Euroforest

What Euroforest does

Euroforest is a privately held UK-headquartered forestry services group founded in 1991 through a management buyout from Economic Forestry Group plc, with Swedish holding company Ahlmark AB as its principal shareholder. The company operates five integrated service divisions — Silviculture, Timber Marketing, Harvesting & Haulage, Environment, and Baltic Trading — delivered through four regional divisions across the UK and Ireland plus an Estonian operating hub in Paldiski. Euroforest manages over 55,000 hectares of woodland, markets in excess of 2.5 million cubic metres of round timber and forest residues annually, and handles approximately two million tonnes of timber each year, supported by a network of over 1,000 subcontractors.

The customer base spans private forest owners, corporate forestry groups, government bodies (including the Forestry Commission and county councils such as Hampshire and Leicestershire), and conservation organisations such as the National Trust. The company maintains an unusually dense certification stack — FSC and PEFC chain of custody, ISO 9001/14001/45001, SBP, CHAS Elite, Constructionline Gold, Achilles UVDB, NHSS 18, and FISA membership — that functions as a prerequisite for participation in government and large-corporate forestry tenders in the UK. Recent corporate activity includes the December 2024 appointment of Gavin Adkins as Director of Euroforest Holdings, the formal elevation of Fredrik Turzik to Chairman in early 2024, the February 2025 relocation of headquarters to a new facility at Carlisle Airport, and ongoing scaling of the Environment and Baltic Trading divisions.

Revenue is generated through a mix of fee-based timber marketing brokerage on behalf of forest owners, contract harvesting and haulage services (operated via the Sheffield & Co legacy brand), professional services in silviculture and woodland creation, and international timber trading out of the Baltic States. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Euroforest is majority-owned by Ahlmark AB of Karlstad, with A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products holding a strategic minority stake acquired in 2013. Revenue, profit, and headcount figures are not publicly reported.

Name

Euroforest

Legal name

Euroforest Ltd

Website

https://euroforest.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Euroforest is a UK-headquartered integrated forestry services group providing silviculture, timber harvesting and marketing, haulage, environmental, and Baltic timber trading services to private landowners, government bodies, and corporate forestry clients across the UK, Ireland, and Estonia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forestry Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (115310), Timber Tract Operations (113110), Logging (11331), Forestry and Logging (113)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Timberland Operations Planning & Contractor Management (AFAMAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Silviculture & Reforestation Services (Nurseries, Planting, Tending) (IMAMAJAC), Forest Management & Silviculture Services (Cruising, Planning, Compliance) (IMAMAAAD)

Keywords

• Forestry services
• Timber harvesting
• Timber marketing
• Woodland management
• Environmental services

Headquarters

HQ city

Carlisle

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Timber Marketing Services: Market timber on behalf of forest owners, maximising value through deep understanding of UK timber markets. Services include thinnings, clearfell, infrastructure and windfarm operations across the UK.
2. Timber Trading: International timber trading operations including sourcing certified timber from Estonia and Baltic States for UK markets, managing logistics from Baltic forests to UK customer weighbridges.
3. Silviculture Services: Comprehensive forestry services including woodland creation, forest management, conservation, forestry investment support, tree safety, and consultancy services tailored to client needs.
4. Harvesting and Haulage Services: State-of-the-art harvesting machinery and timber lorry fleet providing timber harvesting and transportation services across the north of England and Scotland.
5. Environmental Services: Integrated environmental services including ecology, arboriculture, and landscape/vegetation teams delivering habitat assessments, site clearance, landscaping, and Biodiversity Net Gain strategies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Euroforest delivers end-to-end forestry services to forest owners across the UK and Ireland, encompassing woodland management, sustainable timber harvesting, timber haulage, timber marketing on behalf of forest owners, environmental and arboriculture services, and Baltic timber sourcing. The company manages over 55,000 hectares of woodland, harvests 1.85 million cubic metres of timber annually, and markets more than 2.5 million cubic metres of round timber and forest residues each year. Its portfolio spans five core service divisions: Silviculture, Timber Marketing, Harvesting & Haulage, Environment, and Baltic Trading.

