Grupo Galván

What Grupo Galván does

Grupo Galván is a Mexico-headquartered, family-owned customs brokerage and foreign trade services firm operating continuously since 1921. The company provides import and export customs clearance (Despacho Aduanero) at all major Mexican land, maritime, and air ports — including Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad de México, Guadalajara, Manzanillo, Veracruz, Lázaro Cárdenas, Altamira, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Celaya, and Tampico — through approximately 12 own offices and correspondent locations. Beyond transactional clearance, it operates a dedicated advisory and training division (SECOMEX) covering IMMEX program management, foreign trade consulting, specialized operations (regime changes, virtual operations, rectification), and government procedures (importer registry filings, NOM certifications, sectoral registries). A wholly owned US subsidiary, Galvan Group Inc., runs a C-TPAT-compliant cross-dock and warehousing distribution center in Laredo, TX, extending Grupo Galván's footprint across the busiest US-Mexico land corridor.

The firm is structured across multiple legal entities — including Corporativo Galvan SC (legal parent, Nuevo Laredo), Grupo Aduanal Galván SC (customs agency), and Galvan Group Inc (US operations) — and holds stacked regulatory credentials that materially shape its market position: OEA/Authorized Economic Operator certification from SAT (since 2017), ISO 9001:2015 (and prior ISO 9002:1994 and ISO 9001:2000 versions since 2000), TRACE anti-bribery, and C-TPAT. Its commercial model is professional-services based, with fee-for-service customs operations and project-based advisory engagements. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured as custom quotation per engagement. The firm sells directly to manufacturing, trading, and logistics clients engaged in cross-border trade — a horizontal segment — primarily through its field office network, the corporate website, and SECOMEX regulatory bulletins; there is no third-party reseller or distributor channel. Headcount sits in the 101–250 band and the company is privately held under the Galván family with no disclosed institutional investors or parent company.

Name

Grupo Galván

Legal name

Corporativo Galvan SC

Website

https://galvan.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1921

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Grupo Galván is a 100-year-old, family-owned Mexican customs brokerage and foreign trade services firm providing import/export clearance, advisory, and cross-dock logistics across 12+ own offices at major Mexican ports and a C-TPAT facility in Laredo, TX.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Customs Brokerage Services

NAICS

Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers (4251)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Customs Consulting & Brokerage Outsourcing (Managed Brokerage, Brokerage Operations) (TLACAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Customs Brokerage & Trade Compliance Management (TLAIANAD), In-Transit & Special Regimes Processing (Transit, TIR/ATA Carnet, Temporary Import/Export) (TLACAFAJ)

Keywords

• Customs brokerage services
• Foreign trade consulting
• Customs clearance
• Cross-border logistics
• Trade compliance advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Customs Brokerage Services (Despacho Aduanero): Customs clearance services for import and export operations across land, maritime, and air ports in Mexico. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for customs clearance operations.
2. SECOMEX - Foreign Trade Advisory and Training: Advisory services, training, and consulting in customs and foreign trade matters, including IMMEX program management, audits, and compliance.
3. Cross-dock and Warehousing (Laredo TX): Distribution center services in Laredo Texas providing crossdock and warehousing operations for cross-border trade.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Grupo Galván is a customs brokerage (agencia aduanal) that performs import and export customs clearance at Mexico's major land, maritime, and air ports. Through its SECOMEX division, it additionally delivers foreign trade advisory, training, IMMEX program management, audits, and special operations, while its Laredo TX facility provides cross-dock and warehousing services for cross-border trade.

