What Elivia does

Elivia is a French meat processing and marketing company, ranking as France's No. 2 beef supplier and the country's No. 1 supplier of organic beef. The company processes and commercialises beef, pork, veal, and lamb through 12 production sites positioned across France's main agricultural basins, with an annual throughput of 168,000 tonnes and revenue of approximately €1.2 billion. Operations span four core activities: slaughter and boning, fresh prepared products, frozen prepared products, and meat seasoning (cheville activity, executed partly through the SCAVO joint venture). Each site holds required sanitary approvals and is progressing toward universal BRCGS certification by 2025, supported by IFS Food, GFSI, and ISO 9001 credentials and a portfolio of quality labels (Label Rouge, Bleu Blanc Coeur, AB organic, Halal, Kosher).

The business operates through three primary distribution channels. Grande distribution (large retail chains) is served with both retailer own-brand (MDD) and Elivia's own consumer brands Tendre & Plus, La Nouvelle Agriculture, and Sourires de Campagne. Traditional independent butchers are served via the flagship d'Anvial brand, positioned as the first complete producer-to-consumer quality supply chain for premium beef in France. Foodservice and restaurant professionals are served directly through Elivia Professionnels, offering ready-to-cut, ready-to-cook, and custom agro-industrial products (PAI). Export is handled through specialised brands CHAROLUXE in Germany and BOVILLAGE in Italy and Greece. Elivia is wholly owned by the Terrena agricultural cooperative, which underwrites access to the upstream farmer network that feeds its organic and conventional sourcing programmes.

The technology foundation is industrial rather than digital: latest-generation slaughter, boning, and elaboration equipment, full farm-to-consumer traceability, and pre-release microbiological testing on fresh minced meat for raw consumption. The consumer experience layer includes brand microsites (tendreetplus.fr, lanouvelleagriculture.coop, souriresdecampagne.fr) plus the Espace Culinaire content platform for foodservice professionals, anchored by Chef Samuel Albert. Pricing is quote-based for B2B customers with no public disclosure, and the workforce of 2,700 spans permanent, fixed-term, and temporary contracts across technical, administrative, production-support, and production roles.

Name

Elivia

Legal name

ELIVIA, Société par Actions Simplifiée au capital social de 25 200 000 euros

Website

https://elivia.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Elivia is France's No. 2 beef processor and No. 1 organic beef supplier, processing beef, pork, veal, and lamb across 12 French sites with €1.2 billion in revenue. It serves large retailers, traditional butchers, and foodservice customers via multiple consumer and professional brands, and is owned by the Terrena cooperative.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Meat Processing

NAICS

Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116), Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (42447)

SIC

Meat Packing Plants (2011), Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013)

akta.pro primary industry

Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale (AFAIABAF)

Keywords

• Meat processing
• Beef production
• Organic meat supply
• Foodservice distribution
• Butcher wholesale

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Lion-d'angers

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Wholesale/B2B meat sales to retailers: Supplying meat products to grande distribution (large retail chains) including fresh beef, frozen products, and prepared meat products under retailer own-brand (MDD) as well as under Elivia's own brands. Major volume channel.
2. Traditional butcher supply (d'Anvial): Supplying premium quality beef to traditional independent butchers through the d'Anvial brand, the first brand with a complete producer-to-consumer quality supply chain.
3. Foodservice/hospitality supply (Elivia Professionnels): Supplying restaurants, catering, and hospitality professionals with fresh and frozen beef products including ready-to-cut, ready-to-cook ranges, and custom agro-industrial products (PAI).
4. Consumer packaged goods (Tendre & Plus, La Nouvelle Agriculture, Sourires de Campagne): Direct-to-consumer packaged meat products sold in retail through consumer-facing brands offering quality meat with smart advice and meal ideas.
5. Export (CHAROLUXE, BOVILLAGE): International export of French beef including CHAROLUXE brand in Germany and BOVILLAGE brand in Italy and Greece, targeting premium markets with quality French young bull beef.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Elivia transforms and commercializes beef, pork, veal, and lamb through 12 industrial production sites across France for three primary channels: large retail chains (grande distribution), traditional independent butchers, and foodservice/restaurant professionals. The company markets 168,000 tonnes of meat annually under multiple specialist brands covering organic (Sourires de Campagne), sustainable (La Nouvelle Agriculture), conventional consumer (Tendre & Plus), premium butcher (d'Anvial), foodservice (Elivia Professionnels), and export (CHAROLUXE, BOVILLAGE) segments.

