What RD Corporation does

RD Corporation is a privately-held diversified Philippine conglomerate headquartered at 1st Road, Calumpang, General Santos City, founded originally as a pawnshop by Rodrigo E. Rivera, Sr. and his wife Dolores in 1976 and constituted as a holding company in 1999. Through 43 subsidiaries and 12 affiliates the group operates across commercial fishing, shipbuilding and repair, food manufacturing and canning, aquaculture and seafood processing, agribusiness, financial services, realty development, retail, and hotels and resorts, with operating geographies spanning the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Netherlands, and the United States. The Rivera family maintains ownership and seats the executive leadership: Rodrigo E. Rivera, Sr. as Chairman Emeritus, Ritche C. Rivera as Vice Chairman and Group EVP-COO, Roy C. Rivera as EVP-CFO, and Debbie Ann R. Riveral as EVP-CIO.

The group's core technical assets include a tuna-canning and processing chain anchored by Celebes Canning Corporation's 100 metric tons/day capacity, RDEX Food International's HACCP/USFDA/EU-certified processing plant with BFAR EU-registered aquaculture and mariculture farms and an in-house hatchery, Genpack Corporation's tin-can plant, and Gensan Shipyard & Machine Works, Inc. with two floating dry-docks (4,000 GRT combined) and twin slipways (10,000 tons combined). Agribusiness is anchored by Arowana Agriventures Corporation's fully-automated Van Aarsen feed mill from The Netherlands, paired with NIR spectroscopy and wet-chemistry quality methods, and Nutribest Livestock Corporation's two layer farms building toward 1,000,000 birds across General Santos City (250,000) and Polomolok (750,000). The fishing fleet of 16 single seiners, 5 reefer carriers, and 2 ranger boats operates across Western and Central Pacific Ocean PNA waters via 15 wholly-owned fishing companies.

RD Corporation earns revenue predominantly through transaction-based sales (fishing catch, tuna canning and seafood processing, manufacturing/printing, cold storage, hotel and resort accommodation, pawnshop and retail merchandise, real-estate sales) plus recurring income from financial services (PenBank deposit and loan products, RD Pawnshop pawning, RD Credit lending, South Celebest Life and Non-Life Insurance premiums, and domestic remittance/utility/airline-bill payment services). The go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales for B2B food exports, a nationwide retail footprint of 1,000+ RD Pawnshop branches, 40+ PenBank branches, 18 RD Credit branches, 11 Price Smart Drug branches, and five Dolores hotels and resorts, paired with owned sales and marketing offices in five countries for international distribution. Customer segments range from international food importers meeting USFDA/EU standards, agricultural borrowers, unbanked and underbanked Filipino consumers, mid-market business banking clients, retail drugstore shoppers, and domestic and tourist hospitality guests.

Name

RD Corporation

Legal name

RD Corporation

Website

https://rdgroup.rdphilippines.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RD Corporation is a privately-held, family-owned Philippine diversified conglomerate headquartered in General Santos City, operating through 43 subsidiaries across fishing, shipbuilding, food processing, agribusiness, financial services, realty, retail, and hospitality across the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Europe, and the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Diversified Conglomerate

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446), Aquaculture (11251)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Frozen Seafood Meals & Value-Added Seafood (CRADADAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ready-to-Eat Seafood (Cooked Shrimp, Crab, Lobster, Surimi) (AFANALAC), Ethnic Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale (AFAIAIAC)

Keywords

• Tuna processing
• Commercial fishing
• Pawnshop services
• Shipbuilding repair
• Aquaculture production

Headquarters

HQ city

General Santos City

HQ country

Philippines

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fishing Operations: RD Corporation holds fifteen fishing companies operating a fleet of 16 single seiners, 5 reefer carriers, and 2 ranger boats. The fleet operates in Western and Central Pacific Ocean fishing grounds.
2. Shipbuilding and Repair: Gensan Shipyard & Machine Works, Inc. (GSMWI) provides ship repair and maintenance services including construction, dry-docks, afloat ship repair, ship recycling and alteration, salvage and towage.
3. Manufacturing: Manufacturing group produces canned and packaged tuna, packaging and printing services, water and juice bottling, industrial gas, and operates cold storages in General Santos City, Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
4. Aquaculture and Processing: RDEX Food International processes yellowfin tuna, milkfish, litopenaeus vannamei shrimps and other high-valued marine products with value-adding of seafood products distributed worldwide.
5. Financial Services: PenBank provides banking services with 40+ branches; RD Pawnshop Inc. operates 1000+ branches nationwide; RD Credit Corporation offers lending services with 18 branches; South Celebest Life and Non-Life Insurance provides insurance products.
6. Realty Development: RD Realty Development Corporation, Richmond Land Innovations, Inc., and Richmond Builders Ltd. in Papua New Guinea engage in real estate development, property management, and construction including the soon-to-rise RD Mall.
7. Retail Operations: Price Smart Drug operates retail stores with 11 branches in General Santos City, Polomolok, and Digos. RD Hardware provides hardware and fishing supply products.
8. Hotels and Resorts: Dolores Hotels and Resorts operate five hotel establishments in General Santos City, Polomolok, and Lake Sebu, South Cotabato.
9. Export Marketing and Distribution: Export marketing group manages distribution of food products globally through sales and marketing offices in the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, The Netherlands, and the United States.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RD Corporation is a diversified Philippine conglomerate that operates integrated fishing fleets, seafood processing and canning, shipbuilding and repair, animal feed manufacturing, banking, pawnshop, lending, insurance, real estate development, retail drugstore and hardware stores, and hotel and resort operations through 43 subsidiaries and 12 affiliates. The company's offerings span the full marine and food value chain (from catch and aquaculture to canned and packaged seafood for global export) alongside consumer-facing financial services, retail, and hospitality businesses primarily based in Mindanao with international reach to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, The Netherlands, and the United States.

