Kersia

What Kersia does

Kersia is a privately held French biosecurity and food safety company headquartered in Dinard, France, backed by private equity firm IK Partners. The company was created by consolidating multiple international hygiene and food safety brands — including Hypred, LCB, Antigerm, Medentech, G3, Kilco, Choisy, Sopura, BioArmor, AgroChem, and BioSan — into a single platform operating across more than 90 countries through roughly 40 local subsidiaries and field-sales offices. Its offerings span three primary product lines: Farm (dairy, pig, and poultry hygiene plus complementary feed solutions), Food & Beverage Industry (cleaning, disinfection, and enzymatic membrane-cleaning products for breweries, dairy, meat processing, and bakery), and Food Service (commercial kitchen hygiene), supported by complementary water, hand hygiene, and healthcare disinfection lines.

Kersia's technology portfolio includes proprietary formulations such as the FILTERZYM enzymatic membrane-cleaning line (FILTERZYM 205, 305, 405, and DEPTA UF HP buffer), the Glycolac Hydra+ non-staining teat dip, and ecological disinfectants via the BioSan brand. The company is increasingly layering services on top of products, exemplified by the OPTIMALL 360° TCO Program (a total-cost-of-ownership optimization framework for food and beverage processors) and the Centre for Food Safety Excellence in Seneffe, Belgium (a training and applied-research facility inaugurated in May 2026). Manufacturing is conducted at multiple dedicated plants in France (Vaas, Boz, Plaintel), the US (Saratoga Springs), and Australia (Knoxfield).

The business model is predominantly direct field-sales of hygiene and disinfectant products to enterprise customers across farming, food processing, and food service verticals, with quote-based pricing and country-specific regulatory documentation delivered through a client portal. Kersia pursues an active inorganic growth strategy under IK Partners' ownership, with four disclosed acquisitions and one strategic partnership during 2025–2026, most notably the $130 million agreement to acquire Neogen Corporation's global cleaners and disinfectants business, alongside complementary deals in Poland (Radex), Greece (Ikochimiki), and Mexico (Beta Procesos). Leadership includes CEO Sébastien Bossard and CFO Stéphane Le Dallic.

Name

Kersia

Legal name

Kersia Group

Website

https://kersia-group.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Kersia is a privately held French food safety and biosecurity company that formulates and sells disinfectants, hygiene products, enzymatic cleaning solutions, and complementary feed through direct field sales to farming, food processing, and food service customers across more than 90 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dinard

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices42 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hygiene and Disinfectant Products: Sale of food safety and hygiene products including disinfectants, cleaning solutions, and biosecurity products for farming and food processing industries. Products are sold directly through local offices and sales teams worldwide.
2. Complementary Feed Solutions: Complementary feed products for farm animals including dairy cattle, pigs, and poultry. Includes specialty nutritional solutions for animal health and productivity.
3. Acquisition of Neogen Cleaners & Disinfectants Business: Kersia Group acquiring Neogen's global cleaners and disinfectants business for $130 million in cash, expected to close Q1 2026

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kersia manufactures and sells food safety and biosecurity products including disinfectants, hygiene products, enzymatic cleaning solutions, and complementary feed solutions for agricultural and food processing applications. The portfolio spans dairy, pig, and poultry farms; food and beverage processors (breweries, dairy, meat, bakery); food service operators; water treatment; and healthcare hygiene, distributed through local subsidiaries across more than 90 countries.

Product overview

Kersia is a global food safety specialist offering a unified portfolio of hygiene products, solutions, and services spanning the entire food chain from farm to fork. The company's product portfolio is organized into three main categories: Farm Products (55 products covering dairy, pig, and poultry farming with hygiene protocols and complementary feed solutions), Food & Beverage Industry Products (48 products for processing facilities), and Food Service Products (5 products for restaurants and food service operations). Kersia operates through multiple acquired brands including Hypred, LCB Food Safety, BioArmor, Medentech, Kilco, AgroChem, and BioSan, unified under the OPTIMALL 360° TCO Program which provides total cost of ownership optimization services. Recent additions include the FILTERZYM enzymatic product line for membrane cleaning and the Glycolac Hydra+ teat dip for dairy farming. The company also operates the Centre for Food Safety Excellence (CFSE) in Belgium for research and training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hypred: Farm hygiene and biosecurity products for dairy, pig, and poultry producers
• Kilco
• OPTIMALL
• FILTERZYM
• Glycolac
• AgroChem
• BioSan