Product overview

Euroforest is a comprehensive forestry services company offering an integrated suite of solutions across the forestry lifecycle. The portfolio consists of five core service divisions: Euroforest Silviculture (forest management, woodland creation, forestry investment, and tree safety), Euroforest Timber Marketing (marketing over 2.5 million cubic metres annually across clearfell, thinnings, infrastructure and windfarm operations), Euroforest Harvesting & Haulage (state-of-the-art timber harvesting and logistics), Euroforest Environment (ecological services, arboriculture, and landscape vegetation), and Euroforest Baltic Trading (sourcing and supplying Baltic timber to UK markets). The company also operates sub-brands including Sheffield & Co (trading as Euroforest Haulage) and runs a Professional Forestry Degree Apprenticeship programme. The divisions work together to provide end-to-end services from woodland creation through harvesting, marketing, and transportation, supported by compliance and finance teams. In February 2025, the company relocated headquarters to Carlisle Airport.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Euroforest Silviculture

Quantifiable outcome

• Manages over 55,000 hectares of woodland
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Indrek Palumaa / BaltforcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Estonian forestry expert and strategic partner for Euroforest Baltic Trading operations. Founded in 2018 as a strategic partnership, managing the operating hub in Paldiski and sourcing sustainable timber from Baltic forests.
• A.W. Jenkinson Forest ProductscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products acquired a shareholding in Euroforest in 2013. The company is both a timber customer and significant transport supplier to Euroforest. Richard Palmer serves as Non-Executive Director on the Euroforest Board.
• University of CumbriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner delivering the Professional Forestry Degree Apprenticeship programme. Apprentices graduate with BSc (Hons) in Professional Forestry and are eligible to apply for membership of the Institute of Chartered Foresters.
• Forestry CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner collaborating on the apprenticeship programme and supporting professional forestry development in England.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tilhill Forestry: One of the UK's largest forest management and timber harvesting companies, offering a directly comparable suite of services to private landowners and investors across Britain. The most like-for-like competitor to Euroforest's silviculture, harvesting, and timber marketing operations.
• James Jones & Sons Ltd: Vertically integrated UK timber company operating sawmills and timber harvesting operations with a strong Scottish forestry presence. Comparable to Euroforest in the harvesting-to-marketing segment and a counterparty in timber supply chains.
• Scottish Woodlands Ltd: UK-wide forestry management contractor providing woodland creation, forest management, harvesting, and timber marketing services. Overlaps directly with Euroforest's integrated service model and shares landowner, government, and corporate client segments.

Broad incumbents

• Kronospan UK: Major UK and European panel-board manufacturer that consumes significant volumes of timber and roundwood. Overlaps with Euroforest as a downstream customer and previously employed Gavin Adkins; comparable in vertical integration of UK timber supply chains.
• Stora Enso: Global forest products major with European timberland ownership, harvesting, and supply operations. Provides broad strategic context for valuation multiples and represents a scaled incumbent competing for large-scale timber supply and biomass contracts across Europe.
• BSW Timber: The UK's largest sawmilling group, owning and managing timberlands while operating end-to-end from forest to finished product. Broader incumbent with significant overlap in harvesting, timber sourcing, and UK supply chain scale that competes for the same landowner relationships.
• UPM-Kymmene: European forest industry major with significant timberland holdings and certified sustainable forestry operations. Comparable in FSC/PEFC-driven marketing of roundwood and forest residues, though operating at much larger scale across multiple countries.

Others

• A.W. Jenkinson Group: Strategic shareholder in Euroforest (since 2013) and major UK timber processor, haulage provider, and customer. Highly comparable supply-chain footprint and acts as both partner and adjacent player in UK timber flows.

Regional players

• Binderholz: Austrian-headquartered timber and biomass group with UK-facing operations and sawmills. Comparable in sawn timber, biomass, and roundwood trading, providing a regional peer for cross-border timber flows similar to Euroforest's Baltic Trading division.

Emerging players

• Forest Carbon Ltd: UK-focused woodland carbon credit developer working with landowners on afforestation and carbon project development. Emerging participant adjacent to Euroforest's Forestry Investment and Woodland Creation services, with growing overlap as carbon finance scales.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance15 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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