Product overview

RD Corporation is a diversified conglomerate established in 1999 operating through 43 subsidiaries and 12 affiliates. The company operates as a holding company managing multiple business segments including: Fishing Group (15 fishing companies with fleet operations), Shipbuilding (Gensan Shipyard & Machine Works), Manufacturing (canned tuna, packaging, bottling, cold storage), Aquaculture and Processing (RDEX), Agribusiness (Arowana Agriventures, Nutribest Livestock), Finance (PenBank, RD Pawnshop, RD Credit, Insurance), Realty Development (RD Realty, Richmond Land Innovations), Retail (Price Smart Drug, RD Hardware), and Hotels and Resorts (Dolores Hotels and Resorts). The conglomerate also has investments in tin-can manufacturing, tuna canning, animal feeds, pine fiber production, and healthcare services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• RD Fishing Group RD Fishing Group operates 15 fishing companies managing a fleet of 16 single seiners, 5 reefer carriers, and 2 ranger boats, operating in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean and Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) fishing grounds, serving the marine catch portion of RD Corporation's integrated seafood value chain.
• Gensan Shipyard & Machine Works, Inc. (GSMWI) Ship repair and maintenance services including construction, dry-docks, afloat ship repair, ship recycling and alteration, salvage, and towage. Features two floating dry-docks with combined lifting capacity of 4,000 GRT and twin slipways with combined capacity of 10,000 tons, serving commercial maritime operators.
• Manufacturing Group (Canned and Packaged Tuna, Packaging, Bottling, Industrial Gas, Cold Storage) RD Corporation manufacturing group offers canned and packaged tuna, packaging and printing services, water and juice bottling, industrial gas, and cold storage services across the Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
• Genpack Corporation General Santos City's tin can manufacturing company, one of the modern and automated can plants in the Philippines, supplying tin cans for tuna and food canning operations.
• Celebes Canning Corporation Tuna canning company in General Santos City with a daily production capacity of 100 metric tons, producing canned tuna for domestic and international markets.
• RDEX Food International Phils., Inc. Processes yellowfin tuna, milkfish, litopenaeus vannamei shrimps (white shrimps) and other high-valued marine products with value-adding of seafood products, operating a HACCP-certified plant with USDC Inspected and Approved, USFDA, and E.U. Certified status. Distributes worldwide and through RDEX Tuna shops nationwide.
• Arowana Agriventures Corporation Feed manufacturing for aqua, livestock, and poultry animals using a fully-automated milling facility with Van Aarsen machinery from the Netherlands. Produces Arvenco fish feeds and Arvenco prawn/shrimp feeds, with quality analysis via Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy and classical wet chemistry methods.
• Nutribest Livestock Corporation Table egg production with two modern layer farms in General Santos City and Polomolok housing 250,000 and 750,000 birds respectively when fully developed.
• Export Marketing and Distribution Group Manages distribution of food products locally and globally through sales and marketing offices in the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, The Netherlands, and the United States, serving international food buyers with RD Corporation's HACCP-certified seafood and food products.
• PenBank, Inc. Rural bank elevated to private development bank in 2014, operating 40+ branches across Visayas and Mindanao, offering banking services including agricultural loans and farm equipment financing.
• RD Pawnshop Inc. Operates 1,000+ branches nationwide offering pawning services, domestic and international remittances, utility bill payments, and airline booking payments to individual consumers.
• RD Credit Corporation Credit institution engaged in financing commercial, agricultural, manufacturing ventures, and consumer needs with short to medium term loans. Operates 18 branches including the first Visayas branch in Iloilo City.
• South Celebes Life and Non-Life Insurance, Inc. Offers traditional life insurance and general insurance products covering property loss, liability, and accidental death or injury, serving individual and commercial insurance customers.
• RD Realty Development Corporation Engaged in development of real estate projects, property management, and construction including the RD Mall development in General Santos City.
• Richmond Land Innovations, Inc. (La Cassandra, Norfolk Pine, RD City, RD Mall Mabuhay) Real estate developer of La Cassandra subdivision, Norfolk Pine Subdivision, RD City (104-hectare development in General Santos City/Polomolok boundary), and RD Mall Mabuhay (first community mall in General Santos City, 4-hectare property along Mabuhay Road with 10,000 sq.m. gross floor area and approximately 70% leasable space).
• Roy Agriventures Corporation Specializes in production of pine fiber and animal feeds, banana plantation, and organic fertilizers, supplying agricultural inputs to commercial and agricultural buyers.
• Mindanao Medical Center Top hospital in General Santos City with modern facilities, reliable medical services, and healthy environment ideal for total wellness, serving patients in the South Cotabato region.
• Price Smart Drug Drugstore and convenience store chain operating 11 branches (6 in General Santos City and Polomolok, plus 5 more in General Santos City and Digos), positioning products as affordable, best-service, and quality medicines for local consumers.
• RD Hardware & Fishing Supply, Inc. Retail hardware store offering electrical, plumbing, home hardware, paints and sundries, tools and equipment, and other home solution products to local consumers and small contractors.
• Dolores Hotels and Resorts (Dolores Hotel, Anchor Hotel, Dolores Tropicana Resort, Dolores Farm Resort, Dolores Lake Resort) Operates five hotel establishments in General Santos City, Polomolok, and Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, including Dolores Hotel, Anchor Hotel, Dolores Tropicana Resort (beach resort along Sarangani Bay), Dolores Farm Resort, and Dolores Lake Resort.