Product overview

Elivia is a diversified meat processing and distribution company operating as France's No. 2 beef supplier and leading organic beef provider. The company operates across two main segments: (1) Professional brands serving foodservice, traditional butchers, and export markets, including Elivia Professionnels (restaurants), D'Anvial (traditional butchers), and export brands CHAROLUXE and BOVILLAGE; (2) Consumer brands including Tendre & Plus (everyday meat with meal ideas), La Nouvelle Agriculture (sustainable farming products), and Sourires de Campagne (organic meats). Elivia transforms and commercializes beef, pork, veal, and lamb through 12 production sites across France's main agricultural regions, serving retailers, traditional butchers, and restaurants. The company is supported by its shareholder, the Terrena Cooperative.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tendre & Plus: Consumer brand launched in 2009 offering quality meat with smart advice and meal ideas for everyday cooking.
• La Nouvelle Agriculture
• Sourires de Campagne
• Elivia Professionnels
• d'Anvial
• CHAROLUXE
• BOVILLAGE
• French Beef - A Taste of Terroirs

Products and services

• Elivia Professionnels Professional brand dedicated to restaurant and foodservice professionals, offering a range of beef products from entry-level to collection quality, including ready-to-cut muscles, ready-to-cook minced steaks, tartar, and agro-industrial products tailored to client specifications.
• Elivia Professionnels - Rayon Boucherie (Meat Section) Solutions for traditional butchers in the fresh beef category, including categorical muscles (ready-to-cut, semi-trimmed or trimmed) and 'Le Compensé' carcasses prepared to strict specifications for facilities with in-house cutting expertise.
• D'Anvial The first brand with a premium quality producer-to-consumer supply chain, developed from the joint commitment and trust between three key links: producer, abattoir/processor, and retailer. Targets traditional butchers for exceptional products.
• CHAROLUXE Brand guaranteeing German consumers that beef is sourced from young Charolais cattle born, reared, and slaughtered in France. Distributed in Germany.
• BOVILLAGE Brand promoting French young cattle sector in Greek and Italian markets through compliance with demanding specifications.
• French Beef - A Taste of Terroirs The new brand image for the French beef industry targeting major export markets.
• Tendre & Plus Consumer brand launched in 2009 offering high-quality meat along with smart advice and simple meal ideas for everyday consumption.
• La Nouvelle Agriculture Brand born from farmers in western France seeking direct links with consumers, promoting innovative agriculture that respects the living environment with affordable, high-quality natural products for healthier nutrition.
• Sourires de Campagne Specialist organic meat brand co-created with the union of organic farmers, providing high-quality organic meats and encouraging other farmers to transition to organic farming by guaranteeing fair prices. Represents over 2,800 organic farmers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 168,000 tonnes of meat marketed annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Chef Samuel AlbertminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerElivia Professionnels partners with Chef Samuel Albert who provides recipes and culinary tips through the Espace Culinaire (Culinary Space) on elivia-professionnels.fr, offering food service professionals cooking inspiration and expertise.
• Union of Organic Farmers (Sourires de Campagne)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElivia co-created the 'Sourires de Campagne' brand with the union of organic farmers in France. This partnership involves over 2,800 organic farmers committed to a virtuous model of agriculture based on natural cycles, with Elivia guaranteeing fair prices to farmers.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bigard: France's largest meat processor and Elivia's principal direct domestic competitor in beef, pork, and prepared meat. Both operate at national scale supplying French retailers, butchers, and foodservice with multi-species slaughtering and processing.
• Soviba: Major French meat processor with slaughtering and further-processing activities serving retail, butcher, and foodservice channels — a closely comparable vertically integrated beef operator competing head-to-head with Elivia in France.
• Cooperl: French farming cooperative active across the pork and beef value chain with slaughtering, processing, and wholesale distribution. Comparable to Elivia in cooperative ownership structure, multi-species processing, and direct-to-retail/butcher/foodservice channels.
• Kermené: Subsidiary of Cooperl/Cooperl Arc Atlantique focused on slaughtering, cutting, and further-processed meat for French retail and foodservice — a close direct competitor to Elivia's slaughter/boning/elaborated footprint.

Others

• Terrena: Parent cooperative of Elivia and a major French multi-sector agricultural cooperative (plant proteins, meat, dairy). Relevant peer for cooperative governance, upstream supply chain integration, and multi-species protein strategy.

Broad incumbents

• Danish Crown: European cooperative-led meat processor with slaughtering, processing, and branded retail operations across pork and beef. Comparable to Elivia on cooperative ownership, multi-site processing, and pan-European retail distribution, but at significantly larger international scale.
• Vion Food Group: Large European meat processor with beef, pork, and prepared products serving retail and foodservice across multiple countries. Overlaps with Elivia in slaughtering, further processing, and international retailer supply, with broader geographic reach.
• JBS: World's largest meat processor with global beef, pork, and prepared products operations. Comparable to Elivia in multi-species slaughtering/processing and retailer/foodservice supply, but at vastly larger scale with international and listed ownership.

Regional players

• Tönnies: Leading German meat processor with slaughtering and further-processing capability. Comparable to Elivia on industrial-scale animal processing and multi-channel meat distribution, but with a German/European production base rather than French.
• Inalca (Cremonini Group): Italian-based beef processing and distribution company operating slaughtering and further-processing for European retail and foodservice. Comparable to Elivia on beef-led multi-channel distribution and on species concentration in beef.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Elivia-276517539463802
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/elivia

Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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