Group Op de Beeck

What Group Op de Beeck does

Group Op de Beeck is a Belgian family-owned industrial group founded in 1993 by Geert Op de Beeck, headquartered in Olen, Belgium, operating across the horticulture, agriculture, and circular-economy value chains. The group's core activity is the processing of organic materials and by-products into horticultural products, soil improvers, growing media, and animal-feed inputs, combined with an owned logistics platform for distribution. Product lines span ground covers (maritime pine, Scots pine, spruce bark, and graded woodchips), soil improvers (mushroom compost, GFT compost, peat products), growing media (tree granulate, lava substrates, green roof substrates), and organic by-products from breweries, potato processing, and sugar/starch operations supplied to livestock farmers and anaerobic digestion plants (under the GRANOFRIT sub-brand).

The underlying technology is physical and process-based: raw bark is sourced in Portugal and pre-treated at the Tocha site adjacent to the Port of Aveiro before being sanitized, sieved into size grades, and shipped to Puurs for further processing; composts and substrates are blended at the Merreco site in Puurs; and organic by-products are aggregated at the 7-hectare Villers-le-Gambon site. Distribution is executed through three wholly-owned transport entities (Orgacom bv, Etablissement Jean Henrard sa, Vervoer Schellens bv) operating a fleet of 115 trucks, 175 semi-trailers, and 110 drop-off containers across Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Spain, and Portugal, with multimodal road-and-inland-waterway capability via the Brussels-Scheldt Canal at Puurs and an in-house workshop at Olen.

The business model is direct B2B sales and contracted logistics services priced by unit volume (m³ or tonnes) with site-based delivery minimums, sold to agricultural, horticultural, biogas, and industrial bulk-transport customers. Revenue is generated across four streams: horticultural product sales, animal-feed by-product supply, GRANOFRIT/circular organic input sales to biogas plants, and transport services. The group holds FCA (feed chain), ISCC (sustainability), Vlaco (organic soil improver), OVAM/OWD (waste trader), and EU 1069/2009 (animal by-products) certifications, which together function as the regulatory backbone of its trading licenses across feed, waste, and bioenergy categories.

Name

Group Op de Beeck

Legal name

Group Op de Beeck Horti & Feed nv

Website

https://groupopdebeeck.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Group Op de Beeck is a Belgian family-owned industrial group that processes organic by-products into horticultural substrates, composts, and animal-feed inputs, and distributes them via an owned fleet of 115 trucks across seven European countries for agricultural, horticultural, biogas, and industrial B2B customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Horticultural Substrates and Soil Products

NAICS

Compost Manufacturing (325315), Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing (32531), Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (3253)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

Digestate & Compost Product Processing, Marketing & Distribution (Soil Amendments, Mulch) (EUAIAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Yard Waste, Land Clearing & Green Waste Processing (Mulch/Compost Feedstock) (BPALAEAG), Organics End-Market Services (Land Application, Soil Restoration, Erosion Control) (BPALAEAL), Organics Collection & Processing (Composting/Anaerobic Digestion) (IMAIAFAF), Commercial Food Waste Programs & On-Site Solutions (Cafeterias, Grocers, Hospitality) (BPALAEAE)

Keywords

• Soil improvement products
• Horticultural substrate production
• Organic waste processing
• Agricultural transport services
• Animal feed by-products

Headquarters

HQ city

Olen

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Horticultural Products: Sale of ground covers (bark, woodchips), soil improvers (compost, peat, peat fibres), growing media (potting soil, topsoil, tree substrates, green roof substrates), and delivery materials (green waste, raw wood, soils). Products are sold in bulk or packaged formats with unit pricing per m³ or tonne.
2. Organic By-products for Animal Feed: Supply of solid and liquid by-products from breweries, potato processing companies, and sugar/starch industry to the livestock sector. Products include mashed potatoes, potato steam peelings, potato crisps, brewers' grains, and yeast containing proteins, starch, fibres, and minerals.
3. Transport and Logistics Services: Logistics services through three entities (Orgacom bv, Etablissement Jean Henrard sa, Vervoer Schellens bv) providing transport of waste materials, compost, ADR goods, and animal feed. Fleet consists of 115 trucks, 175 semi-trailers, and 110 drop-off containers. Services cover national and international transport with multimodal options including road and inland waterway transport.
4. Circular Organic Materials for Biogas: Supply of circular organic materials for biogas plants including single-stream products from the food industry. Products include GRANOFRIT, a specific blend for anaerobic digestion plants produced at Villers-le-Gambon site.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Group Op de Beeck processes organic waste and by-products into horticultural soil improvement products, growing media, and ground covers (bark, compost, substrates), while also supplying organic by-products (mashed potatoes, brewers' grains, yeast) for animal feed and providing dedicated transport and logistics services across Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Spain, and Portugal.

