Saint-Malo

What Saint-Malo does

Compagnie des Pêches Saint-Malo is a privately held, vertically integrated French seafood company founded in 1934 (originally as Armement Pleven) and headquartered at 40 Quai Duguay Trouin, Saint-Malo. The company operates a fleet of three fishing vessels — including the 80-meter factory trawler Emeraude, jointly operated with Euronor — fishing cod, haddock, and saithe primarily in the North-East Atlantic and Greenland waters. Catches are frozen shipboard within 12 hours and processed either at sea or at the company's on-shore surimi facility, COMABOKO (est. 1991), which has an annual surimi capacity of approximately 7,500 tonnes and total white fish processing capacity of 17,000 tonnes.

The company's product portfolio includes frozen white fish (fillets, loins, portions), surimi products under the Breizh Surimi, Happy Surimi, and Pesk Biz brands, and co-product fish meal and oil for animal feed. Distribution is multi-channel and international: products reach end markets through French retail chains (GMS), food service operators (RHD), wholesalers, intermediate food product suppliers, and direct-to-consumer through the company's Pêche & Cie boutique in Saint-Malo and Restaurant 1934 (opened 2024). Exports extend to more than 20 countries across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, and North America. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; relationships with B2B buyers are quote-based.

The group employs approximately 300 people across land and sea operations, with 150 collaborators at the Saint-Malo production facility and 38 crew aboard the Emeraude. The company holds MSC sustainable fishing certification (since 2012) for cod, haddock, and saithe, alongside IFS, Bio, and AOECS certifications at the surimi plant. Energy infrastructure partnerships with EDF and Dalkia support cold-chain modernization, with a new 1,200 kW refrigeration unit delivering an estimated 35% reduction in energy consumption. Ownership remains within the founding Pleven family lineage, with Florian Soisson serving as Director General.

Name

Saint-Malo

Legal name

Société Compagnie des Pêches Saint-Malo

Website

https://compagniedespeches.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1934

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Compagnie des Pêches Saint-Malo is a privately held, vertically integrated French seafood company that operates a fishing fleet in the North-East Atlantic and a Saint-Malo surimi production facility, selling frozen fish and surimi products to retail, food service, and wholesale channels across more than 20 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Processing and Frozen Fish Products

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (424460), Other Marine Fishing (114119)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Surimi & Minced Fish Products (Imitation Crab, Fish Paste) (AFANADAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Finfish Processing (Filleting, Portioning, Trimming) (AFANADAB), Frozen Seafood Meals & Value-Added Seafood (CRADADAG), Primary Seafood Processing (Heading/Gutting/Deheading; Icing) (AFANADAA), Seafood Markets & Fishmongers (CRAHAHAC)

Keywords

• Seafood processing
• Surimi production
• Frozen fish products
• Deep-sea fishing
• Integrated fisheries

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-malo

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Frozen Fish Products: Sale of frozen fish products including cod (cabillaud), haddock (églefin), and saithe (colin lieu) in various forms (fillets, loins, portions). Products sold under own brands and private labels through retail and food service channels.
2. Surimi Products: Production and sale of surimi products including sticks, grated, and rolled formats under Breizh Surimi, Happy Surimi, and Pesk Biz brands. Sold in various packaging sizes through retail partners.
3. Restaurant Operations: Operation of Le 1934 restaurant located at Quai Duguay Trouin, offering refined dishes prepared with own seafood products. Also provides meeting room rental services.
4. Fish Meal and Oil: Co-products from fish processing (farine et huile de poisson) sold for animal feed, ensuring full valorization of catches.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The company operates an integrated value chain running from deep-sea fishing to finished seafood products. With three vessels including the 80-metre factory trawler Emeraude, fish are filleted and frozen at sea within 12 hours of capture, then processed in the Saint-Malo Comaboko facility into frozen white fish and surimi products sold under Breizh Surimi, Happy Surimi, and Pesk Biz brands. Direct consumer touchpoints include the Pêche & Cie boutique and Restaurant 1934.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Breizh Surimi: Surimi brand using blue whiting fillets, produced in Saint-Malo with 100% natural ingredients.
• Happy Surimi
• Pesk Biz

