel Chemicals Ltd.
- Website
- https://icl-group.com
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 2022
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 5,001–10,000 employees
- Short description
- ICL Group is a publicly traded Israeli global specialty minerals company that produces specialty fertilizers, bromine-based industrial products, phosphates, and potash from Dead Sea and other deposits, serving agricultural, industrial, food, and energy customers across six continents with FY2025 sales of $7.15 billion.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
ICL industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Specialty Minerals and Fertilizers
- NAICS
- Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (3253)
- SIC
- Agricultural Chemicals (2870), Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810), Chemicals & Allied Products (2800)
- akta.pro primary industry
- NPK & Compound/Blended Fertilizers (IMAEAEAD)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Controlled-Release & Stabilized Fertilizers (Inhibitors/Coatings) (IMAEAEAN), Potash Fertilizers (MOP/SOP) (IMAEAEAC), Biostimulant-Enhanced Fertilizers (Humic/Fulvic, Amino Acids, Seaweed Blends) (AFABACAK)
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Where ICL is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Tel Aviv
- HQ country
- Israel
- HQ region
- Middle East
Offices7 records
Markets served
ICL business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Growing Solutions (Specialty Fertilizers): Revenue from specialty fertilizers including controlled-release fertilizers, water-soluble fertilizers, fertigation products, foliar fertilizers, biostimulants, and specialty agriculture solutions. The segment contributed approximately $2.063 billion in 2025 sales (up from $1.950 billion in 2024), driven by biostimulants and precision nutrition products.
- Industrial Products (Bromine-Based Solutions): Revenue from bromine and bromine derivatives including flame retardants, biocides, completion fluids for oil and gas drilling, and specialty bromine compounds used in pharmaceuticals, water treatment, and flame retardant applications. The bromine market is projected to grow from $2.86 billion in 2025 to $3.76 billion by 2030.
- Phosphate Solutions: Revenue from phosphate-based products including specialty phosphates for food, industrial, and agricultural applications. ICL announced a strategic shift toward higher-margin specialty phosphate solutions in November 2025. The global phosphate salts market is projected to reach $71.4 billion by 2035.
- Potash: Revenue from potash (potassium-based fertilizers) extracted primarily from the Dead Sea operations and Boulby mine in the UK. Q4 2025 saw potash prices rise 22% year-over-year to $348/tonne. The company signed a potash supply agreement with Indian Potash Limited covering 375,000 metric tons at $383/ton.
- Food Ingredients (Bartek): Revenue from food-grade malic and fumaric acids through Bartek Ingredients acquisition, deepening ICL's presence in specialty food ingredients. The global food ingredients market is projected to exceed $45 billion by 2030.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction based/ take rate | Multi-year contract | Potash supply agreements are negotiated on a per-metric-ton CIFFO basis with major agricultural buyers. |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels5 records
ICL product offering
Product offeringCore offering
ICL Group manufactures and globally markets specialty fertilizers, potash, phosphate solutions, and bromine-based industrial products under four reporting segments: Growing Solutions, Industrial Products, Phosphate Solutions, and Potash. Its portfolio spans controlled-release fertilizers (Osmocote, eqo.x, eqo.s), Polysulphate multi-nutrient fertilizer, recycled phosphorus (Puraloop), bromine-based flame retardants (SAFR), biocides (Biobrom, Bromosol, Bactebrom, BromoQuel), food ingredients (FruitMag, Bartek malic/fumaric acids), and personal care/textile magnesium products (CareMag, TextiMag). The company also offers digital agriculture platforms (Agmatix, Growers) and bromine-based energy storage solutions.
