Name

GALAB

Legal name

GALAB Laboratories GmbH

Website

https://galab.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Analytical Laboratory Services

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Testing Laboratories (Microbiological, Chemical, Allergen) (AFALAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emerging Contaminants Testing (PFAS, Microplastics) (AFALAFAI), Pesticide Residue Testing (MRLs, Multi-Residue Methods) (AFALAFAA), Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) & Industrial Contaminants Testing (Dioxins, PCBs, PAHs) (AFALAFAE), Water, Ice & Process Utility Testing for Food Operations (AFALAAAJ), Chemical Hazard Risk Assessment (Residues, Toxins, Adulterants) (AFALAOAB)

Keywords

• Food safety testing
• Pesticide residue analysis
• Consumer product testing
• Analytical laboratory services
• Environmental contaminant analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Laboratory Testing and Analysis Services: GALAB operates as a commercial service laboratory offering external quality control and analytical testing. Customers include food manufacturers, consumer goods companies, raw material suppliers, and buyers/sellers of goods. Services are rendered on a per-analysis, project, or contractual basis. As a commercial laboratory, revenue is generated through analytical testing fees, method development services, and ongoing monitoring contracts. No public pricing is disclosed — all engagements appear to be quote-based.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GALAB operates as a commercial analytical laboratory delivering external quality control and contaminant testing for food, food packaging, consumer goods, hygiene products, and environmental samples. The company uses modern instrumentation (GC-MS/MS, LC-MS/MS) and continuously develops new analytical methods, anchored by its proprietary GALAB Pesticides 500Plus® multi-method that screens up to 650 pesticide active substances in under 12 hours. Service offerings span pesticides, PFAS, mycotoxins, heavy metals, allergens, endocrine disruptors, nutrients, veterinary drug residues, and packaging migration testing under DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 accreditation.

Product overview

GALAB Laboratories GmbH operates as a service laboratory for external quality control, offering a comprehensive portfolio of analytical testing services. The core offering centers on food, consumer product, and environmental testing using state-of-the-art analytical techniques including GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS. The flagship product is the GALAB Pesticides 500PLUS® multi-method, capable of analyzing 650+ pesticide residues. The company provides specialized services including Baby Food Testing, Food Packaging Testing, PFAS Analysis, and the SOI Program for substances of interest. Services span parameters including mycotoxins, heavy metals, allergens, endocrine disruptors, nutrients, veterinary drugs, and environmental contaminants. The company operates internationally with subsidiaries and representatives across multiple countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GALAB Pesticides 500PLUS®: A multi-residue pesticide method capable of detecting up to 650 polar and non-polar active ingredients in a single analysis, developed using a modified QuEChERS approach. Award-winning Schmidt-Römhild Technology Prize winner.
• GALAB SOI Program
• GALAB International

