Grapeman Farms

What Grapeman Farms does

Grapeman Farms is a privately held, vertically integrated agricultural company founded in 1974 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Its stated business is the growth, packaging, and distribution of premium quality table grapes, covering the full value chain from cultivation through to packaged distribution. The firm employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people, indicating a mid-to-large operation with substantial growing, packing-house, and logistics infrastructure for a single-commodity produce business.

The company's revenue model is not disclosed in the available data, but as a producer and packager/distributor of premium table grapes it would derive revenue from selling fresh packaged grapes to wholesale, retail, and foodservice buyers under typical produce-supply commercial terms. No pricing model, customer segments, distribution channels, marketing channels, certifications, awards, patents, partnerships, management team, or technology stack information was available in the input; the company's own website (http://www.grapeman.com/) was inaccessible in the source data and returned only a loading/verification page, so deeper operational detail could not be confirmed.

The only capital-markets signal in the input is a $1,000,000 funding round recorded on 2023-08-11, with investors and lead investor undisclosed — a relatively small raise for a company of its apparent scale, suggesting targeted working capital rather than transformational growth financing. Beyond this, no M&A activity, product launches, geographic expansions, leadership changes, partnerships, or regulatory actions are documented in the supplied data, leaving the strategic picture materially under-evidenced.

Name

Grapeman Farms

Website

https://grapeman.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Grapeman Farms is a Los Angeles-based, privately held agricultural company founded in 1974 that grows, packages, and distributes premium quality table grapes in the United States, employing 1,001–5,000 people across its vertically integrated operation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fresh Produce — Table Grapes

NAICS

Grape Vineyards (111332)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Table Grape Vineyard Operations (Fresh-Market Quality, Clusters, Compliance) (AFAGAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Post-Harvest Grape Handling & Logistics (Sorting, Bins, Transport to Winery/Packhouse) (AFAGAJAH), Grape Harvesting Operations (Hand & Mechanical Harvest) (AFAGAJAG), Grape Growing & Canopy Management (In-Season Vineyard Operations) (AFAGAJAB)

Keywords

• Table grapes
• Fresh produce
• Fruit packaging
• Agricultural distribution
• Premium grapes

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Grapeman Farms grows, packages, and distributes premium quality table grapes. Operating since 1974, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles, United States, and runs a large-scale operation with 1,001–5,000 employees covering the agricultural production, packaging, and distribution chain for table grapes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Premium Table Grapes

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Stevco: Stevco is a California-based table grape grower and shipper with a comparable focus on premium varietals and packing operations serving retail and foodservice customers.
• Pandol Brothers: Pandol Brothers is a long-established California table grape grower and packer, highly comparable as a similarly heritage single-category premium table grape operator.
• Tanimura & Antle: Tanimura & Antle is a California-based grower-packershipper of fresh produce, overlapping with Grapeman Farms in produce growing, packing, and distribution, though across a broader category set.
• Giumarra Vineyards: Giumarra is a family-owned California grower, packer, and shipper with a sizable table grape program alongside other fresh produce, closely matching Grapeman Farms' growing-and-distribution model.
• Sun World International: Sun World is a leading table grape breeder, grower, and licensor based in California, directly comparable to Grapeman Farms as a vertically involved table grape operator focused on proprietary varietals.

Broad incumbents

• Dole plc: Dole is a large, diversified global fresh-produce company that includes table grapes in its portfolio, serving as a major incumbent across the same retail channels Grapeman Farms targets.
• Fresh Del Monte Produce: Fresh Del Monte is a global producer, packer, and distributor of fresh produce including table grapes, representing a much larger, publicly listed incumbent with overlapping customers and channels.
• The Wonderful Company: Wonderful owns large-scale table grape, pomegranate, and citrus operations through Paramount Farms, making it a much larger incumbent competitor across multiple premium fresh-produce categories including grapes.
• Oppy (Oppenheimer Group): Oppy is a North American fresh-produce marketer, grower partner, and distributor, comparable to Grapeman Farms on the distribution and retail-supply side across multiple categories.

Emerging players

• Driscoll's: Driscoll's is a leading premium fresh-produce brand best known for berries; it shares the premium-branded, vertically integrated grower-packer-shipper playbook that Grapeman Farms applies to table grapes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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