Products and services

• Frozen Fish Products (Cabillaud, Eglefin, Colin Lieu) Range of frozen white fish products including cod (cabillaud), haddock (églefin), and saithe (colin lieu) in fillets, loins, and portions, processed and frozen within 12 hours of capture, MSC certified, sold under own brands and private labels through retail and food service channels.
• Breizh Surimi Surimi brand produced in Saint-Malo from Merlan Bleu (blue whiting), using 100% natural ingredients, steam-cooked processing, in sticks, grated, and rolled formats sold through retail partners.
• Happy Surimi Surimi stick product line launched under the Happy Surimi brand, produced at the Saint-Malo facility and sold through retail partners.
• Pesk Biz Fish Sticks Fish stick product marketed under the Pesk Biz brand, linked to a research initiative studying cod and haddock fishery interactions with endangered, threatened, and protected species.
• Fish Meal and Fish Oil Co-products of fish processing, including fish meal (farine de poisson) and fish oil (huile de poisson), produced from the full valorization of catches and sold for animal feed applications.
• Restaurant 1934 Restaurant located at Quai Duguay Trouin offering refined dishes prepared with the company's own seafood products, also providing meeting room rental services.
• Pêche & Cie Retail Boutique Own retail boutique on Quai Duguay Trouin in Saint-Malo selling the company's fresh and frozen seafood products directly to consumers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of catches valorized (production of fish meal and oil for animal feed)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EuronorcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Strategic partnership with Euronor for the construction and joint operation of the Emeraude vessel. This joint investment represents a unique partnership ensuring the perpetuation of French frozen fishing activities. The 80-meter factory trawler was built at Norwegian Kleven shipyard and operates as a shared asset.
• EDFminorOthers · 1 January 2015Partnership with EDF for modernization of cold production and heat generation systems at the Saint-Malo production facility. Project includes installation of new refrigeration unit with increased capacity and real-time energy monitoring.
• DalkiaminorOthers · 1 January 2015Partnership with Dalkia for energy optimization project at the production facility. Part of an Energy Performance Contract (CPE) to improve cold and heat production efficiency.
• MSC (Marine Stewardship Council)coreOthersMSC certification for sustainable fishing of cod (cabillaud), haddock (églefin), and saithe (colin lieu) from Norwegian waters. Fishery certified since 2012. Each certified fishery assessed independently for impacts on fish stocks and marine ecosystems.
• Produit en BretagnecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMember of the 'Produit en Bretagne' collective brand, symbol of quality and local expertise. Association promoting Breton products and know-how to consumers.
• Norwegian Marine Research InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with scientific observers for data collection on fish stock interactions and ETP (Endangered, Threatened, Protected) species. Data contributes to annual stock assessments and fishery management.
• MSC Science and Research FundminorOthersSupport for the 'Pesk Biz' research project studying interactions between cod and haddock fisheries in Northeast Arctic and Endangered, Threatened, and Protected (ETP) species. Project aims to gather quantitative independent data for better impact assessment.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Nomad Foods: European frozen food major owning Birds Eye and Iglo brands with significant frozen seafood exposure. Comparable as a broad frozen-seafood incumbent across European retail channels, though larger and more diversified.
• Mowi ASA: World's largest Atlantic salmon farmer and major seafood processor with extensive own-brand retail and food-service presence. Comparable as a vertically integrated, sustainability-certified seafood major operating globally.
• Maruha Nichiro: One of Japan's largest integrated seafood companies with global fishing, aquaculture, processing, and frozen/surimi product operations. Comparable broad incumbent reference for integrated seafood value chains including surimi.
• Findus Group: European frozen food group (Findus, Young's, Birds Eye historical) selling frozen fish and seafood meals across retail. Comparable as a European frozen-seafood peer with overlapping retail-channel exposure.
• Thai Union Group: Global seafood giant owning French brands Petit Navire and Parmentier. Operates an integrated fishing-to-finished-product model across tuna, shrimp, and frozen seafood, making it a broad incumbent reference for Compagnie des Pêches' integrated French seafood strategy.

Direct peers

• Clearwater Seafoods: Canadian integrated shellfish and seafood harvester-processor with vertical control from vessel to finished product. Comparable as a vertically integrated, sustainability-certified (MSC) seafood operator serving global markets.
• High Liner Foods: North American frozen seafood processor selling value-added fish portions and surimi products through retail and food service. Closely comparable in product mix (frozen white fish, surimi) and in retail/food-service channel orientation.
• Young's Seafood: UK frozen seafood specialist producing branded and private-label fish products, surimi, and seafood meals for European retailers. Directly comparable product mix and channel orientation to Compagnie des Pêches' surimi and frozen fish franchise.
• Kibun Foods: Japanese surimi specialist and one of the largest global producers of surimi-based products for retail and food service. Directly comparable as a surimi-focused processor, although geographically focused on Asia.

Regional players

• Lerøy Seafood Group: Norwegian integrated seafood company operating aquaculture, wild catch, and processing. Comparable as an integrated seafood operator fishing the same North-East Atlantic waters and selling certified, value-added seafood products across Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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