Northcoast Seafoods

What Northcoast Seafoods does

Umios Food Europe is a frozen seafood trading and distribution business headquartered in the Netherlands, operating as a subsidiary of Japanese multinational Umios Corporation since 2013. The company trades over 90,000 metric tons of frozen seafood annually and delivers more than 1.2 million portions per day across four customer channels: retail (supermarkets and grocery chains), foodservice (restaurants, hotels, catering), wholesale, and industrial processors. Its portfolio spans responsibly farmed species (Pangasius, Tilapia, Shrimp) and sustainably caught species (Hake, Tuna, Nile perch, Cod), with a stated leading market position in the Netherlands for Alaskan Pollock fillet blocks and pre-cut Alaskan Kibbling.

Beyond commodity frozen seafood, the company has built a specialty product extension through the Seacon Streetfood sub-brand, which distributes Asian street food products (gyoza, shrimp hakau, shrimp shaomai, curry samosa, spring rolls, and newly developed chicken karaage and yakitori) across European markets. The Seacon Sushi brand is separately positioned to meet Japanese quality standards. The go-to-market is multi-channel B2B distribution supported by a publicly accessible online pricelist portal (prijslijst.umios-europe.com), transactional per-unit wholesale pricing, and organic social presence on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn for top-of-funnel brand building. Revenue mechanics are transaction-based (unit pricing on traded volume) across a diversified channel mix, with the global sourcing reach of the Umios Corporation parent providing scale and procurement advantages.

Name

Northcoast Seafoods

Website

https://northcoastseafoods.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Frozen Seafood Distribution

NAICS

Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (424460), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (3117)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale (AFAIAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Shellfish Processing (Shrimp, Crab, Lobster, Mollusks) (AFANADAC), Frozen Seafood Meals & Value-Added Seafood (CRADADAG)

Keywords

• Frozen seafood distribution
• Seafood wholesale supply
• Alaskan Pollock fillets
• Asian street food seafood
• Responsibly farmed seafood

Headquarters

HQ city

Grimsby

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Frozen Seafood Distribution: Umios Food Europe generates revenue through the trading and distribution of frozen seafood products to retail, foodservice, wholesale, and industrial customers. The company trades over 90,000 metric tons of frozen fish products annually across its customer network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Northcoast Seafoods (operating via Umios Food Europe) trades and distributes frozen seafood products across retail, foodservice, wholesale, and industrial channels. The portfolio spans responsibly farmed species such as Pangasius, Tilapia, and Shrimp, sustainably caught species including Hake, Tuna, Nile perch, and Cod, and is the leading Dutch supplier of Alaskan Pollock fillet blocks and pre-cut Alaskan Kibbeling. The Seacon Streetfood sub-brand adds Asian-style frozen bites such as gyoza, Shrimp Hakau, Shrimp Shaomai, Curry Samosa, Spring Rolls, Chicken Karaage, and Chicken Yakitori.

Product overview

Umios Food Europe operates as a frozen seafood trading and distribution business, offering a portfolio of products through distinct sub-brands. The core offering includes responsibly farmed species (Pangasius, Tilapia, Shrimp) and sustainably caught fish (Hake, Tuna, Nile perch, Cod), with the company serving as the leading Dutch supplier of Alaskan Pollock fillet blocks and pre-cut Alaskan Kibbeling. The Seacon Streetfood sub-brand extends the portfolio into the Asian street food segment with products like gyoza, Shrimp Hakau, Shrimp Shaomai, Curry Samosa, Spring Rolls, Chicken Karaage, and Chicken Yakitori.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Seacon Streetfood (Asian street food product line)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Seafood Connection (Umios Food Europe): Umios Food Europe, formerly Seafood Connection, is the European frozen-seafood distribution arm of Umios Corporation. It is referenced throughout the source data alongside Northcoast Seafoods and is the most direct operational analogue: same species range (prawns, whitefish, frozen seafood), same trading-and-distribution model, and shared corporate ecosystem.
• Leroy Seafood: Leroy Seafood is a Norwegian whitefish processor and global supplier (cod, haddock, saithe). It is comparable to Northcoast as a whitefish-focused seafood specialist with European retail and foodservice exposure.
• Young's Seafood: Young's Seafood is one of the UK's largest branded seafood suppliers (whitefish, breaded and frozen seafood). It is comparable to Northcoast as a UK-based seafood specialist serving the same retail and foodservice channels with overlapping prawn and whitefish product lines.
• Clearwater Seafoods: Clearwater Seafoods is a Canadian-based harvester and processor of premium shellfish (shrimp, scallops) and other seafood, with global distribution. Comparable to Northcoast as a shellfish-focused seafood operator serving retail and foodservice channels.
• Northcoast Seafoods (UK trading identity): Where the Northcoast name is treated as a separate UK-facing execution entity, it functions as a direct peer within the same group, distributing the same prawns and whitefish SKUs into UK retail and foodservice customers.

Broad incumbents

• Thai Union Group: Thai Union (owner of John West, Chicken of the Sea, Sealect) is one of the world's largest seafood companies with deep frozen shrimp and whitefish processing capability. Comparable to Northcoast as a major global seafood player in the same species categories.
• Princes Group: Princes Group is a major UK and European seafood and ambient-food processor and distributor with broad retail and foodservice penetration. It is comparable to Northcoast as a much larger incumbent serving the same UK retail and foodservice seafood category, albeit across a much wider product portfolio.
• Austevoll Seafood: Austevoll Seafood is a Norwegian seafood group active globally in pelagic and whitefish through subsidiaries such as Leroy and Austral. Comparable to Northcoast as a European seafood operator covering overlapping species and channels.
• Nomad Foods (Birds Eye, Findus): Nomad Foods owns Birds Eye and Findus, dominant European frozen seafood brands including fish fingers, breaded fillets and other whitefish-based frozen products. It is comparable as a much larger incumbent in the same frozen seafood and whitefish-protein category that Northcoast operates in.
• Maruha Nichiro: Maruha Nichiro is a Japanese seafood conglomerate and is the parent of Umios Corporation, linking it directly to the broader corporate ecosystem referenced in the source data. Comparable as a global incumbent in frozen and value-added seafood distribution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/northcoastsf

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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