Product overview

Group Op de Beeck is a Belgian integrated organization providing total solutions for fertile soil, operating across the horticultural and agricultural sectors. The company offers six main product categories: Ground covers (bark products including Pin Maritime, Pin Sylvester, Epicea, and woodchips), Soil improvers (composts including mushroom, GFT, green waste, peat products, and specialized blends), Growing media (substrates for tree planting, roofing, lawns, and general horticulture), Delivery options (acceptance of green waste, raw wood, and various soil types), Organic by-products (animal feed by-products from food industry), and Transport logistics services. The portfolio is unified through the company's circular economy approach, transforming organic materials and waste into valuable soil products. The company operates 5 sites (Olen, Villers-le-Gambon, Puurs-Merreco, Puurs-BTP, and Tocha) and holds multiple certifications including FCA for feed trading, ISCC for sustainability, and Vlaco for organic products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GRANOFRIT: A specific blend suitable as input for anaerobic digestion/biogas plants, produced at the Villers-le-Gambon site.

Products and services

• Pin Maritime Bark (Pin Maritime Boomschors)
• Pin Sylvester Bark (Pin Sylvester Boomschors)
• Epicea Bark (Epicea Boomschors)
• Woodchips (Houtchips)
• Mushroom Compost (Afgeoogste Champignoncompost)
• GFT Compost
• Tree Granulate (Bomengranulaat)
• Lava
• Organic By-products for Animal Feed (Organische Bijproducten)
• Transport Services (Transportdiensten)

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 15 million kilometers covered annually in safe and reliable transport conditions
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fixed and Reliable Transport PartnersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFor transport that falls outside their own fleet capabilities, Group Op de Beeck collaborates with fixed and reliable partners. This enables them to provide customers with complete logistics solutions tailored to specific needs.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Compo Expert GmbH: Major European producer of specialty fertilizers, soil solutions and growing media with a much broader portfolio. Comparable category (organic and mineral soil/plant nutrition) but operates at substantially larger scale and across more end-segments.
• Premier Tech: Global producer of peat-based growing media, substrates and horticultural products with significant European operations. Overlaps strongly on bark, peat and substrate supply to professional horticulture, but at significantly larger, multi-continental scale.

Direct peers

• Van Iperen International: Dutch producer of specialty fertilizers, biostimulants and crop solutions serving horticulture and agriculture. Comparable in Western European footprint and focus on plant nutrition / soil improvement products.
• Agrifirm: Dutch agricultural cooperative providing compound feed, crop solutions and arable farming products. Comparable in aggregating agricultural supply flows into value-added inputs for livestock and arable farmers across Benelux and Western Europe.
• Klasmann-Deilmann GmbH: German-based leading European producer of substrates, growing media and peat-based products for professional horticulture. Comparable in transforming organic inputs (peat, wood fiber, green compost) into size-graded substrates for the horticultural channel.
• ForFarmers NV: Major Dutch compound feed producer serving livestock farmers across Western Europe. Comparable to Group Op de Beeck's animal-feed by-product stream (brewer's grains, potato by-products, yeast) at substantially larger scale.
• Florentaise: French producer of growing media, substrates and composts from organic materials. Comparable circular-economy approach to producing substrates and soil amendments from green and organic feedstocks.
• Terrial / Baudelet Environnement: French organic waste processor and soil amendment producer, transforming organic by-products into compost and soil improvers marketed to agriculture and horticulture. Comparable in circular-economy, organic-by-product-to-soil-product model at similar European regional scale.
• Royal Brinkman: Dutch horticultural supplier offering substrates, growing media, crop protection and technical services. Comparable in serving Western European horticultural growers with bundled substrate and inputs offering.
• DCM nv: Belgian producer of organic and mineral fertilizers, soil improvers, potting soils and compost for horticulture and agriculture. Highly comparable in geography (Benelux), product mix (compost, soil amendments) and B2B channel structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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