Olot Meats

What Olot Meats does

Olot Meats S.A. is a Spanish pig slaughtering and meat processing company headquartered in Olot, Girona (La Garrotxa region), operating as the parent of the Olot Meats Group alongside two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Càrniques de Juià S.A. and Càrniques Celrà S.L. The group processes 15,000 pigs per day in a single shift (expandable to 18,000 with two shifts) at a 13,701 m2 facility equipped with a -20°C rapid cooling tunnel, certified internal laboratories, and a full farm-to-consumer traceability system. Annual meat production is 315 metric tons and the group generates €725M in revenue with 1,400 employees across three production sites in Catalonia.

The business is a B2B commodity meat processor with two principal revenue streams: (1) pig slaughtering and processing services delivered to commercial pork operations on a per-unit basis, and (2) sale of processed meat, offal, and natural casings to food distribution and meat processing customers. Products are sold fresh, frozen, or salted under the BRC, IFS, HACCP, Welfare Quality, and ISO 14001:2015 certifications, with Tesco Pork Standards compliance for live animal handling. The group holds sanitary registration ES 10.05357/GE CE and export authorizations to 117+ countries, supported by commercial offices in France and Russia and a multi-language website (Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Japanese, Chinese).

The company is privately held and founder-owned (Mikel Soraluze), with no evidence of institutional capital, and pursues a sales-led go-to-market targeting enterprise food industry buyers globally. Recent strategic activity has focused on sustainability initiatives (REAQUA water reuse project coordinated with INNOVACC, forest conservation partnerships in La Garrotxa) and digital expansion into Asian export markets, rather than capacity-adding M&A.

Name

Olot Meats

Legal name

OLOT MEATS, S.A.

Website

https://olotmeats.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Olot Meats S.A. is a Spanish pig slaughtering and meat processing company that processes 15,000 pigs daily, selling fresh, frozen, and salted pork, offal, and casings to global food distribution and meat processing customers across 117+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pork Meat Processing

NAICS

Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (311611), Meat Processed from Carcasses (311612), Animal Slaughtering and Processing (31161)

SIC

Meat Packing Plants (2011)

akta.pro primary industry

Hog Slaughtering (Harvest & Evisceration) (AFANABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Further Processing (Cooked, Smoked, Cured & Deli Meats) (AFAKALAD), Pork Wholesale (Primal/Subprimal, Boxed Pork) (AFAIADAB), Offal & Variety Meats Processing (Liver, Kidney, Heart, Tongue, Tripe) (AFANAJAA), Pork Fabrication & Primals Cutting (Carcass Breakdown) (AFANABAB)

Keywords

• Pig slaughtering services
• Pork meat processing
• Pork offal products
• Natural pork casings
• Meat export services

Headquarters

HQ city

Girona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Pig Slaughtering and Processing Services: Processing of pig carcasses with services including ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection, quality control, refrigeration, cutting, packaging and delivery. Revenue generated through per-unit processing fees for commercial pig slaughtering operations.
2. Meat and Offal Products: Production and sale of pork products including white and red offal, pork casings for food market use. Products sold fresh, frozen or salted.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Olot Meats is an industrial pig slaughterhouse and pork meat processing company that slaughters and processes pigs, then produces and markets fresh, frozen, and salted pork meat, pork offal (heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, tongue, etc.), and natural pork casings for the food industry. Operations include ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection, refrigeration at -20°C, cutting, packaging, and complete farm-to-consumer traceability, with products sold B2B to food distribution and meat processing enterprises in 117+ countries.