Products and services

• Farm Products Portfolio

Quantifiable outcome

• Centre for Food Safety Excellence opened in Belgium (Seneffe) May 2026 for international training and innovation
• +1 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, major and core.

• Meat Business Women (MBW)strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026International partnership to support women across Kersia's international teams through structured development opportunities, networking events, and leadership masterclasses. Inaugural event held in UK ahead of International Women's Day March 8. Forms part of Kersia's global diversity and inclusion strategy.
• RadexstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Kersia acquired the Food & Beverage business of Polish company Radex, strengthening presence in Eastern Europe with localized product offerings and customer relationships.
• Neogen CorporationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025Kersia Group acquiring Neogen's global cleaners and disinfectants business for $130 million in cash, expected to close Q1 2026 subject to approvals. Transaction will strengthen Kersia's ability to serve clients in US and abroad, expanding product portfolio and market presence.
• AgroChemmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKersia acquired a majority stake in US-based AgroChem, a dairy farm hygiene company. The deal strengthens Kersia's presence in US farm and food safety markets, leveraging AgroChem's growth and industrial capacities including potential factory expansion in Saratoga Springs.
• BioSancoreTechnology or IntegrationConnected to AgroChem acquisition. BioSan specializes in ecological disinfectants, complementing Kersia's portfolio with environmentally friendly disinfectant technology.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Dr. Weigert: German family-owned specialist in industrial cleaning and disinfection for food processing, dairies, and breweries. Highly comparable mid-sized European specialty chemicals peer serving identical end markets to Kersia's F&B division.
• Christeyns: Belgian-headquartered manufacturer of hygiene and disinfection chemicals for food processing, laundry, and professional cleaning. Closely comparable European specialty chemicals peer to Kersia with overlapping brewery, dairy, and food processing customers.
• GEA Group: Supplier of food processing equipment and hygiene/CIP solutions for dairy, brewing, and meat processing. Closely comparable to Kersia's F&B processing portfolio and shares brewery, dairy, and meat-processing end markets.
• Solenis / Diversey: Specialty chemicals and cleaning/sanitation solutions for food & beverage, dairy, and brewery markets. Closely comparable product portfolios to Kersia's F&B hygiene line including membrane cleaning, CIP, and disinfection.
• DeLaval: Global dairy farm equipment and hygiene solutions provider. Directly comparable to Kersia's dairy farming and teat-dip product lines (Glycolac, AgroChem) and serves overlapping dairy-producer customers.

Broad incumbents

• Ecolab: Global leader in water, hygiene, and infection-prevention solutions serving food & beverage, healthcare, and hospitality. Overlaps with Kersia's food & beverage sanitation and farm hygiene offerings but at much larger scale across multiple verticals.
• LANXESS: German specialty chemicals group with material protection, disinfection, and biosecurity product lines. Comparable to Kersia in providing biocidal chemistry to industrial and animal-health customers.

Others

• Neogen Corporation: Food safety testing, animal safety, and biosecurity products. Direct counterpart to Kersia as the seller of the cleaners & disinfectants business acquired in 2025-2026; remaining food safety testing portfolio is adjacent rather than overlapping.

Emerging players

• Stericycle / RxAdvance (food safety services): Waste management and specialized services with food safety and biosecurity adjacencies. Comparable in offering compliance-driven services to food and healthcare customers, though portfolio is broader and less specialized than Kersia's.
• Elis (cleanroom and hygiene services): European provider of hygiene and well-being services with exposure to food processing, healthcare, and hospitality. Adjacent business model to Kersia's service-led OPTIMALL offering but more rental-laundry-centric.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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M&A7 records

Investments1 record

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