Burpellet

Name

Burpellet

Legal name

Hijos de Tomás Martín

Website

https://burpellet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Burgos

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Pellet Manufacturing and Distribution: Burpellet manufactures wood pellets from sawdust and pine wood chips sourced from their own sawmill, and distributes them nationally and internationally through a distributor network.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Burpellet manufactures and distributes wood pellets for biomass heating, produced from sawdust and pine wood chips sourced from its own sawmill operations in the Sierra de la Demanda region of Burgos, Spain. Operating under the Burpellet brand (since 2011) as a trade name of Hijos de Tomás Martín, the company combines multi-generational family expertise in wood processing with renewable energy production, offering pellets and briquettes through a national and international distributor network.

Product overview

Burpellet is a wood pellet manufacturing and distribution company that is part of the Hijos de Tomás Martín family business group, founded in the Sierra de la Demanda region at the beginning of the 20th century. The group operates across the pellet value chain—from sawmill byproduct management to pellet production—distributing pellets both nationally and internationally. The portfolio includes the core Burpellet pellets brand, the CYLPELLET sub-brand, and the BURBRIQ briquetting product line, representing the group's unified energy solutions under the BURPELLET commercial brand launched in October 2011.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CYLPELLET: Subsidiary brand for pellet products
• BURBRIQ

Products and services

• Burpellet Wood Pellets Premium wood pellets manufactured from sawdust and pine wood chips sourced from Burpellet's own sawmill, used as biomass heating fuel for residential and commercial boilers and stoves; sold wholesale through a national and international distributor network.
• CYLPELLET Sub-brand of wood pellets within the Burpellet product family, offered for biomass heating applications and distributed through the same national and international channels.
• BURBRIQ

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• A.D.R.I. Ribera del Duero BurgalesaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Burpellet received a LEADER 2014-2020 grant co-financed by FEADER (80%), Junta de Castilla y León (14%), and Ministerio de Agricultura (6%) in collaboration with the Association for Rural Development Integral of Ribera del Duero Burgalesa. The subsidies supported acquisition of equipment including a loading shovel, multiple saw machine, granulating press, and chipper.
• CYLPELLETcoreOthersCYLPELLET is a sister company under the Grupo Hijos de Tomás Martín umbrella, alongside Burpellet and BURBRIQ. The group companies participate together in industry events such as Expobiomasa and share the same parent company and manufacturing facilities.
• BURBRIQcoreOthersBURBRIQ is a sister company under the Grupo Hijos de Tomás Martín umbrella, alongside Burpellet and CYLPELLET. The group companies participate together in industry events and share the same parent company.
• EGOIN, ENCE, GARNICA, KRONOSPAN, MEDGON, SONAE ARAUCOminorOthersBurpellet participated in IV Semana Forestal (IV Forest Week) alongside these companies, as well as institutions Junta de Castilla y León and Área de Patrimonio Natural. The event focused on networking around challenges in wood technology and raising visibility of the Spanish forestry sector.
• Junta de Castilla y León — Área de Patrimonio NaturalminorOthersBurpellet participated in IV Semana Forestal alongside regional government body Junta de Castilla y León, Área de Patrimonio Natural, as part of an event to raise visibility of the Spanish forestry sector and its role in combating climate change.
• Junta de Castilla y LeónminorOthersRegional government that, along with FEADER and Ministerio de Agricultura, co-financed the LEADER 2014-2020 grant received by Burpellet for rural development and equipment acquisition.
• Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y AlimentaciónminorOthersNational government ministry that co-financed (6%) the LEADER 2014-2020 grant for Burpellet's equipment acquisition and rural development.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Enviva: The world's largest producer of industrial wood pellets, supplying utilities and heating markets globally. While substantially larger and export-oriented, Enviva competes with Burpellet in the broader wood pellet category and is a benchmark for production scale and vertical integration.
• Graanul Invest: One of Europe's largest wood pellet producers, with integrated sawmill operations similar to Burpellet's. Comparable vertical model but at much greater scale, supplying residential, commercial, and industrial heating across Europe.
• UPM Biofuels: Finnish forestry conglomerate producing solid biomass fuels and wood-based biofuels. While focused on advanced biofuels, UPM operates across the broader biomass value chain and competes for European renewable-heating demand alongside regional pellet producers like Burpellet.
• Stora Enso: Swedish-Finnish forestry and biomaterials major with pellet operations feeding European heating markets. Substantially larger than Burpellet but operates in the same wood-pellet end-market and competes for downstream distribution and export channels.

Direct peers

• Pfeifer Group: Austrian timber and sawmill operator that also produces wood pellets and briquettes from sawmill byproducts. Closely mirrors Burpellet's sawmill-to-pellet integrated model and serves European heating markets.
• ENCE Energía y Celulosa: Spain's leading pulp and renewable energy producer, with a dedicated biomass and pellet business serving domestic and export heating markets. A direct Spanish competitor with overlapping customer segments and trade-show presence (co-participant in IV Semana Forestal).

Regional players

• EGOIN: Basque-Country wood products manufacturer with sawmill, engineered wood, and biomass activities, identified as an industry co-participant with Burpellet in IV Semana Forestal. Comparable Spanish regional sawmill-and-biomass operator.
• Biomass Energy Group (BE Group): Spanish biomass and wood pellet operator active in domestic distribution and large-scale supply. Comparable regional Iberian peer competing in the same end-customers and trade-show circuit as Burpellet.

Others

• ENplus: European-wide wood pellet certification scheme that sets quality standards (ENplus A1/A2/B) governing the residential and commercial pellet market in which Burpellet competes. A key ecosystem gatekeeper rather than a direct competitor.
• Garnica: Spanish plywood and engineered wood panel producer co-participant with Burpellet in IV Semana Forestal. While not a pellet maker, Garnica is a relevant Spanish forestry-products peer given overlapping sawmill supply chains and Iberian forestry sector presence.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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