Heiploeg Beheer

What Heiploeg Beheer does

Heiploeg Beheer (legal entity Heiploeg International B.V.) is a privately held Dutch seafood processor headquartered in Zoutkamp, Netherlands, founded in 1900. The company specializes in chilled fresh shrimp and seafood specialties, with a product portfolio spanning North Sea shrimp (Noordzeegarnalen), MSC-certified Seabob shrimp, river crayfish (rivierkreeft), and a broader line of chilled seafood specialties. Underlying operations are built around seafood processing and packaging technology for chilled fresh products, anchored at the Zoutkamp facility which combines factory, office, and freezing house operations.

The company serves three primary customer segments across Europe: retail, foodservice, and industrial food manufacturers. It operates a sales-led, direct B2B distribution model with quote-based pricing and no publicly disclosed pricing or contract terms. It maintains a dense certification stack (MSC, IFS, BRC, ASC, Organic, GGN) that functions as a regulatory and quality moat for accessing European retail and foodservice buyers with strict sourcing mandates.

Heiploeg generates revenue primarily through seafood product sales, currently investing in sustainability infrastructure including solar panel arrays on its factory and office roofs, an energy-neutral freezing facility under construction, covered wastewater treatment, and packaging reuse programs. The company has 1001–5000 employees, no disclosed parent company, no funding rounds, and no recent M&A activity in the available data.

Name

Heiploeg Beheer

Legal name

Heiploeg International B.V.

Website

https://heiploeggroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Heiploeg Beheer (Heiploeg International B.V.) is a privately held Dutch seafood processor founded in 1900, headquartered in Zoutkamp, Netherlands, specializing in chilled fresh North Sea shrimp, MSC-certified Seabob shrimp, river crayfish, and seafood specialties for European retail, foodservice, and industrial customers via direct B2B sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Processing

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (3117)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Shellfish Processing (Shrimp, Crab, Lobster, Mollusks) (AFANADAC)

Keywords

• Shrimp processing
• Seafood supply
• Fresh chilled seafood
• River crayfish products
• MSC certified seafood

Headquarters

HQ city

Zoutkamp

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

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. Seafood Product Sales: Heiploeg generates revenue through the sale of seafood products including North Sea shrimp, MSC-certified Seabob shrimp, river crayfish, and chilled fresh seafood specialties to retail, foodservice, and industrial customers across Europe.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Heiploeg processes and supplies premium shrimp and seafood products, including North Sea shrimp (Noordzeegarnalen), MSC-certified Seabob shrimp, river crayfish, and a range of chilled fresh shrimp and seafood specialties. It distributes these products through direct B2B relationships to retail, foodservice, and industrial customers across Europe, operating a production facility with factory, office, and freezing house operations in Zoutkamp, Netherlands.

Product overview

Heiploeg is a leading European seafood supplier specializing in premium shrimp and seafood products. The company operates as a single unified product offering focused on fresh chilled shrimp and seafood specialties, serving the retail, foodservice, and industrial markets across Europe. The product portfolio includes North Sea shrimp (Noordzeegarnalen), MSC-certified Seabob shrimp, river crayfish (rivierkreeft), and a range of chilled fresh shrimp and seafood specialty products. The company emphasizes quality, innovation, and sustainability as core differentiators in its seafood offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Noordzeegarnalen (North Sea Shrimp) Premium North Sea shrimp processed and supplied as the company's flagship seafood product category for retail, foodservice, and industrial customers across Europe.
• MSC-gecertificeerde Seabob-garnalen (MSC Certified Seabob Shrimp) Sustainably sourced Seabob shrimp certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), supplied to retail, foodservice, and industrial customers across Europe.
• Rivierkreeft (River Crayfish) Fresh river crayfish supplied as a specialty seafood product to retail, foodservice, and industrial customers across Europe.
• Koelverse Garnalen en Zeevruchtenspecialiteiten (Fresh Chilled Shrimp and Seafood Specialties) Range of fresh chilled shrimp and seafood specialty products supplied to retail, foodservice, and industrial customers across Europe.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Thai Union Group: Global seafood processor (Chicken of the Sea, King Oscar, John West). Comparable as a leading global player in processed and packaged shrimp/seafood sold into European retailers, serving similar customer categories with overlapping sustainability certifications.
• Royal Greenland: Large Danish seafood processor and supplier across Europe with broad shellfish and seafood product lines. Comparable because it serves overlapping European retail and foodservice customers with prepared/certified seafood, though its portfolio spans many species beyond shrimp.
• Princes Group: UK-based food manufacturer with a sizeable seafood category (including own-label canned/frozen seafood). Comparable as a large processed-foods supplier that competes with Heiploeg for European private-label and branded seafood retail shelf space.
• Clearwater Seafoods: Canadian shellfish and seafood processor (clams, scallops, lobster). Comparable because it processes and packages premium shellfish — Heiploeg's adjacent crustacean category — and supplies retail/foodservice with certified, branded seafood.
• Maruha Nichiro: One of the largest Japanese seafood companies with global operations and a strong processed seafood portfolio. Comparable as a diversified seafood manufacturer serving food manufacturers and retailers with certified, value-added seafood products.
• Ocean Harvest Technology / Lerøy Seafood: Norwegian seafood giant with vertical integration from aquaculture to processed products. Comparable as a Northern European seafood supplier with significant European retail and foodservice penetration and adjacent aquaculture stewardship expertise.

Direct peers

• Morubel: Belgian shrimp processor and supplier serving European retail and foodservice channels. Direct peer because Heiploeg and Morubel both specialise in prepared shrimp products for European B2B customers with comparable product portfolios and certifications.
• Stavis Seafood: Netherlands-based specialist seafood importer and distributor serving European retail and foodservice. Comparable as a Dutch-headquartered peer with overlapping product mix (shrimp, crayfish, value-added seafood) and similar B2B customer base.
• Iceland Seafood International: Iceland-based seafood supplier with strong European retail and foodservice distribution. Comparable as a similarly-sized European seafood intermediary handling prepared/value-added species and competing for the same retail private-label and foodservice accounts.
• Pescanova: Spanish seafood processor and brand serving European markets with frozen and prepared seafood. Comparable as a European-headquartered prepared-seafood competitor with overlapping retail and foodservice customers and similar sustainability certifications.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

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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