Quantifiable outcome

• RD Fishing Group fleet comprises 16 single seiners, 5 reefer carriers, and 2 ranger boats operating in PNA waters
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Save the ChildrencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018RD Foundation served as co-implementer of Save the Children in the Pre-School Readiness Enhancement Project (PREP), establishing Kapit-Bahay Aralan (KBA) sites across North Cotabato, Sarangani Province, and General Santos City. Project focused on creating access to quality early-childhood education with 20 KBA sites implemented.
• TESDA (Technical Education and Skills Development Authority)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018RD Foundation partnered with TESDA-Sargen Area for community-based technical vocational skills training including Massage Therapy and Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW). TESDA Provincial Director Richard M. Amparo attended the Recognition Day ceremony where 36 NCII passers were certified.
• DepEd (Department of Education)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018RD Foundation partnered with DepEd for Alternative Learning System (ALS) and classroom donations including the 2-classroom building donation to Bonifacio R. Tagaban Sr. Integrated School in Polomolok.
• Van Aarsen (The Netherlands)coreTechnology or IntegrationArowana Agriventures Corporation uses state-of-the-art machinery built and supplied by Van Aarsen from The Netherlands for its fully-automated feed milling facility. The equipment enables production of quality aqua, livestock, and poultry feeds.
• Local Government UnitsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRD Foundation collaborated with Local Government Units of Polomolok and barangay governments for various CSR projects including classroom donations and skills training programs.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• RBL Fishing Corporation: Philippine tuna fishing and processing company with Pacific fleet operations. Closely comparable to RD Fishing Group in vessel fleet structure, Western and Central Pacific fishing grounds, and tuna supply for export.
• Frabelle Fishing Corporation: Philippine-based, privately held vertically integrated fishing and seafood processing group with Pacific tuna operations and a General Santos City cannery. Direct competitor to RD Fishing Group and RDEX in tuna catching, processing, and export.
• Century Pacific Food Inc. Philippine-listed food and seafood manufacturer producing canned tuna, canned sardines, and other value-added seafood under brands like Century Tuna, 555, and Fresca. Directly comparable as a Philippine-headquartered player competing in canned tuna and processed seafood for both domestic and export markets.
• Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop: Philippine-based pawnshop and microfinancial services chain with the largest branch network in the country. Directly comparable to RD Pawnshop's 1,000+ branch retail financial-services model, including pawning, remittance, and bill payment services.
• Alliance Select Foods International Inc. Philippine-listed tuna processor with a General Santos City cannery and value-added seafood operations, including smoked and frozen products. Competes head-to-head with Celebes Canning and RDEX in canned tuna and seafood ingredient supply.

Broad incumbents

• San Miguel Corporation: Philippine-listed mega-conglomerate spanning food, beverage, packaging, fuel and oil, power, and infrastructure. Comparable as a diversified Filipino holding-company model with food manufacturing and nationwide distribution, though substantially larger and publicly listed.
• Thai Union Group PCL: Thailand-based, publicly listed global seafood company (owner of Chicken of the Sea, Bumble Bee, King Oscar) and the world's largest canned tuna processor. Comparable in tuna processing, value-added seafood manufacturing, and global export reach, though substantially larger and more diversified.

Regional players

• Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. Philippine-listed holding company spanning power, banking, food (Pilmico feeds and flour), and infrastructure. Comparable in holding-company structure with agribusiness, banking, and food manufacturing subsidiaries, though focused on Visayas/Mindanao and broader nationwide operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries41 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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