Landgeflugel

What Landgeflugel does

Landgeflügel FG Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH is the sales and distribution arm of the Rothkötter Unternehmensgruppe, a privately held German family business founded in 1959 and headquartered in Haren, Lower Saxony. The company specializes in fresh and frozen chicken meat products, with a vertically integrated production chain that spans parent animal breeding, hatchery operations (Emsland Brüterei), broiler fattening by contract farmers, in-house feed production (Rothkötter Mischfutterwerk), and slaughtering/cutting at sister entities Emsland Frischgeflügel (EFG) and Celler Land Frischgeflügel (CFG). Landgeflügel itself performs sales, logistics, and packaging, offering products in all desired packaging units across four customer segments: food retail (Lebensmitteleinzelhandel), processing industry (Weiterverarbeitende Industrie), wholesale (Großhandel), and pet food (Heimtiernahrung).

The company's go-to-market is sales-led, with both inside sales and field sales teams providing consultation on delivery terms and supporting long-term customer relationships. Beyond the German market, Landgeflügel exports to over 30 European and international countries. Quality and food safety are central to the value proposition: every product is traceable back to the parent animal, and the group holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, QS, IFS, BRCGS, and Halal certifications. A proprietary wastewater treatment system, including a fourth ozonation stage to eliminate multi-resistant germs, supports operational compliance. Internally managed microbiological and chemical controls, combined with regular external and official veterinary inspections, reinforce the food safety positioning.

The broader Rothkötter group employs more than 4,500 people across its integrated operations, indicating substantial scale. Revenue and financial metrics are not publicly disclosed. Pricing models are not specified, and the company relies on direct B2B relationships rather than disclosed digital channels or technology platforms.

Name

Landgeflugel

Legal name

Landgeflügel FG Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH

Website

https://landgefluegel.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Landgeflügel is the sales and distribution arm of the German Rothkötter group, producing and exporting fresh and frozen chicken meat to food retail, processing industry, wholesale, and pet food customers across more than 30 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Poultry Processing

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615), Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production (11232), Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers (42444)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

Broiler Processing (Whole Bird, Parts, Further Processing) (AFANACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Broiler Chicken Production (Meat Birds) (AFAEADAA), Broiler (Meat Chicken) Feed (AFADACAA), Poultry Wholesale (Whole Birds, Parts) (AFAIADAC)

Keywords

• Chicken meat production
• Poultry processing
• Fresh chicken products
• Vertically integrated poultry
• Chicken meat distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Haren

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Fresh Chicken Meat Products: Production and sale of fresh chicken meat products in all desired packaging units. Products delivered to retailers, processing industry, wholesale, and pet food sector.
2. Frozen Chicken Meat Products: Distribution and logistics of frozen chicken meat products alongside fresh products.
3. Export Sales: Export to over 30 European and international countries in addition to the German market.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Landgeflügel is the sales and distribution entity (Vertriebsgesellschaft) for fresh and frozen chicken meat products of the Rothkötter Unternehmensgruppe. The company oversees the vertically integrated production chain from parent animal breeding through hatchery, broiler fattening, and feed production to slaughtering, cutting, packaging, and shipping of finished chicken meat products. It supplies the food retail, processing industry, wholesale, and pet food sectors with products available in all desired packaging units.

Product overview

Landgeflügel is a sales and logistics company for fresh and frozen chicken meat products, operating as part of the Rothkötter Unternehmensgruppe. The company specializes in producing fresh chicken meat products available in all desired packaging units, serving the Lebensmitteleinzelhandel (retail food trade), weiterverarbeitende Industrie (processing industry), Großhandel (wholesale), and Heimtiernahrung (pet food) sectors. The products are distributed through the company's own sales and logistics operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fresh Chicken Meat Products (Frische Hähnchenfleischprodukte)

Quantifiable outcome

• Products described as optisch, sensorisch und mikrobiologisch einwandfrei (visually, sensorially, and microbiologically flawless)

