Groupe Aqualande SA

What Groupe Aqualande SA does

Groupe Aqualande SA is a France-based aquaculture company that produces, processes, and markets freshwater trout for the European market. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Roquefort, France, the company operates as an integrated player across the trout value chain, spanning farming, processing, and commercial distribution rather than confining itself to a single stage. The group employs between 501 and 1,000 people, indicating mid-sized industrial operations consistent with multi-site farming and processing capacity, and its short positioning as a European trout producer implies serving wholesale, foodservice, and retail buyers across the region.

The business model combines primary aquaculture production with downstream processing and branded marketing, allowing the group to capture margin beyond commodity farming while managing product quality and traceability end-to-end. Cold-chain logistics and pan-European distribution are implied by its market scope. Early-stage institutional backing from Naxicap Partners in 1991 and a subsequent investment from Grand Sud Ouest Capital in 2013 suggest long-running relationships with French private capital, although no fundraising amount is disclosed for either round. No revenue, customer, channel, or product-level data was retrievable from public sources in this dataset, so specific pricing models, customer segments, and product mix cannot be characterized.

Operationally, the company is private, profitable-leaning given its age and headcount, and not part of a larger disclosed parent group. There is no public information on management, M&A activity, regulatory actions, product launches, or technology stack in the input; the corporate website returned only a loading/verification page with no substantive content. As a result, the available evidence supports a factual description of core activity, scale, geography, and capital history but does not support deeper claims about unit economics, customer concentration, or strategic direction beyond what is stated.

Name

Groupe Aqualande SA

Website

https://groupeaqualande.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Groupe Aqualande SA is a France-based, privately held aquaculture group founded in 1991 that produces, processes, and markets freshwater trout for European wholesale, foodservice, and retail customers from its headquarters in Roquefort.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aquaculture and Seafood Production

NAICS

Aquaculture (1125), Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries (112511), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (311710)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Finfish Farming (e.g., salmon, tilapia, catfish) (AFAEAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aquaculture Processing & On-Farm Value-Add (primary handling, icing, packing) (AFAEAAAN), Aquaculture Harvest, Processing & Packing (Farmed Finfish/Shellfish; On-Farm Plants) (AFANADAL)

Keywords

• Freshwater trout production
• Aquaculture processing
• Fish farming
• Trout products
• Seafood distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Roquefort

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

Groupe Aqualande SA produces, processes, and markets freshwater trout. The company spans the trout value chain from farming/aquaculture of live fish through processing into finished trout products that are then marketed to European buyers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Freshwater trout products Freshwater trout farmed, processed, and marketed by Groupe Aqualande SA for sale into European wholesale, retail, and food-service channels.

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

Broad incumbents

• Mowi ASA: World's largest Atlantic salmon farmer and a major player in European farmed seafood. Comparable as a vertically integrated aquaculture incumbent serving European retailers with farmed finfish; however, Mowi focuses primarily on marine salmon rather than freshwater trout, so it competes more for finfish protein share than head-to-head on the same species.
• SalMar ASA: Norwegian integrated salmon aquaculture company with farming and processing operations. Comparable as a vertically integrated farmed finfish operator in Europe; like Mowi, SalMar is salmon-focused rather than trout, but shares the integrated production-to-market model and competes for the same European whitefish basket.
• Bakkafrost: Faroese integrated salmon farmer with significant European distribution. Comparable as a large-scale vertically integrated aquaculture company selling farmed finfish across Europe; salmon rather than trout, but matches the operational and go-to-market archetype.
• Lerøy Seafood Group: Norwegian seafood group with significant aquaculture, processing, and distribution operations across Europe. Comparable as a vertically integrated European finfish supplier with value-added processing capability serving retail and foodservice channels.
• Cermaq: Norwegian-owned salmon farming group with operations in Norway, Chile, and Canada, serving global markets. Comparable as a vertically integrated farmed finfish incumbent; salmon-focused but shares farming-to-processing integration and European customer exposure.
• Thai Union Group: Global seafood processor with major European brands and aquaculture interests (including shrimp and salmon). Comparable as a major seafood processing and branded products company serving European retailers and foodservice; broader species mix but overlapping processing, marketing, and European distribution capabilities.

Regional players

• Scottish Sea Farms: UK/Scottish salmon farmer jointly owned by SalMar and Lerøy, with processing and European distribution. Comparable as a vertically integrated European farmed finfish operator; salmon rather than trout, but strong overlap in processing, distribution, and customer base across the UK and Western Europe.
• Norway Royal Salmon: Norwegian salmon farming company with sales primarily into European markets. Comparable as a vertically integrated European farmed finfish producer; salmon rather than trout, but shares farming, processing, and European customer overlap.

Direct peers

• Domstein (Alsaker Fisk): Norwegian seafood group historically associated with trout processing and value-added seafood production for European markets. Comparable as one of the most directly analogous trout-processing businesses in Europe, with overlapping product formats and end markets.
• Labeyrie Fine Foods: French premium seafood specialist (smoked salmon, trout, and other fish) serving retail and foodservice across Europe. Comparable as a French-headquartered, branded-value-added seafood processor with a strong European retail presence; trout and salmon smoked/portioned products overlap directly with Aqualande's likely product mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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