Name

Fred Olsen

Website

https://fredolsen.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Diversified Holding Company

NAICS

Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (551114), Management of Companies and Enterprises (55111), Offices of Other Holding Companies (551112)

SIC

Non-Operating Establishments (9995), Real Estate Operators (No Developers) & Lessors (6510)

akta.pro primary industry

Wind Operations, Maintenance & Asset Management (Scheduled/Unscheduled) (EUAMACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Asset Management & Owner’s Engineering (Lifecycle Strategy, Budgeting, Technical Due Diligence) (EUAMAGAJ), Real Estate Management for Family Offices (Acquisition, Development, Property Ops) (FSAAADAI)

Keywords

• Renewable energy
• Wind farm development
• Ocean transportation
• Real estate services
• Media services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

Fred Olsen is a privately held holding company operating diversified businesses across renewable energy and wind farm development, travel, media, and real estate. The group invests in, develops, and manages assets and services in each of these sectors through its subsidiaries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Renewable Energy Services Generation and supply of renewable energy through group operations, targeting utilities, grid operators, and corporate offtakers.
• Wind Farm Development Development, construction, and operation of wind farms, supporting renewable power generation for utilities and corporate offtakers.
• Travel Services Passenger travel services operated through group subsidiaries, serving individual leisure travelers.
• Media Services Media and broadcasting services operated through group subsidiaries, serving consumer audiences and advertisers.
• Real Estate Services Real estate development, investment, and management services operated through group subsidiaries, serving individual buyers, tenants, and corporate occupiers.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Others

• Berkshire Hathaway: Iconic diversified holding company with operations across insurance, energy, transportation, and real estate. Comparable to Fred Olsen in holding-company structure, family-influenced governance, and permanent capital orientation, though vastly larger and US-focused.

Regional players

• Schroders: London-based global asset and wealth manager. Comparable to Fred Olsen as a large UK-headquartered financial/investment platform, though focused on third-party asset management rather than operating businesses in travel, media, and renewables.

Direct peers

• Caledonia Investments: London-listed self-managed investment trust holding a diversified portfolio of UK and global assets. Comparable to Fred Olsen as a UK-based, family-influenced, multi-sector holding company with long-duration capital and exposure across infrastructure-adjacent assets.
• Brookfield Renewable Partners: One of the world's largest publicly listed renewable energy platforms, operating wind, solar, and hydro assets globally. Highly comparable to Fred Olsen's wind farm development and renewable energy arm in terms of asset class, technology, and target customers (utilities, corporates seeking PPAs).
• John Laing Group: UK-based investor and asset manager specializing in renewable energy and other infrastructure projects. Highly comparable to Fred Olsen's wind farm development and renewable asset management activities, sharing the same UK policy environment and institutional investor base.
• Ørsted: Global leader in offshore wind development and operations, headquartered in Denmark with significant UK presence. Directly comparable to Fred Olsen's wind development activities, sharing the same regulatory frameworks, EPC supply chains, and PPA offtake structures in European markets.

Broad incumbents

• Engie: French multinational utility with major renewable energy development operations across wind, solar, and green hydrogen. Comparable on the renewable development axis and European geographic footprint, though substantially larger and with a more diversified utility portfolio.
• Iberdrola: One of the world's largest utilities with a substantial renewables portfolio (onshore and offshore wind, solar). Overlaps with Fred Olsen's wind development segment and shares the European policy environment, though operates at far greater scale and across multiple regulated and unregulated businesses.
• NextEra Energy: Largest generator of wind and solar energy in the world via its Energy Resources subsidiary. Comparable on the renewable energy generation/development axis but operates as a regulated US utility plus renewables platform, making it a broader incumbent rather than a direct UK-focused peer.
• 3i Group: London-listed private equity and infrastructure investor with European infrastructure exposure. Comparable to the holding/investment dimension of Fred Olsen, particularly on infrastructure-style assets, though structured as a publicly traded fund manager rather than an operating holdco.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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