Product overview

Grupo Galván operates as a unified customs brokerage and foreign trade services platform offering five interconnected service modules: Customs Clearance (Despacho Aduanero) covering all major Mexican ports (maritime, land, and air), Foreign Trade Advisory and Training (SECOMEX), Special Operations for regime changes and virtual procedures, Government Procedures for regulatory filings, and USA-based logistics services. The company also provides an online consultation portal for client access. Services are delivered through 12 owned offices across Mexico and correspondents at additional locations, supported by a quality management system certified to ISO 9001:2015.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SECOMEX: División SECOMEX - Asesoría y capacitación en materia aduanera y de comercio exterior
• CARE

Products and services

• Despacho Aduanero Customs clearance services for import and export operations at Mexico's major maritime, land, and air ports, covering border crossings, airports, seaports, and inland multimodal locations. Aimed at manufacturing, trading, and logistics clients engaged in international trade.
• Asesoría y Capacitación en Materia Aduanera y de Comercio Exterior (SECOMEX) Foreign trade advisory, training, IMMEX program management, specialized foreign trade consulting, and preventive and corrective audits. Designed for companies needing expert guidance on customs compliance and foreign trade regulations.
• Operaciones Especiales Specialized services for regime changes, virtual operations, complementary operations, and rectification projects, delivered by a dedicated expert team. Aimed at clients with complex or non-standard customs scenarios.
• Trámites de Gobierno Government procedures including importer registry filings, sector-specific registries, NOM certifications, and authority consultations for import and export of goods. Serves companies needing regulatory filings beyond routine customs clearance.
• Servicios en USA (Laredo TX) Cross-dock and warehousing services through the C-TPAT compliant distribution center at 11905 Conly Road, El Portal Industrial Park, Laredo, Texas 78045. Supports cross-border logistics operations for clients shipping between Mexico and the United States.
• Consulta en Línea Self-service online client portal for tracking shipments and accessing electronic information systems related to customs operations. Aimed at existing Grupo Galván clients needing real-time visibility over their customs files.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves21 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• KlearNow: AI-driven customs clearance and drayage platform focused on digitizing cross-border paperwork. Targets the same shipper pain points Grupo Galván addresses through traditional brokerage but with a cloud-native, API-first model — a structural competitive threat rather than a head-to-head channel competitor.
• Altana: AI-powered trade compliance and supply chain intelligence platform serving large importers and customs brokers. Adjacent rather than directly competing, but increasingly used by enterprise customers to automate classification and compliance work that Grupo Galván performs manually through SECOMEX.

Broad incumbents

• DB Schenker: Global freight forwarder with established customs brokerage operations in Mexico. Competes for industrial and manufacturing import/export clients but operates as part of a much larger integrated logistics network across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Global logistics and freight forwarding leader with significant customs brokerage operations in Mexico across all major ports. Competes for the same enterprise import/export customers but offers a much broader global network and integrated technology platform.
• Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: Global logistics provider offering air, sea, and road freight with customs brokerage services in Mexico. Competes for similar mid-market industrial customers but as part of a broader global forwarding network rather than a Mexico-specialized agency.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Operates customs brokerage and freight forwarding across Mexico as part of Deutsche Post DHL Group. Directly comparable in customs clearance services but serves a global customer base with end-to-end supply chain solutions beyond Grupo Galván's regional scope.
• Expeditors: US-listed global freight forwarder with customs clearance operations in Mexico. Comparable on customs brokerage services but positioned as a technology-forward global incumbent rather than a regionally specialized family-owned agency.
• CEVA Logistics: Global 3PL offering contract logistics and freight forwarding with customs brokerage capabilities in Mexico. Targets similar manufacturing and retail customers but competes primarily through scale, technology platforms, and integrated supply chain contracts.

Regional players

• Ransa: Latin American 3PL with operations in Mexico, Central America, and South America offering customs brokerage, contract logistics, and cold chain. Comparable service mix in customs brokerage but with a regional rather than USMCA-focused footprint.
• Agunsa: Chilean-headquartered multimodal logistics operator with Mexico presence offering customs brokerage, freight forwarding, and warehousing. Comparable customs services but anchored in South America with weaker Mexican port density than Grupo Galván.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/grupo_galvan

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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