What Bar Harbor Seafood does

Bar Harbor Seafood is a privately held, full-line seafood distributor founded in 1986 and headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The company operates a 65,000-square-foot main facility in Orlando's Central Park corridor (near The Florida Mall) that integrates fresh fish coolers, processing areas, sub-zero holding freezers, dry storage, a multi-level freezer area, and a state-of-the-art live lobster holding system capable of maintaining up to 40,000 pounds of live lobsters at any given time. Two additional distribution centers in Tampa and Miami extend the company's footprint, supported by a fleet of 40 refrigerated trucks delivering six days per week across Florida (excluding the Panhandle).

Name

Bar Harbor Seafood

Legal name

Bar Harbor Seafood

Website

https://barharborseafood.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Bar Harbor Seafood is a Florida-based full-line seafood distributor founded in 1986, operating a 65,000 sq ft Orlando facility and 40 refrigerated trucks to deliver live, fresh, and frozen seafood to restaurants, hotels, theme parks, country clubs, and supermarkets statewide, plus a public retail market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Seafood Distribution

NAICS

Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446), Fish and Seafood Retailers (445250), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140), Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro primary industry

Seafood Wholesale (Fresh & Frozen) (AFAIADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale (AFAIAHAF), Seafood Markets & Fishmongers (CRAHAHAC)

Keywords

• Wholesale seafood distribution
• Fresh seafood supplier
• Live lobster distribution
• Frozen seafood products
• Retail seafood market

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Seafood Distribution: B2B distribution of live, fresh, frozen and specialty seafood to restaurants, hotels, theme parks, country clubs and supermarkets throughout Florida. Products are unconditionally guaranteed at time of delivery. Supplying up to 40,000 lbs of live lobsters weekly with over 100 fresh/live species and nearly 700 frozen/specialty items.
2. Retail Market Sales: Public retail market at Orlando warehouse offering wholesale-quality seafood at retail prices. Provides access to over 100 fresh, live and frozen seafood items for individual consumers to cook at home.
3. Lunch Counter / Prepared Foods: Prepared New England-style seafood sold at take-out counter 5 days per week. Menu includes lobster rolls, fried seafood platters, soups and salads. Dining available at outdoor picnic tables.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bar Harbor Seafood distributes live, fresh, and frozen seafood to commercial customers (restaurants, hotels, theme parks, country clubs, and supermarkets) throughout Florida via a fleet of 40 refrigerated trucks, supplying up to 40,000 lbs of live lobsters weekly, 100+ fresh/live species, and nearly 700 frozen and specialty products. The company also operates a public 'Wholesale Seafood to the Public' retail market and a New England-style lunch counter at its 65,000 sq ft Orlando warehouse, offering wholesale-quality seafood and prepared foods to individual consumers.

