Enza Zaden
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1983
- HeadquartersEnkhuizen, Netherlands
- Headcount1,001–5,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
Enza Zaden firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Enza Zaden
- Legal name
- Enza Zaden
- Website
- https://enzazaden.nl
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1983
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1,001–5,000 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Enza Zaden industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Vegetable Seeds
- NAICS
- Vegetable and Melon Farming (11121)
- SIC
- Agricultural Production-Crops (100)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Vegetable Seeds (Open-Pollinated & Hybrid) (AFABAFAE)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Plant Breeding & Variety Development (Conventional) (AFAGAIAF), Seed Distribution & Wholesale (Channel Sales) (AFAGAIAM), Transformation & Tissue Culture Platforms (Plant regeneration, delivery systems) (AFABALAH)
Keywords
Where Enza Zaden is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Enkhuizen
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices16 records
Markets served
Enza Zaden business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Vegetable Seed Sales: Enza Zaden develops and commercializes vegetable seeds across 30 vegetable crops, selling to professional growers worldwide through their global distribution network. Revenue is generated through seed product sales with recurring relationships with growers.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels8 records
Enza Zaden product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Enza Zaden develops and commercializes professional vegetable seeds across 30 vegetable crops, including tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, and peppers, for commercial growers worldwide. Its seed portfolio is differentiated by proprietary genetic disease-resistance traits (HREZ for ToBRFV, Bremia resistance, Nasonovia resistance) and is supported by region-specific breeding, cultivation guidelines, and concepts/brands delivered through a global network of local sales offices.
Product overview
Enza Zaden is a professional vegetable seed company offering seeds across 30 vegetable crop varieties. The core offering consists of vegetable seeds for commercial growers, with specialized sub-products featuring genetic disease resistances including HREZ (high resistance to ToBRFV), Bremia resistance, and Nasonovia resistance. The company provides these seeds along with cultivation guidelines, concepts, and brands for professional growers worldwide.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Enza Zaden Vegetable Seeds Portfolio Professional vegetable seeds across 30 vegetable crop varieties, including tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, and peppers, offered to commercial growers with disease-resistance traits and cultivation guidelines.
- HREZ (Hoge Resistentie) High Resistance trait developed by Enza Zaden providing genetic protection against Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in tomato varieties, reducing crop losses from the damaging pathogen.
- Bremia Resistance Genetic resistance to Bremia lactucae (downy mildew) developed by Enza Zaden in its lettuce varieties, reducing disease pressure and crop protection needs for lettuce growers.
- Nasonovia Resistance Genetic resistance to Nasonovia ribisnigri (currant-lettuce aphid) developed by Enza Zaden in lettuce varieties, offered with multiple resistance codes for layered aphid protection.
Companies that use Enza Zaden
Customer profileSegments1 record
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Enza Zaden technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Enza Zaden partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- PairwisecoreEnza Zaden and Pairwise announced a strategic agreement to license Pairwise's Fulcrum Platform, a suite of precision plant breeding tools. The partnership aims to support sustainable vegetable breeding through gene editing research. Enza Zaden plans to evaluate gene editing applications for research purposes, with future commercialization contingent on regulatory and market developments in different regions.
Scale indicators2 records
Recent moves4 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Enza Zaden competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Rijk Zwaan: Dutch family-owned vegetable seed breeder headquartered in De Lier, Netherlands — the closest direct peer to Enza Zaden, competing head-to-head across overlapping vegetable crops with similar global distribution and resistance-trait-led positioning.
- Bejo Zaden: Dutch private vegetable seed company specializing in breeding of vegetable varieties for professional growers; highly comparable in size, ownership structure, and crop mix to Enza Zaden.
- Vilmorin-Mikado (Limagrain): Vegetable seed business of French cooperative Limagrain; one of the world's largest vegetable seed companies with overlapping crops (tomato, lettuce, carrot, melon) and global sales coverage comparable to Enza Zaden.
- Takii Seeds: Japanese family-owned vegetable and flower seed breeder with global operations; competes directly with Enza Zaden in Asian, European, and American vegetable seed markets.
- Sakata Seed Corporation: Japanese public vegetable and flower seed company with worldwide breeding and distribution; comparable in crop specialization and global direct-sales model to Enza Zaden.
Broad incumbents
- Bayer (Nunhems / Vegetable Seeds): Vegetable seed division of Bayer Crop Science (post-Monsanto integration); broad incumbent with much larger R&D budget and bundled crop-protection portfolio that competes with Enza Zaden across major vegetable crops.
- Syngenta Vegetable Seeds: Global ag-input major with a substantial vegetable seed portfolio; competes with Enza Zaden across multiple crops and leverages broad crop-protection and digital-agronomy offerings.
- BASF Vegetable Seeds: Diversified ag-major with a vegetable seeds business built largely from acquired Nunhems-style assets; competes with Enza Zaden at scale across global markets with cross-sell into chemistry and digital tools.
- Corteva Agriscience: U.S.-listed ag-major with a developing vegetable and specialty crop seed portfolio alongside dominant row-crop franchises; broad incumbent whose growing vegetable presence directly overlaps Enza Zaden's core markets.
Others
- Pairwise: U.S.-based gene-editing platform company licensing its Fulcrum toolset to Enza Zaden (Nov 2025); not a direct competitor but an enabling technology partner whose tools increasingly shape competitive breeding capability across the vegetable seed industry.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Enza Zaden social profiles
Digital presenceEnza Zaden financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Enza Zaden leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Enza Zaden funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Enza Zaden M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments1 record
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Enza Zaden
What does Enza Zaden do?
Enza Zaden develops and commercializes professional vegetable seeds across 30 vegetable crops, including tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, and peppers, for commercial growers worldwide. Its seed portfolio is differentiated by proprietary genetic disease-resistance traits (HREZ for ToBRFV, Bremia resistance, Nasonovia resistance) and is supported by region-specific breeding, cultivation guidelines, and concepts/brands delivered through a global network of local sales offices.
Is Enza Zaden a public or private company?
Enza Zaden is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.
When was Enza Zaden founded?
Enza Zaden was founded in 1983. It employs 1,001 to 5,000 people.
Where is Enza Zaden based?
Enza Zaden is headquartered in Enkhuizen, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Enza Zaden make money?
One revenue line is on record: vegetable Seed Sales.
Who are Enza Zaden's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Rijk Zwaan, Bejo Zaden, Vilmorin-Mikado (Limagrain), Takii Seeds and Sakata Seed Corporation. Broad incumbents are Bayer (Nunhems / Vegetable Seeds), Syngenta Vegetable Seeds, BASF Vegetable Seeds and Corteva Agriscience. Pairwise is listed as an others.
Does Enza Zaden have an API?
No public API is recorded for Enza Zaden.
What industry is Enza Zaden in?
Enza Zaden's product category is Vegetable Seeds. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFABAFAE, Vegetable Seeds (Open-Pollinated & Hybrid), with a secondary code of AFAGAIAF, Plant Breeding & Variety Development (Conventional). Its NAICS code is 11121 and its SIC code is 100.