Kontali

What Kontali does

Kontali is a privately held Norwegian seafood market intelligence company founded in 1987 and headquartered in Kristiansund, with additional offices in Oslo and The Hague, Netherlands. The firm specializes in data, analytics, and insights covering global aquaculture and fisheries, with a focus on salmon, groundfish, shrimp, and other seafood species across markets in Europe, North America, and Asia. Its core product, Kontali Edge, is a cloud-based intelligence platform providing up-to-date supply, demand, price, and trend data alongside predictive analytics, custom report creation, and analyst commentary; industry users describe it as the "Bloomberg for the fishing industry."

The company operates three complementary revenue streams: recurring software subscriptions to Kontali Edge, bespoke advisory services addressing operational, investment, and risk-management challenges, and one-time purchases of industry-leading market reports. Distribution is sales-led for enterprise and mid-market customers, augmented by a 3-day free trial on Kontali Edge and direct e-commerce purchase of reports. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Customers include equity research teams at financial institutions (Handelsbanken, Pareto Securities) and seafood producers (Hätälä, Scottish Sea Farms), with explicit use cases spanning daily investment research, production planning, and strategic decision-making.

Kontali positions itself as the global leader in seafood market intelligence, leveraging 35+ years of accumulated proprietary data, a niche vertical focus, and an in-house analyst team. Recent moves — including product launches in shrimp export pricing (June 2026) and groundfish (February 2026), a dedicated commercial growth leadership hire (February 2026), and published coverage of the China and US markets — indicate a deliberate, capital-efficient expansion of product surface and geographic reach within the seafood intelligence vertical.

Name

Kontali

Legal name

Kontali

Website

https://kontali.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kontali is a Norway-based seafood market intelligence company providing data, analytics, and advisory services to the global aquaculture and fisheries industries through its Kontali Edge platform, serving financial institutions and seafood producers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kristiansund

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Subscriptions (Kontali Edge): Recurring subscription revenue from the Kontali Edge platform providing access to seafood market data, analytics, and intelligence. Users pay for ongoing access to the platform's data and reporting tools.
2. Market Reports: One-time purchase of industry-leading seafood market reports offering insights into supply, demand, and pricing trends. Available through the website for direct purchase.
3. Advisory Services: Bespoke advisory services delivering customized solutions for specific challenges in the seafood industry, including operational improvements, investments and expansions, and risk management. Includes strategic analysis, deep expertise in specialized markets, market research and assessment, and predictive analytics with scenarios.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kontali provides data, analytics, and insights for the global seafood industry through three primary offerings: the Kontali Edge cloud-based market intelligence platform, bespoke advisory services tailored to client-specific challenges, and industry-leading market reports. The company covers supply, demand, prices, and trends across salmon, groundfish, shrimp, and other seafood species in markets including Europe, North America, and Asia.

Product overview

Kontali offers a unified portfolio of seafood market intelligence solutions consisting of three main components: (1) Kontali Edge, a cloud-based software platform serving as the primary product for tracking market supply, demand, prices, and trends with up-to-date data and extensive databases; (2) Advisory Services providing bespoke consulting tailored to client needs for operational improvements, investments, and risk management; and (3) Market Reports delivering data-driven industry insights. Together these offerings position Kontali as a centralized industry intelligence hub for seafood market participants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kontali Edge: The company's primary software platform providing seafood market data, analytics, tracking market supply, demand, prices, and trends. Described by clients as comparable to Bloomberg for the fishing industry.

Products and services

• Kontali Edge Cloud-based seafood market intelligence platform providing up-to-date data, extensive databases, and analytics for tracking global supply, demand, prices, and trends across salmon, groundfish, shrimp, and other seafood species. Features custom report creation, data extraction, and analyst insights for seafood producers, financial institutions, and industry decision-makers.
• Advisory Services Bespoke advisory services tailored to unique client needs in the seafood industry, delivering customized solutions across the value chain. Supports operational improvements, investments and expansions, and risk management with deep expertise in specialized markets, comprehensive market research and assessment, and predictive analytics with scenarios.
• Market Reports Industry-leading seafood market reports offering data-driven insights into supply, demand, and pricing trends for the global seafood industry. Available for direct purchase through the company website.

Quantifiable outcome

• User-friendly platform enabling custom report creation and easy data sharing for independent analysis
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IntraFish: Norwegian-based seafood business intelligence and news service covering salmon, aquaculture and seafood markets — directly comparable to Kontali in target audience (seafood industry professionals) and analytical offering.
• Undercurrent News: US-based seafood market intelligence and news platform providing pricing, supply, and demand analysis across the global seafood industry — directly overlapping with Kontali's market intelligence offering.
• Urner Barry: Long-established US protein (including seafood) market price reporting and intelligence firm — comparable to Kontali as a subscription-based commodity data provider serving food industry decision-makers.
• SalmonBusiness: Dedicated salmon industry news and intelligence publication covering market developments, pricing, and producers — overlapping significantly with Kontali's salmon-focused coverage and buyer base.
• SeafoodSource: Comprehensive seafood industry news, data, and market intelligence portal covering producers, processors and buyers — comparable vertical focus and audience to Kontali.
• Fish Farming Expert: Aquaculture industry news and analysis platform covering fish farming operations globally — overlaps with Kontali's aquaculture-focused analytics and seafood producer customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Mintec: Larger UK-based commodity price intelligence and analytics platform covering food and broader commodities including seafood — comparable business model (SaaS data subscriptions + advisory) with broader commodity scope.
• Fastmarkets: Global commodity price reporting and market intelligence firm covering metals, minerals and food products — comparable subscription analytics model with broader market coverage than Kontali's seafood specialization.
• Rabobank: Major Dutch bank with a well-known seafood industry research and advisory practice — a comparable institutional provider of seafood market analysis, but bundled within a broad financial services franchise.
• S&P Global Commodity Insights: S&P Global's commodity intelligence division (formerly Platts) — global leader in commodity data, analytics, and benchmarks across energy, agriculture, and food; potential adjacent/overlapping competitor to Kontali's seafood intelligence niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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