Honey Smoked Fish Company

What Honey Smoked Fish Company does

Honey Smoked Fish Company is a Denver, Colorado-based specialty food producer founded in 1994 that manufactures hot and cold smoked salmon products for the U.S. market. The company operates as Honey Smoked Fish Co. Holdings, LLC, a privately held LLC governed under Colorado law, with 11-50 employees and a single headquarters location at 5725 N. Broadway, Suite 100, Denver. Its core product line consists of original honey-smoked salmon fillets, whole fillets, an 8oz 4-pack convenience format, and the Salmon Stackers snack SKU — paired with Lemon & Chive spread and gluten-free rice crackers, marketed on protein (13g per serving) and Omega-3 (1200mg per serving) content.

The company's commercial model is omnichannel and primarily direct-to-consumer, with a Shopify-powered e-commerce storefront supplemented by wholesale distribution and physical retail partners discoverable through a 'Find a Store' locator. Marketing is executed through organic social channels (Facebook, Instagram), an email newsletter, and a recipes blog. The brand emphasizes a 'fresh, never frozen' positioning and a sustainability commitment — funding removal of one pound of plastic from the ocean with every purchase at no additional cost to the customer. Customer segmentation is horizontal, targeting health-conscious consumers seeking portable, high-protein, omega-3-rich snacks. The company also sells branded merchandise as an ancillary line.

Honey Smoked Fish Company has no disclosed external institutional investors, parent company, or M&A activity. Pricing is not publicly listed, revenue is not disclosed, and there is no evidence of proprietary technology platforms, patents, or AI/ML capabilities — the business is fundamentally an artisanal CPG operation with a small digital and wholesale distribution footprint.

Name

Honey Smoked Fish Company

Legal name

Honey Smoked Fish Co. Holdings, LLC

Website

https://honeysmokedfish.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Honey Smoked Fish Company is a Denver-based, privately held LLC founded in 1994 that produces honey-smoked salmon fillets and snack-format Stackers for U.S. health-conscious consumers via Shopify DTC, wholesale, and physical retail channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smoked Salmon / Specialty Seafood

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (3117)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Smoked & Cured Seafood (Salmon, Herring, Lox) (AFANALAD)

Keywords

• Smoked salmon products
• Honey smoked salmon
• Specialty seafood snacks
• Salmon fillets wholesale
• Omega-3 protein snacks

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Direct Product Sales: Direct-to-consumer and wholesale product sales of smoked salmon and related food products through e-commerce and retail store channels.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Honey Smoked Fish Company produces hot and cold smoked salmon—primarily whole fillets, Salmon Stackers snack packs, and 8oz 4-pack convenience packs—sold through its own e-commerce site, physical retail stores, and wholesale channels to retail grocery, foodservice, and hospitality customers. The products are positioned as high-protein, Omega-3-rich, gluten-free, fresh-never-frozen seafood snacks and meal ingredients.

Product overview

Honey Smoked Fish Co. is a smoked salmon producer offering a focused portfolio of honey-smoked salmon products. The core lineup consists of: Original Smoked Salmon Fillet (whole fillet), Honey Smoked Salmon Original Salmon Stackers (snack format with Lemon & Chive spread and gluten-free rice crackers), Original Honey Smoked Salmon Whole Fillet, and an 8oz 4-Pack Convenience Pack. The company also sells branded merchandise. All products share the signature honey-smoked preparation method and are sold through the company's e-commerce platform and retail stores.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Original Smoked Salmon Fillet Whole fillet of honey-smoked salmon; the signature product offering from Honey Smoked Fish Co., sold to consumers and wholesale buyers.
• Honey Smoked Salmon Original Salmon Stackers Snack-sized smoked salmon paired with Lemon & Chive spread and crispy gluten-free rice cracker; contains 13g of protein and 1,200mg of Omega-3s per serving. Positioned as a portable, ready-to-eat better-for-you snack.
• 8oz 4-Pack Convenience Pack Pack of four 8oz portions of smoked salmon, offering convenience and value for regular consumers and households.
• Branded Merchandise Branded merchandise items including apparel and accessories sold through the company's Shopify storefront.

Quantifiable outcome

• 13g protein per serving
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ShopifycoreTechnology or IntegrationE-commerce platform hosting the company's online storefront. Provides online e-commerce platform enabling product sales to consumers.
• ShopifycoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides the online e-commerce platform that enables the company to sell products and services to customers.
• ShopifycoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party eCommerce platform used to operate the online store and process transactions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• King Oscar: Branded canned and prepared seafood including smoked salmon, with national retail distribution — directly comparable in smoked salmon CPG positioning and shelf-based marketing.
• Petrossian: Premium smoked salmon and caviar producer with a flagship DTC storefront and selective retail presence, comparable in brand-led premium positioning and smoked-salmon category focus.
• Tsar Imperial Caviar & Smoked Fish: Smoked salmon and caviar brand operating across DTC and retail with a similar premium, sustainability-and-quality messaging emphasis as Honey Smoked Fish Co.
• North Coast Seafoods: Boston-based seafood processor and distributor serving retail and foodservice with smoked salmon and other prepared seafood, overlapping in channel mix and value-added processing.
• Ducktrap River: Maine-based artisanal smoked fish company specializing in smoked salmon and smoked seafood, directly comparable in product focus, brand-led positioning, and DTC/retail/wholesale distribution.
• Echo Falls: Smoked salmon and seafood snack brand sold through US grocery, comparable in snack-format, mass-market smoked salmon positioning and packaging-driven marketing.
• Handy Seafood: Mid-Atlantic crab and seafood processor with prepared/smoked seafood products sold through retail and foodservice, comparable as a small-to-mid sized US value-added seafood manufacturer.
• Acme Smoked Fish: Brooklyn-based smoked fish producer serving retail and foodservice with a portfolio of smoked salmon and other smoked seafood, operating at a similar scale and channel mix to Honey Smoked Fish Co.

Broad incumbents

• Ocean Beauty Seafoods: Larger Alaska-based seafood processor and distributor with a broader portfolio of fresh, frozen, and prepared seafood — overlapping with Honey Smoked Fish Co. in foodservice and retail channels but at greater scale and category breadth.
• Trident Seafoods: One of the largest US seafood companies, with vertically integrated harvesting, processing, and branded prepared seafood — relevant incumbent competitor for retail and foodservice shelf space against smaller smoked-salmon specialists.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/honeysmokedfish
• Instagraminstagram.com/honeysmokedfish
• Xx.com/HoneySmokedFish

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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