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

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Rothkötter UnternehmensgruppecoreOthersLandgeflügel is part of the Rothkötter Unternehmensgruppe (corporate group). The group manages the entire value chain from breeding parent animals through hatchery to broiler fattening and feed production. Group employs 4,500+ people and operates since 1959. Landgeflügel handles sales and logistics for fresh and frozen chicken meat products within the group.
• Emsland BrütereicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmsland Brüterei (Emsland Hatchery) is part of the Rothkötter group integrated operations, providing hatching eggs and chicks as the starting point of the vertically integrated chicken meat production chain.
• Rothkötter MischfutterwerkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRothkötter Mischfutterwerk (feed mill) produces chicken feed within the vertically integrated group operations, ensuring quality control over feed ingredients and formulations for the broiler operations.
• Initiative TierwohlminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry initiative bringing together representatives from agriculture, meat industry, and food retail to promote animal welfare standards. Landgeflügel participates in this initiative which sets criteria for animal welfare in chicken farming.
• Chicken Farmers/ BreederscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with chicken farmers (Hähnchenmäster) who raise broilers under contract for the company. The company provides Fachberater (specialist consultants) for chicken keeping and maintains close cooperation with animal health professionals.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Aviagen: Aviagen is a global poultry breeding company supplying Ross broiler genetics to integrated chicken producers worldwide. It is an adjacent upstream peer whose breeding stock inputs shape the production economics and performance of integrated players like Landgeflügel.
• Cobb-Vantress: Cobb-Vantress is a leading global poultry breeding company supplying broiler breeding stock to integrated producers including Emsland Brüterei. It is an emerging/adjacent player that operates upstream of Landgeflügel's value chain, providing the genetic foundation for broiler production.

Direct peers

• Moy Park: Moy Park is a leading UK and Ireland-based poultry processor supplying fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken to retail and foodservice across Europe. Owned by Pilgrim's Pride, it competes with Landgeflügel for European retail private-label contracts and export volumes, operating a similarly integrated production model.
• Plukon Food Group: Plukon is one of Europe's largest poultry processors with operations across the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, and Poland, serving retail, foodservice, and processing customers. It is a directly comparable vertically integrated European poultry peer competing for the same retail and export customers.
• 2 Sisters Food Group: 2 Sisters is one of the UK's largest food manufacturers with a significant poultry division serving major UK and European retailers. It is a directly comparable European poultry processor focused on private-label supply, retail partnerships, and integrated production.
• PHW Group (Wiesenhof): PHW Group is one of Germany's largest poultry producers, operating the Wiesenhof brand with vertically integrated broiler production, slaughtering, processing, and retail distribution. It is the closest direct competitor to Landgeflügel in the German market, sharing the same customer base across food retail, processing industry, and wholesale channels.

Broad incumbents

• Maple Leaf Foods: Maple Leaf Foods is a major North American vertically integrated poultry and prepared foods producer with sustainability-led positioning. It is a broad incumbent operating an integrated model comparable to Landgeflügel's, though focused on the Canadian and US markets.
• Danish Crown (Danpo): Danish Crown's Danpo division is a leading Danish poultry processor and one of Northern Europe's largest chicken producers serving retail and export markets. It is a broad incumbent in the regional poultry space with similar integrated operations and a focus on European export markets.
• Pilgrim's Pride: Pilgrim's Pride is a major US-based poultry processor with extensive European operations through Moy Park and Tulip. It is a broad incumbent in the European poultry space with vertical integration, branded and private-label products, and export reach comparable to Landgeflügel's positioning.
• Tyson Foods: Tyson Foods is one of the world's largest poultry, beef, and pork processors, with substantial European presence and global export capabilities. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping poultry capabilities, scale advantages, and category leadership that dwarfs Landgeflügel but competes in the same retail and B2B channels.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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