ICL

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.

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

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)

Keywords

• Specialty fertilizers
• Potash mining
• Bromine compounds
• Phosphate solutions
• Industrial chemicals

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core 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
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AugurycoreTechnology or Integration · 18 May 2026ICL 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)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2026ICL 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)coreTechnology or Integration · 23 March 2026ICL'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 EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2025ICL 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.
• DynanonicminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2025ICL 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 MaterialsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 September 2024ICL 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)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICL 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)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICL is a member and active participant in the International Fertilizer Association, contributing to industry standards development, sustainability initiatives, and global fertilizer market collaboration.
• NASAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICL'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.
• TopsoeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICL partners with Topsoe on engineering and technology development initiatives, particularly in sustainable process technologies.
• Lehigh UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICL collaborates with Lehigh University on materials science and engineering research, contributing to the company's advanced materials innovation initiatives.
• Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research and development in agricultural sciences and sustainable technologies.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct 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

• Xx.com/israelchemicals
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/IsraelChemicals
• Facebookfacebook.com/ICL-GROUP-1796603550469377/?modal=admin_todo_tour
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/icl-group/?viewAsMember=true
• Instagraminstagram.com/icl__group

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors1 record

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M&A8 records

Investments

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