Product overview
ICL is a global specialty minerals company operating across four business segments: Growing Solutions, Industrial Products, Phosphate Solutions, and Potash. The company offers a diverse portfolio of products including agricultural solutions (controlled release fertilizers such as eqo.x and eqo.s, water-soluble fertilizers, Polysulphate, biostimulants), industrial products (flame retardants like SAFR, biocides including Biobrom and Bromosol), food ingredients (FruitMag for citrus preservation, acquired Bartek Ingredients for malic and fumaric acids), personal care solutions (CareMag D, TextiMag), and digital agriculture platforms (Agmatix, Growers). The portfolio is complemented by innovation programs including the BIG internal accelerator and Planet Startup Hub for open innovation partnerships.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- ICL Growing Solutions: Specialty fertilizers including controlled release fertilizers, fertigation fertilizers, foliar fertilizers, and biostimulants
- ICL Industrial Products
- ICL Phosphate Solutions
- ICL Potash
- OSMOCOTE
- eqo.x
- eqo.s
- FruitMag
- SAFR
- Puraloop
- Polysulphate
- Lavie Bio
- Agmatix
- GROWERS
- TextiMag
- CareMag
- BromoQuel
- BIG
Products and services
- Osmocote Controlled Release Fertilizers
Quantifiable outcome
- Full-year 2025 sales of $7.153 billion, up 5% year-over-year; Q1 2026 sales of $2.0 billion, up 14% year-over-year
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Companies that use ICL
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
ICL technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability9 records
Feature8 records
ICL partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- AugurycoreICL Group is actively validating Augury's Industrial AI Workforce, consisting of role-based AI agents for reliability, maintenance, and operations teams in manufacturing. The agents integrate ICL's Machine Health data with AVEVA CONNECT operational context and Google's Gemini models to enable self-optimizing, adaptive production environments. ICL will preview the solution at AVEVA World in Milan.
- Lavie Bio (Evogene subsidiary)coreICL acquired Lavie Bio (divested by Evogene) and its MicroBoost AI platform for developing biostimulant and biopesticide products. The acquisition strengthens ICL's capabilities in AI-powered biologicals formulation for sustainable agriculture.
- Agmatix & Growers (Growers Tech)coreICL's digital agriculture platform operating as Growers Tech, combining Agmatix's neuro-symbolic AI system with Growers' commercial intelligence platform. The platform powers loyalty and incentive programs across the agricultural supply chain, along with predictive models for farmer churn and product adoption trends, described as 'the Palantir of agriculture.'
- AFC EnergycoreICL and AFC Energy plc announced a 50:50 joint venture to produce low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen from ammonia using AFC Energy's proprietary cracking technology. The partnership will initially produce up to 400kg/day of hydrogen, scalable through AFC Energy's containerized Hy-5 crackers, targeting the UK market without reliance on government subsidies. ICL provides chemical industry expertise, logistics infrastructure, and customer base; AFC Energy contributes its cracking technology platform.
- DynanonicminorICL signed a strategic agreement with Dynanonic to produce lithium iron phosphate (LFP) for the European battery market. This partnership was subsequently discontinued in 2025 as ICL decided to exit LFP cathode active material activities.
- Orbia Fluor & Energy MaterialsminorICL partnered with Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials to expand its presence in the North American energy storage supply chain, focusing on fluoride-based materials for battery and energy applications.
- Embrapa (Brazil)minorICL partners with Embrapa, Brazil's agricultural research corporation, for collaborative agricultural research and development projects focused on tropical agriculture and crop nutrition.
- International Fertilizer Association (IFA)minorICL is a member and active participant in the International Fertilizer Association, contributing to industry standards development, sustainability initiatives, and global fertilizer market collaboration.
- NASAminorICL's Boulby mine in the UK collaborates with NASA on research projects, including studies related to planetary exploration and the search for life on Mars.
- TopsoeminorICL partners with Topsoe on engineering and technology development initiatives, particularly in sustainable process technologies.
- Lehigh UniversityminorICL collaborates with Lehigh University on materials science and engineering research, contributing to the company's advanced materials innovation initiatives.
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid)minorAcademic partnership for research and development in agricultural sciences and sustainable technologies.
Scale indicators9 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights6 records
ICL competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Nutrien Ltd. World's largest fertilizer producer with potash, nitrogen, and phosphate operations across the Americas. Directly comparable to ICL's Potash, Phosphate Solutions, and Growing Solutions segments, serving overlapping agricultural customers with similar commodity-plus-specialty portfolios.
