What Berg + Schmidt does

Hamburg-based Berg + Schmidt, founded in 1955, is a privately held B2B specialty raw materials supplier operating across three distinct product divisions. Its core business is the provision of plant-based vital substances and nutritional solutions for the animal feed industry — leveraging what the company describes as a 'professional partner' model rather than a transactional supply relationship. The second division, marketed under the Care Ingredients sub-brand, supplies raw materials and ingredients into the cosmetics and personal care industry, serving formulators who require specialized inputs for personal care products. The third division, Performance Chemicals, provides basic and specialty chemicals for high-performance industrial applications across multiple sectors.

The business operates with a small headcount (between 11 and 50 employees) and a horizontal segmentation approach — meaning the same supplier/distribution muscle is applied across three unrelated verticals rather than a single deep vertical stack. Customer relationships are direct B2B, with no public pricing model or revenue mechanics disclosed. The firm maintains a bilingual English/German web presence (berg-schmidt.com plus a .com/de locale) and three dedicated portal properties (an.berg-schmidt.com for animal nutrition; solutions.berg-schmidt.com for care ingredients and performance chemicals), suggesting an intent to be addressable across distinct industry buyer journeys rather than a single shared storefront.

No data on ownership, M&A activity, funding, leadership team, geographic footprint, regulatory standing, certifications, or financial performance is disclosed in the available input. This represents a significant data gap for any investment-grade diligence; the company is a typical privately held German Mittelstand specialty chemicals distributor whose scale, governance, and growth mechanics cannot be determined from public-facing material alone.

Name

Berg + Schmidt

Website

https://berg-schmidt.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Berg + Schmidt is a privately held Hamburg-based B2B specialty raw materials supplier founded in 1955, operating three product divisions across animal feed nutrition, cosmetic ingredients, and industrial performance chemicals for direct industrial buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Chemicals and Raw Materials

NAICS

All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (32599), Animal Food Manufacturing (3111), Basic Chemical Manufacturing (3251)

SIC

Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890), Chemicals & Allied Products (2800), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Food & Feed Additives (Specialty Ingredients) (IMAEABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Personal Care & Cosmetic Ingredients (IMAEABAJ), Manufacturing, Private Label & Co-Manufacturing for Animal Diets (HLAMAHAO), Food-Grade Chemicals & Processing Aids Trading/Wholesale (AFAIAKAJ), Organic Functional Feed (Probiotics, Enzymes, Yeast, Essential Oils) (AFADAJAJ)

Keywords

• Animal feed ingredients
• Cosmetic raw materials
• Specialty performance chemicals
• Plant-based feed additives
• Oleochemical raw materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Core offering

Berg + Schmidt supplies specialty raw materials and ingredients across three business divisions: (1) plant-based vital substances for the animal feed industry, (2) Care Ingredients serving as cosmetic raw materials for personal-care formulations, and (3) Performance Chemicals comprising basic and speciality chemicals for industrial applications. The company operates as a B2B ingredient specialist, serving manufacturers and formulators in each of these three verticals.

Product overview

Berg + Schmidt operates as a multi-divisional professional partner offering three distinct product portfolios: (1) Plant-Based Vital Substances for the animal feed industry via an.berg-schmidt.com, (2) Care Ingredients (cosmetic raw materials) via solutions.berg-schmidt.com/careingredients, and (3) Performance Chemicals (basic and speciality chemicals) via solutions.berg-schmidt.com/performancechemicals. The company serves three primary industry verticals—animal nutrition, cosmetics/personal care, and industrial chemicals—with specialized solutions tailored to each sector's raw material and ingredient needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Care Ingredients: Division specializing in cosmetic raw materials
• Performance Chemicals

Products and services

• Plant-Based Vital Substances for Animal Feed Specialty plant-based vital substances and nutritional solutions for the animal feed industry, providing essential nutrients and supplements for livestock health and productivity. Sold to animal feed manufacturers and compound feed producers.
• Care Ingredients (Cosmetic Raw Materials) Raw materials and ingredients for the cosmetics and personal care industry, supplying cosmetic formulations for brand owners and contract manufacturers in the personal-care sector.
• Performance Chemicals Basic and specialty chemicals for high-performance industrial applications, supplying chemical solutions to industrial buyers across various sectors.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• BASF: The world's largest chemical company with dedicated Care Chemicals and Animal Nutrition divisions that overlap directly with all three of Berg + Schmidt's verticals, though at vastly larger scale.
• dsm-firmenich: Dutch-headquartered specialty nutrition and personal care ingredients group; directly comparable across animal feed additives (DSM Animal Nutrition & Health) and cosmetic raw materials (firmenich Personal Care).
• IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances): Global specialty ingredients company with personal care and food/feed ingredient portfolios; comparable to Berg + Schmidt's Care Ingredients division and parts of its specialty chemicals range.
• Clariant: Swiss specialty chemicals manufacturer with personal care, industrial, and performance chemical segments overlapping with Berg + Schmidt's Performance Chemicals and Care Ingredients divisions.

Direct peers

• Adisseo: Specialist animal feed additive company (methionine, vitamins, specialty ingredients). Closest pure-play comparables for Berg + Schmidt's plant-based Animal Nutrition division.
• Croda International: UK-based specialty ingredients company with strong personal care and animal care/feed additive businesses — closely analogous to Berg + Schmidt's Care Ingredients and Animal Nutrition divisions.
• Barentz: European specialty ingredients distributor serving animal nutrition, personal care, and industrial performance chemical markets — a closer size-and-model match to Berg + Schmidt's B2B specialty distribution model than the large chemical majors.
• Alltech: Global animal nutrition company focused on feed additives, premixes, and supplements — a direct competitor for Berg + Schmidt's Animal Nutrition division, particularly in plant-based and specialty feed ingredients.
• Evonik Industries: German specialty chemicals company with major animal nutrition (methionine, feed additives) and personal care/oleochemistry divisions. Direct overlap with Berg + Schmidt's Animal Nutrition and Care Ingredients businesses.
• Symrise: German specialty ingredients supplier to the personal care, cosmetics, and food/feed industries. Highly comparable to Berg + Schmidt's Care Ingredients division and the specialty end of its Performance Chemicals portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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