Borgesius

What Borgesius does

Borgesius BV is a Netherlands-based, family-owned industrial bakery group founded in 1895, operating nine production facilities across the country from its service office in Bunschoten (Utrecht). The company produces approximately 800,000 bakery products per day — large bread, small bread, specialty items (eierkoek, stollen, fruit bread), and a dedicated gluten-free and lactose-free range — operating 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Specialized capabilities include a 95,000 kg granite stone floor oven at Stadskanaal, vacuum cooling for partially baked products, a dedicated gluten-free facility in Tholen, and a new eierkoek line at Waalwijk (April 2025) producing roughly 75,000 units daily.

The business model is B2B wholesale: Borgesius supplies fresh and specialty bread on a daily replenishment basis to Albert Heijn, the Netherlands' largest supermarket chain, with deliveries to more than 2,000 stores reaching an estimated 6.2 million households (cited as covering ~80% of Dutch households). The company received the Koninklijk (Royal) designation from the Dutch Royal Family in 2021 in recognition of 125 years of operation and operates under the registered trade name Koninklijke Borgesius, having previously traded as Goedhart Borgesius. Headcount is reported at 800+ across the nine bakeries, and the Aalsmeer facility (opened 2016, 40,000+ m2) is described as the largest and most modern bakery in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe.

Revenue is generated primarily through wholesale supply of bread and bakery products on a transactional basis; specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company expanded its footprint through the 2016 acquisition of Bakkersland and continues to invest in capacity (Rotterdam energy infrastructure, Leeuwarden automated packaging) and adjacent channels (online home delivery from Arnhem). All sales motion is enterprise field-sales directed at major Dutch supermarket chains, with Albert Heijn as the dominant strategic customer.

Name

Borgesius

Legal name

Borgesius BV

Website

https://borgesius.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1895

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Borgesius is a Netherlands-based, family-owned industrial bakery founded in 1895, operating nine facilities that produce approximately 800,000 bakery products daily for B2B supply primarily to Albert Heijn supermarkets across the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Bakery / Commercial Bread Manufacturing

NAICS

Commercial Bakeries (311812), Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing (3118), Bread and Bakery Product Manufacturing (31181)

SIC

Bakery Products (2050), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Bread & Rolls Manufacturing (AFAKAAAA)

Keywords

• Industrial bakery
• Fresh bread wholesale
• Gluten-free bakery
• Specialty baked goods
• Private label bread

Headquarters

HQ city

Stadskanaal

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. B2B Bread and Bakery Products Wholesale: Wholesale supply of fresh bread and bakery products to major Dutch supermarket chains, primarily Albert Heijn. Products delivered daily to retail locations across the Netherlands through dedicated supply relationships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Borgesius is an industrial bakery group producing fresh bread, rolls, specialty baked goods (eierkoek, stollen, fruit breads) and gluten-free/lactose-free products across 9 manufacturing facilities in the Netherlands. Products are primarily manufactured for B2B wholesale supply to Dutch supermarket chains, with Albert Heijn as the main strategic customer, and delivered daily to more than 2,000 retail stores serving 6.2 million households.

Product overview

Borgesius is a family of entrepreneurial bakers operating nine bakery locations across the Netherlands. The company produces a broad assortment of bread and bakery products organized into four main categories: Groot brood (large bread for everyday consumption), Klein brood (small bread including rolls and buns), Specialiteiten (specialty products such as stollen, eierkoek, and fruit breads), and Glutenvrij (gluten-free and lactose-free products). The portfolio ranges from standard daily bread to premium festive items, with the gluten-free line produced exclusively at the Tholen facility. Products are delivered to Albert Heijn supermarkets throughout the Netherlands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Groot brood (Large Bread)

Quantifiable outcome

• Daily production capacity of 800,000 bakery products
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Albert HeijncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1895Primary strategic partner and main customer. Borgesius supplies fresh bread daily from 9 bakeries across the Netherlands exclusively to Albert Heijn supermarkets. Partnership spans over 125 years dating back to when Borgesius first began supplying supermarkets after the 1967 law change allowing supermarkets to sell bread.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vandemoortele: Belgian food group with significant bakery, pastry, and margarines operations serving European retail and foodservice. Direct comparable to Borgesius in industrial bakery, multi-site European production, and B2B wholesale distribution to retailers.
• Harry-Brot: Germany's largest industrial bakery, producing fresh and frozen bread for German retail including discounters. Comparable to Borgesius in large-scale industrial bread manufacturing, multi-site operations, and B2B supply to dominant grocery chains.
• Warburtons: UK family-owned industrial bakery (est. 1876) producing bread and bakery products for major UK supermarket chains. Closely comparable to Borgesius on family-owned heritage, B2B retail model, and multi-site industrial baking focused on a single national market.
• La Lorraine Bakery Group: Belgian-headquartered industrial bakery group producing fresh and frozen bread, pastry, and viennoiserie for European retail and foodservice. Highly comparable to Borgesius as a multi-site industrial B2B bakery serving major supermarket chains across Europe.

Broad incumbents

• Délifrance: French bakery brand (part of NatIngredients/Néo) producing viennoiserie, bread, and patisserie for foodservice and retail across Europe. Comparable in European industrial bakery with retail and foodservice distribution, though more weighted toward frozen and foodservice channels.
• Aryzta: Swiss-listed global bakery business with a broad portfolio of frozen and fresh bakery products. Comparable as a much larger incumbent industrial baker with European retail relationships, though operating at greater scale and geographic breadth than Borgesius.
• Associated British Foods (ABF) — AB Mauri / Kingsmill: UK-listed conglomerate with bakery operations including Kingsmill and Allinson's under ABF Grocery. Comparable as a large-scale industrial B2B bread supplier to supermarket chains, though operating as part of a much broader diversified group.
• Grupo Bimbo: Global largest bakery company with extensive operations in Europe (including Bimbo Bakeries Europe). Comparable in industrial-scale multi-site bread production and retail supply, though materially larger and more geographically diversified than Borgesius.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bakkerborgesius

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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