- The Mosaic Company: Major US-based phosphate and potash producer with global distribution. Comparable to ICL's phosphate and potash segments, with similar exposure to commodity fertilizer cycles and emerging specialty plant nutrition offerings.
- Yara International ASA: Norwegian global nitrogen fertilizer leader with growing specialty crop nutrition and digital agriculture platform (AtFarm). Comparable to ICL across global fertilizer distribution, specialty plant nutrition, and AgTech investments.
- K+S AG: German potash and salt producer with European production base similar to ICL's European footprint. Comparable on potash mining economics and specialty fertilizer expansion, though with smaller bromine/phosphate diversification.
- CF Industries Holdings: US-based nitrogen fertilizer leader with global distribution and emerging low-carbon ammonia capacity. Comparable to ICL on fertilizer commodity exposure and global B2B agricultural customer base, though more concentrated in nitrogen.
- Compass Minerals International: US specialty minerals and plant nutrition company producing sulfate of potash (SOP), salt, and specialty plant nutrition products. Comparable to ICL on specialty fertilizer positioning, particularly Polysulphate/SOP overlap, with similar focus on higher-margin plant nutrition.
- OCI Global: Netherlands-based nitrogen, methanol, and clean ammonia producer with significant US and European production. Comparable to ICL's industrial products and emerging energy/hydrogen pivot, including overlap in low-carbon ammonia and energy transition themes.
Others
- Israel Corporation Ltd. ICL's controlling shareholder holding a significant stake and reporting $56M Q1 2026 share of ICL profit. Relevant as the parent entity driving capital allocation and governance, not a direct operational peer.
Emerging players
- LSB Industries: US nitrogen and industrial chemicals producer focused on ammonia, ammonium nitrate, and CO2. Partial overlap with ICL's industrial products segment and emerging clean ammonia positioning, though at smaller scale and more concentrated geographically.
Broad incumbents
- Albemarle Corporation: Global specialty chemicals leader producing lithium, bromine specialties, and catalysts. Comparable to ICL's bromine-based industrial products and specialty chemicals portfolio, though much larger scale and concentrated in lithium for EV batteries.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
ICL social profiles
Digital presenceICL compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance3 records
ICL financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
ICL leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles5 records
ICL subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries7 records
ICL funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds4 records
Investors1 record
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ICL M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A8 records
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about ICL
What does ICL do?
ICL Group manufactures and globally markets specialty fertilizers, potash, phosphate solutions, and bromine-based industrial products under four reporting segments: Growing Solutions, Industrial Products, Phosphate Solutions, and Potash. Its portfolio spans controlled-release fertilizers (Osmocote, eqo.x, eqo.s), Polysulphate multi-nutrient fertilizer, recycled phosphorus (Puraloop), bromine-based flame retardants (SAFR), biocides (Biobrom, Bromosol, Bactebrom, BromoQuel), food ingredients (FruitMag, Bartek malic/fumaric acids), and personal care/textile magnesium products (CareMag, TextiMag). The company also offers digital agriculture platforms (Agmatix, Growers) and bromine-based energy storage solutions.
Is ICL a public or private company?
ICL is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was ICL founded?
ICL was founded in 2022. It employs 5,001 to 10,000 people.
Where is ICL based?
ICL is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, in the Middle East region.
How does ICL make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Growing Solutions (Specialty Fertilizers) is the primary driver. The others are industrial Products (Bromine-Based Solutions), phosphate Solutions, potash and food Ingredients (Bartek).
Who are ICL's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Nutrien Ltd., The Mosaic Company, Yara International ASA, K+S AG, CF Industries Holdings, Compass Minerals International and OCI Global. Israel Corporation Ltd. is listed as an others. LSB Industries is listed as an emerging player. Albemarle Corporation is listed as a broad incumbent.
Does ICL have an API?
No public API is recorded for ICL.
What industry is ICL in?
ICL's product category is Specialty Minerals and Fertilizers. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAEAEAD, NPK & Compound/Blended Fertilizers, with a secondary code of IMAEAEAN, Controlled-Release & Stabilized Fertilizers (Inhibitors/Coatings). Its NAICS code is 3253 and its SIC code is 2870.