BayWa

Name

BayWa

Legal name

BayWa AG

Website

https://baywa.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1923

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Multi-Sector Trading and Distribution

NAICS

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (11), Oilseed and Grain Farming (1111)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Inland River/Barge Grain Terminals & Warehousing (AFAOACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grain Bin & Silo Systems (On-Farm) (AFAOABAA), Regulatory Compliance, Validation & Certification for CA/Dry Storage (HACCP, GMP, audits) (AFAOAEAO)

Keywords

• Agricultural trading
• Building materials supply
• Grain and oilseed trading
• Renewable energy solutions
• EV charging infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Renewable Energies: BayWa operates in renewable energy segment including solar projects, EV charging solutions through BayWa Mobility Solutions, and energy trading. Part of the company's restructuring efforts include cost cuts and asset sales in this unit.
2. Grain and Oilseed Trade: International grain and oilseed trading through operations including Cefetra. The company is negotiating with investors to sell Cefetra after a failed sale attempt.
3. Building Materials: Building materials trading and distribution through BayWa's Bau & Wohnen segment serving construction industry customers.
4. Energy Supply: Energy supply operations including electricity, heat, and mobility solutions. The Charging Night events demonstrate BayWa's involvement in e-mobility and charging infrastructure.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

BayWa AG is a German multi-sector trading and services company that operates across three core segments: Agriculture & Nutrition (grain and oilseed trading, agricultural supplies, seeds, fertilizers, machinery, and digital farming tools), Building & Housing (construction materials, renovation products, and building supplies for contractors), and Electricity, Heat & Mobility (renewable energies, electricity supply, heating solutions, and EV charging infrastructure). The company also operates retail fuel stations with tank card programs and international fresh produce distribution through its T&G Global subsidiary.

Product overview

BayWa AG is a German multi-sector trading and services company organized into three core business segments: Agriculture & Nutrition (grain trading, agricultural supplies, digital farming tools like silo sensors and drought monitoring), Building & Housing (building materials and construction supplies for professionals), and Electricity, Heat & Mobility (renewable energies, energy supply, and EV charging infrastructure). The company also operates complementary services including fuel card programs and international produce distribution through subsidiaries like T&G Global.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Agriculture & Nutrition Segment BayWa's agricultural division encompasses grain and oilseed trading, agricultural supplies, seeds, fertilizers, machinery, and digital farming solutions including silo sensor technology and drought monitoring systems, serving farmers and agricultural businesses.
• Building & Housing Segment BayWa's building materials and housing segment serves professional contractors and tradespeople with construction supplies, renovation products, and related services.
• Electricity, Heat & Mobility Segment BayWa's energy segment covers renewable energies, electricity supply, heating solutions, and electric mobility infrastructure including charging stations.
• BayWa Tankkarte (Fuel Card) Customer loyalty card program enabling fuel purchases and related transactions at BayWa tank stations.
• Cefetra Grain and Oilseed Trading Dutch-based grain and oilseed trading branch that BayWa has been restructuring and seeking investors to sell.
• BayWa Mobility Solutions Electric mobility offerings including charging station infrastructure and related services for fleet operators and individual EV owners.

Quantifiable outcome

• BayWa received CDP Rating B in climate category (2025), an improvement from previous year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CognizantcoreTechnology or Integration · 10 December 2025Cognizant and BayWa entered a five-year strategic IT partnership in December 2025. Cognizant takes over management of BayWa's core IT services including IT infrastructure, application management, service desk, and workplace services, along with corresponding BayWa employees. The partnership includes plans to introduce AI and automation technologies and continuously modernize infrastructure and applications.
• Vista Geowissenschaftliche Fernerkundung GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBayWa partners with Vista Geowissenschaftliche Fernerkundung GmbH on the BayWa Dürremonitor (Drought Monitor) project. This joint initiative provides an interactive map showing drought stress levels of winter wheat to help farmers monitor crop conditions.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cargill: The world's largest privately held agricultural trader, with global grain, oilseed and food-ingredient origination and trading. Directly comparable to BayWa/Cefetra's grain and oilseed trading business and to BayWa's agriculture-supply franchise, with similar exposure to farmer customers.
• Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): Global agribusiness and grain/oilseed processor and trader, with a nutrition and agricultural-services footprint. A direct peer to BayWa in grain origination, agricultural services and downstream food/feed ingredient supply.
• Bunge Global SA: Major global agribusiness and oilseed processor (recently combined with Viterra). Directly comparable to BayWa's Cefetra grain/oilseed trading franchise and BayWa's farm-supply origination model across the same customer set.
• Louis Dreyfus Company: Privately held global merchandiser of agricultural commodities (grains, oilseeds, coffee, cotton, sugar, rice, juice). Closely comparable to Cefetra's grain and oilseed trading activities and to BayWa's overall farm-gate origination role.
• Viterra: Global grain, oilseed and processed-foods merchant (now part of the Bunge group). Highly comparable to BayWa's Cefetra business in origin markets, storage/warehousing footprint and trading counterparties.
• AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG: German agricultural cooperative group operating in agricultural trade, animal nutrition, crop production and farm supplies. Direct domestic peer to BayWa's German Agriculture & Nutrition segment with a near-identical farmer customer base and product mix.
• Hagebau: German building-materials trading cooperative serving trade, commercial and retail customers across Germany. Directly comparable to BayWa's Building & Housing (Bau & Wohnen) segment in products, customer base and distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• Südzucker AG: Largest European sugar producer, organized as a German farmer-owned cooperative with diversified agribusiness activities. Comparable to BayWa as a German agricultural-cooperative-style platform serving farmer shareholders, though with a much narrower crop exposure.

Others

• RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria: Austrian agricultural cooperative that — together with Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien — controls BayWa AG's parent Raiffeisen Agrar Invest AG. Closely related as ultimate parent, sharing the cooperative model and Central European agricultural-trade footprint.

Emerging players

• Saint-Gobain Distribution: Distribution arm of Saint-Gobain serving European professional contractors with building materials. A partial peer to BayWa's Bau & Wohnen business, overlapping in product categories and trade-customer segments but operating under a different ownership/cooperative structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/baywapresse
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/baywa

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A3 records

Investments5 records

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