Llombart

What Llombart does

Llombart GmbH is a privately held, family-managed fruit trading and wholesale company headquartered in Lahr, Germany, with a secondary distribution site in Friesenheim. Founded over 60 years ago and led by managing directors Juan Llombart Gavaldá and Liliane Llombart Gavaldá, the company operates a vertically integrated model: it owns seven fincas across Spain's Valencia, Seville, Huelva and Lleida regions, totaling approximately 350 hectares and producing around 4.7 million kg annually of oranges (blond, blood, pink), clementines, cherries and avocados. Products pass through Llombart's warehouses in Lahr and Friesenheim for quality checks, packaging, branding and onward distribution to German food retailers and wholesale markets. The company also provides marketing and brand-development services — proprietary brands, packaging design, and tailor-made point-of-sale promotions — and runs the proprietary 'taste & trust' quality seal alongside a digital batch-traceability system linking customer to packing house.

The business model is B2B wholesale, with quote-based pricing (not publicly disclosed) and revenue derived from produce sales plus logistics and marketing service fees. Go-to-market is sales-led, anchored in long-standing relationships with German food retailers and wholesale buyers, supported by annual presence at the Fruit Logistica trade fair in Berlin and a multi-channel presence across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Quality and compliance posture is unusually strong for a mid-sized wholesaler: Llombart was among the first German agencies to obtain IFS Broker certification, holds Bio (organic) certification through 31 January 2027 and QS certification through 14 April 2028, publishes an annual Impact/CSR report and a VSME sustainability report, and operates a supplier code of conduct. The company maintains no disclosed external investors and operates with a 11–50 employee headcount band.

Name

Llombart

Legal name

Llombart GmbH

Website

https://llombart.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Llombart GmbH is a family-owned German fruit wholesaler that sources citrus, cherries and avocados from seven company-owned Spanish fincas and supplies German food retailers and wholesale markets with logistics, branding and marketing services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lahr

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale: Procurement, sourcing, and sale of fruits and vegetables to food retailers and wholesale markets. The company handles the full supply chain including logistics, quality control, and marketing strategy support for customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Llombart is a family-owned fruit trading company that sources, produces, and distributes fresh fruits and vegetables from seven company-owned and partner-managed fincas (farms) in Spain spanning approximately 350 hectares, supplying food retailers and wholesale markets throughout Germany. The company offers a comprehensive service package including procurement, logistics, quality management, and marketing strategy support under the proprietary "taste & trust" quality seal. Annual production exceeds 4.7 million kg across citrus, stone fruit, and avocado varieties, distributed from warehouses in Lahr and Friesenheim.

Product overview

Llombart GmbH is a fruit trading company (Fruchthandelsunternehmen) operating as a supplier-producer-discoverer in the fresh produce industry. Founded over 60 years ago and headquartered in Lahr, Germany, the company specializes in citrus fruits and stone fruits sourced from seven company-owned fincas (farms) across Spain spanning approximately 350 hectares in Valencia, Seville, Huelva, and Lleida. The product portfolio includes oranges (blond, blood, and pink varieties), clementines, cherries, and avocados, with total annual production exceeding 3 million kg. Llombart offers a comprehensive service package encompassing procurement, logistics, and marketing strategy. The company operates proprietary quality control programs including the 'taste & trust' seal and maintains certifications including IFS Broker, organic (Bio), and QS standards. Distribution is handled through warehouses in Lahr and Friesenheim, Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• taste & trust: Quality seal for fruit meeting high standards of taste and quality, representing expertise, care, strict checks, and responsibility.

Products and services

• Oranges (Blond, Blood, and Pink Varieties)

Quantifiable outcome

• Full traceability from customer to packing house ensured through digital systems.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Partner Farms in SpaincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative network of selected partner farms in Spain contributing to the supply chain. These farms operate under Llombart's quality standards and variety development initiatives. Decades of experience and ideal climatic conditions create the basis for exceptional quality and reliable yields.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Greenyard: Belgian-headquartered global fresh, frozen, and prepared produce group supplying European retailers. Comparable to Llombart as a much larger incumbent in fresh fruit and vegetable distribution with similar retailer customer base.
• Landgard eG: German marketer cooperative for fruit, vegetables, and ornamental plants, supplying German food retail and wholesale channels. Comparable to Llombart as a larger B2B distributor of fresh produce into the same German customer base.
• Fresh Del Monte Produce: Global vertically integrated producer and distributor of fresh produce including bananas, pineapples, melons, and citrus across Europe. Comparable to Llombart as an incumbent in fresh fruit distribution with European retailer exposure.
• Dole plc: Global fruit and vegetable producer-marketer with significant European retail business, formed via the Total Produce combination. Directly comparable as a broad incumbent in fresh produce sourcing and distribution to European food retailers.
• BayWa AG: German conglomerate with significant agricultural trading and fresh produce operations serving European food retail. Comparable to Llombart as a broader incumbent in German produce distribution with international sourcing reach.

Direct peers

• Caparrós Nature: Almería-based fruit and vegetable producer-marketer with integrated farming and European distribution. Comparable to Llombart as a Spanish-origin specialist selling branded fresh produce into retail across Europe.
• Nufri: Spanish fruit producer and exporter focused on apples, pears, and stone fruit, supplying major European retailers. Comparable to Llombart through its grower-direct model and reliance on B2B fresh-produce distribution channels.
• Weiling GmbH: German organic specialist wholesaler supplying natural food retailers and conventional chains with organic produce. Comparable to Llombart through B2B wholesale of fresh produce into German retailers with strong certification-led positioning.
• SanLucar: Spanish-origin premium fruit brand with own farms and pan-European retailer supply; most closely comparable to Llombart in combining vertical production, branded positioning, and B2B fruit distribution across European food retailers.
• Fruchtimport van Wylick GmbH: German fruit importer and wholesaler serving the domestic retail and wholesale markets. Directly comparable to Llombart in being a Germany-based B2B distributor of fresh produce sourced internationally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/llombart
• Facebookfacebook.com/llombart
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/llombart
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@llombart

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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