Products and services

• GALAB Pesticides 500PLUS® Proprietary multi-method for pesticide residue analysis using GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS, capable of detecting up to 650 pesticide active substances in a single run, with same-day results in under 12 hours; available for fruits, vegetables, dried fruits, cereals, nuts, oils, raw milk, spices, herbs, cocoa, tea, and complex matrices, with BNN (organic) and DiätVO (dietary) variants.
• Food Testing Comprehensive analytical testing for food, covering pesticides, mycotoxins, heavy metals, GMO, allergens, nutrients, veterinary drug residues, microbiological load, labeling tests, shelf-life tests, and marketability certification across conventional and organic food products.
• Consumer Product Testing Chemical safety testing for consumer goods (hygiene products, toys, textiles, footwear, sporting goods, cosmetics, commodities), covering PFAS, phthalates/ESBO/bisphenols, plastic migration, fragrance allergens, nitrosamines, PAK, heavy metals, chlorinated paraffins, and organotin compounds to support REACH/SVHC and toy safety compliance.
• Baby Food Testing Ultra-sensitive analytical testing tailored to the strictest legal requirements for infant formula and complementary foods, including pesticide residues, heavy metals, nitrate, mycotoxins, GMO, microbiological load, and packaging migration per Diätverordnung and German baby food regulations.
• Food Packaging Testing Migration testing and chemical analysis of food contact materials, including screening for plasticizers (phthalates), ESBO, and bisphenols that may migrate from packaging into food.
• GALAB SOI Program (Substances of Interest) Program offering comprehensive EDANA-method analysis of relevant substance groups (endocrine disruptors, PFAS, phthalates, bisphenols, PAK, and more) in hygiene products, baby care, femcare, and toys, supporting SVHC compliance and consumer product safety.
• PFAS Testing Ultra-sensitive LC-MS/MS analysis for per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) with limit of quantification as low as 0.001 µg/kg, covering 20+ individual PFAS substances including PFOS, PFOA, PFNA, PFHxS and sum parameters (PFAS-20, PFAS-4) for food, drinking water, environmental, and consumer product matrices.
• Mycotoxins Analysis Multi-method LC-MS/MS analysis for mycotoxins including aflatoxins, ochratoxins, Fusarium toxins, Alternaria toxins, and ergosterin in food and feed samples.
• Hygiene and Sanitary Products Testing EDANA-method testing of baby care, femcare, and adult incontinence products for trace residues of SVHCs (per ECHA), PAK, bisphenols, phthalates, and PFAS, supporting hygiene product safety and SVHC compliance.
• Veterinary Drugs Testing Analysis of veterinary drug residues in food and feed products, supporting compliance with EU regulatory limits for animal-derived and animal-fed food chains.
• Environmental Contaminants Analysis Analysis of environmental contaminants including dioxins, PCBs, PAHs, chlorobenzenes, and organotin compounds in water, soil, sludge, and sediment samples under DAkkS-accredited ISO/IEC 17025 methods.
• Endocrine Disruptors Testing Analysis for endocrine disrupting chemicals such as phthalates, bisphenols, brominated flame retardants, and PFAS in toys and consumer products, supporting EU toy safety regulation (2009/48/EC) compliance.
• Biopharmaceutical Testing External quality control testing for substances and contaminants in biopharmaceutical products, leveraging the laboratory's accredited analytical infrastructure.
• GALAB Customer Success Services Dedicated team of food chemists, ecotrophologists, food technologists, and process engineers that provides tailored advisory on testing, labeling, marketability, shelf-life, and regulatory compliance for food, animal feed, and consumer goods customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• GALAB performs over 1,000,000 analyses annually using over 1,000 different analysis methods.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Normec GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 November 2025GALAB Laboratories is now part of Normec Group, a leading European group in Testing, Inspection & Certification (TIC). The acquisition, announced November 7, 2025, marks a new chapter combining GALAB's scientific precision, quality, and innovation with Normec's broader European TIC platform. Normec is headquartered in the Netherlands.
• Bundesverband Naturkost Naturwaren e.V. (BNN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGALAB is a proud partner of the BNN fruit and vegetable monitoring programme. BNN is a German interest group representing organic food producers and retailers with around 180-200 member companies. GALAB holds a BNN certificate and offers testing specifically adapted to BNN orientation values for pesticide residues in organic products (0.010 mg/kg, max 2 active ingredients ≥0.010 mg/kg).
• EDANA (European Disposable Nonwoven Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGALAB is an active member of EDANA. As an active member, GALAB has experience in analyzing baby care, femcare, and adult incontinence products on trace residues. GALAB can offer the complete testing per EDANA methods for Substances of Interest (SOI) in hygiene products, which can also be applied to other contaminants or new SOI substances.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Intertek: Global TIC group with food, consumer goods, and product testing divisions serving manufacturers and retailers. Comparable service mix to GALAB but at significantly larger scale and with broader geographic coverage.
• SGS: One of the world's largest TIC groups with broad food, consumer goods, and environmental testing capabilities across a global lab network. Overlaps with GALAB on food/agricultural testing but operates at far greater scale and breadth.
• Bureau Veritas: Global TIC incumbent with agri-food, consumer products, and environmental testing services. Comparable to GALAB in service categories but operates as part of a much larger diversified TIC portfolio rather than a specialized food/consumer lab.

Direct peers

• Eurofins Scientific: Global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical, and consumer product testing with hundreds of laboratories worldwide. Most directly comparable to GALAB as a commercial food and consumer goods analytical testing provider with a similar B2B service model and broad parameter catalog.
• ALS Global: International testing services provider with food, environmental, pharmaceutical, and consumer product testing capabilities. Comparable B2B testing laboratory model with broad parameter offerings across multiple geographies.
• NSF International: Global public health and safety organization with food testing, certification, and consumer product verification services. Comparable to GALAB on food safety testing, contaminant analysis, and regulatory compliance support for manufacturers and retailers.
• Mérieux NutriSciences: Specialized food testing and sensory analysis provider serving food manufacturers, retailers, and producers globally. Closely comparable to GALAB's food safety, contaminant, and quality control testing focus, with similar regulatory-driven demand.

Regional players

• TÜV Rheinland: German TIC provider offering food, product safety, and environmental testing services. Regionally comparable to GALAB with overlapping parameter categories, particularly in consumer product and food safety compliance testing.
• TÜV SÜD: German-based TIC incumbent with food, consumer product, and environmental testing services. Comparable to GALAB on parameter breadth and German-headquartered regulatory expertise, but operating as a broader TIC organization rather than a specialized food/consumer lab.

Others

• Relana: Network of independent food testing laboratories that GALAB is associated with per displayed certification logo. Functions as a quality/credibility network rather than a direct competitor, and is therefore adjacent ecosystem rather than a head-to-head peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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