Product overview

Olot Meats operates as a pig slaughtering and meat processing company with a modular product portfolio centered on three core offerings: pork meat processing (including slaughtering, inspection, refrigeration, cutting, and packaging), pork offal products (heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, tongue, and other by-products), and natural pork intestines for the food market. The company differentiates through its integrated traceability system that tracks products from farm to table, and maintains flexibility to adapt products to customer specifications with fresh, frozen, or salted presentations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pork Meat Processing Pig slaughtering and primary pork meat processing services, including ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection, carcass quality control, refrigeration at -20°C, cutting, and packaging for distribution to food industry customers.
• Pork Offal Products Processing and distribution of pork offal including heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas, stomachs, intestines, tongue, trachea, and other by-products for food use, available fresh, frozen, or salted.
• Natural Pork Intestines (Boyau Naturel) Pig intestine processing for the food market, including fresh, frozen, and salted presentations carrying the Natural Intestine quality label for sausage and food casing applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Complete traceability from farm to final product
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Consorci Forestal de Catalunya (Forest Consortium of Catalonia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration agreement for improvement of La Garrotxa forests and contribution to global challenges of the climate crisis, including carbon fixation, fire prevention, biodiversity protection, water optimization, and climate emergency action.
• Fundació Agrària BoscosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for forest improvement in La Garrotxa region, contributing to climate crisis challenges through sustainable forest management.
• INNOVACC (Catalan Meat Cluster)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinating the REAQUA project for innovative water reuse strategies in the meat industry, evaluating technical, economic, and regulatory limitations to ensure safe water reuse.
• Matadero Frigorífico del Cardoner SAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipant in REAQUA water reuse project coordinated by INNOVACC.
• Matadero Frigorífico de Avinyó SAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipant in REAQUA water reuse project coordinated by INNOVACC.
• Sala de desfer i magatzem frigorífic J.Viñas SAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipant in REAQUA water reuse project coordinated by INNOVACC.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Danish Crown: Cooperative-owned European meat processor and one of the largest pork exporters globally. Directly comparable on pig slaughtering scale, export-driven model, and diversified pork/offsal product portfolio serving global retail and foodservice customers.
• Vall Companys: Spanish integrated agri-food group with pig slaughter and pork processing operations. Comparable to Olot Meats as a vertically integrated Iberian pork processor focused on domestic and export wholesale channels.
• Vion Food Group: Dutch-headquartered global meat processor with major pig slaughtering operations across the EU. Competes with Olot Meats in European pork slaughter, offal, and fresh/frozen cuts for export markets, with a similar B2B customer orientation.
• Pini Group: Italian pig slaughterhouse and meat processor with EU and third-country export authorizations. Comparable to Olot Meats on slaughterhouse scale, Mediterranean pork supply chain, and Mediterranean-export focused B2B model.
• Grup Batallé: Spanish integrated pork producer with slaughterhouse operations headquartered in Catalonia. Closest geographic peer to Olot Meats, sharing the same Catalan production base, Spanish pork supply chain, and EU/Asia export focus.
• Tönnies Holding: One of Europe's largest pig slaughterhouses and meat processors, headquartered in Germany. Directly comparable to Olot Meats as a high-volume pork slaughterhouse with international export reach, multi-country customer base, and focus on B2B processed pork and by-products.
• Costa Food Group (Costa Brava): Spanish meat processing group with significant pork slaughtering and further processing activities. Directly comparable to Olot Meats in the Iberian pork value chain with export to European and international markets.

Broad incumbents

• Smithfield Foods: World's largest pork processor and hog producer (owned by WH Group). Comparable on the pork side of the business to Olot Meats in slaughtering, processing, and export distribution, though far larger and more integrated upstream.
• JBS S.A. Brazilian-headquartered global meat giant with significant European pork operations (including former Moyno assets). Overlaps with Olot Meats in pork slaughtering and global export but at substantially larger scale with broader multi-protein portfolio.

Regional players

• El Pozo Alimentación: Major Spanish pork processor with strong domestic market position in cured, processed, and fresh pork products. Comparable on the Spanish pork supply chain but skews toward branded retail and further-processed rather than commodity slaughter like Olot Meats.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/457616831277677
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/olot-meats-sa

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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