Product overview

Bar Harbor Seafood operates as a dual-channel seafood provider combining wholesale distribution with retail public access. The core business consists of wholesale seafood distribution (offering live, fresh, and frozen products to commercial customers) and a retail market that makes wholesale-quality seafood available to the public. Key product lines include Live Lobster Products (maintaining up to 40,000 lbs capacity in their facility), Fresh Fish Products (100+ species across Florida, North/Mid-Atlantic, West Coast, and Central/South American sourcing), and Frozen & Specialty Seafood Products (nearly 700 varieties including crab, shrimp, squid, and smoked products). The company also operates a lunch counter serving prepared New England-style seafood dishes, and offers specialty items including Seminole Foods sauces and a premium caviar selection. All products flow through a 65,000 square foot Orlando facility with distribution centers in Tampa and Miami.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wholesale Seafood Distribution Distribution of live, fresh, and frozen seafood to restaurants, hotels, theme parks, country clubs, and supermarkets throughout Florida (excluding the Panhandle). Delivers up to 40,000 lbs of live lobsters weekly via a fleet of 40 refrigerated trucks 6 days a week, with on-time delivery commitment and unconditional product guarantee at the point of delivery.
• Retail Market (Orlando Warehouse) Public-facing storefront at the 2000 Premier Row, Orlando warehouse that sells wholesale-quality seafood — including over 100 fresh, live, and frozen seafood items — directly to consumers at retail pricing, with weekly specials and per-pound pricing for home cooking. Open Monday–Saturday.
• Lunch Counter (New England-Style Prepared Seafood) Prepared New England-style seafood lunch served at a take-out counter Tuesday through Saturday (11 am – 3 pm) at the Orlando warehouse. Menu includes lobster rolls, fried seafood platters, soups (clam chowder, lobster bisque), salads, and daily specials, with outdoor picnic-table seating.
• Live Lobster Products Live Maine lobsters available in multiple size grades (Chix, Quarters, Halves, Selects, Deuces, 2-3, 3-up) plus fresh lobster meat, maintained in a live lobster holding system with capacity of up to 40,000 lbs at any given time, enabling weekly supply of up to 40,000 lbs.
• Fresh Fish Products Over 100 fresh and live seafood species sourced from Florida fresh catch (Red Grouper, American Red Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Yellowtail Snapper, Trigger Fish, Cobia, Pompano), North/Mid-Atlantic (Cod, Haddock, Monkfish, Wild Striped Bass, Flounder), West Coast (Alaskan Halibut, Copper River Sockeye, Wild King Salmon), Central/South American, and sushi-grade categories.
• Frozen and Specialty Seafood Products Nearly 700 varieties of frozen and specialty seafood including fish fillets (Basa, Cod, Grouper, Halibut, Snapper, Swordfish, Tuna), crab (Snow Crab Clusters, King Crab Legs, Dungeness, Blue Crab), shrimp (Domestic Whites, Key West Pinks, Black Tiger), squid, lobster tails, smoked seafood, caviar, and other specialty items.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 40,000 lbs live lobsters supplied weekly
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• National Fisheries Institute (NFI)coreOthersMember of NFI and NFI Better Seafood Board, committing to industry principles that products are correctly labeled for weights, counts, country of origin, and that species are not substituted. The company upholds labeling laws and industry standards through this membership.
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)coreOthersBar Harbor Seafood defers to NOAA for guidance with wild and farm-raised species sustainability, using NOAA standards to inform their seafood sourcing decisions.
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch ProgramstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking towards collaboration with Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program, which is recognized by leading seafood industry companies for sustainable sourcing guidance.
• Global Seafood Sustainability Initiative (GSSI)minorOthersWith SQF certification following GFSI's model, the company also looks to GSSI as a global benchmark for sustainable guidelines in seafood.
• Food Marketing Institute (FMI)coreOthersSQF certification is administered by FMI, the Food Marketing Institute, which oversees the certification program that Bar Harbor Seafood holds at Level 2.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fortune Fish & Seafood: Specialty seafood distributor serving restaurants, hotels, and retail across the Midwest. Closest direct peer to Bar Harbor in terms of product mix (live, fresh, frozen), customer profile, and value-added processing capabilities.
• Samuels & Son Seafood: Specialty seafood distributor on the East Coast serving restaurants and foodservice. Comparable to Bar Harbor in product range, focus on fresh/live species, and emphasis on traceability and quality certifications.
• Seattle Fish Company: Specialty seafood distributor serving restaurants and retailers across multiple U.S. regions. Comparable to Bar Harbor in fresh/frozen mix, sustainability focus, and SQF-style certifications.
• True World Foods: Specialty seafood distributor with strong Japanese and sushi-grade offerings and East Coast/Midwest presence. Comparable to Bar Harbor in fresh/frozen mix and foodservice focus, with overlapping Florida accounts.
• Inland Seafood: Specialty seafood distributor headquartered in Atlanta serving the Southeast U.S. Direct competitor in the regional foodservice seafood category with similar product breadth and customer mix.
• Fish Market/The Lobster Place: NYC-based seafood distributor and retail market operating both wholesale distribution and a public retail counter. Closest analog to Bar Harbor's dual wholesale-plus-retail market business model.

Broad incumbents

• Sysco: Largest U.S. broadline foodservice distributor serving restaurants, hotels, and theme parks nationwide. Overlaps with Bar Harbor Seafood in supplying Florida hospitality accounts, though seafood is only one of many categories Sysco carries.
• US Foods: Major national foodservice distributor with a growing specialty seafood portfolio. Competes with Bar Harbor for restaurant and institutional accounts in Florida, but with broader product breadth and stronger purchasing scale.

Regional players

• Atlantic Seafood Market: Regional seafood distributor and retail market in the Mid-Atlantic. Similar combination of wholesale distribution with public retail access and prepared foods, though serving a different geographic footprint.
• Royal Hawaiian Seafood: Specialty seafood distributor serving the Hawaii and West Coast hospitality market. Operates a similar fresh, frozen, and live product model for restaurants and hotels, but in a non-overlapping geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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