Stahmann Pecans

What Stahmann Pecans does

Stahmanns Pecans (legal entity: Stahmanns, Inc.) is a privately held, family-owned wholesale pecan producer founded in 1932 and headquartered on its estate farm in the Mesilla Valley along the Rio Grande in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The company is vertically integrated, controlling the entire value chain from cultivation and harvest through on-site shelling to direct shipment, and is positioned as the first irrigated and first planted pecan farm in the world. Its product offering is narrow by design: estate-grown bulk pecans in two varieties — Western Schley and Bradley — available in multiple sizes, with a proprietary combination of constant irrigation and cold-water conditioning that the company claims produces signature light-golden nuts with distinctive crunch and flavor.

The business serves a horizontal B2B customer base spanning leading grocery chains, rebagging companies, bakeries, restaurants, and consumer goods brands. Go-to-market is direct, primarily phone-based wholesale sales supported by a local fulfillment team, with the company website acting as a product, certification, and inbound-lead channel. Stahmanns holds multiple third-party credentials — SQF (Safe Quality Food), Kosher, Non-GMO, FDA registration, Product of USA, and Women-Owned Small Business — that pre-qualify it for institutional and retail buyers. Third-generation owner Sally Stahmann-Solis anchors the brand on reliability and continuity.

Revenue mechanics are transaction-based wholesale of a single agricultural commodity, with no public pricing, no SaaS or recurring component, and no disclosed customer concentration. The company has no external funding rounds, no subsidiaries, no M&A activity, and no patent portfolio on record; growth has historically been organic, funded by operations. The primary economic exposures are agricultural — crop yield, water access, input costs, and commodity pecan pricing — overlaid with customer concentration risk in a narrow B2B wholesale motion.

Name

Stahmann Pecans

Legal name

Stahmanns, Inc

Website

https://stahmannpecan.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1932

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stahmanns Pecans is a family-owned, vertically integrated wholesale producer of estate-grown bulk pecans (Western Schley and Bradley varieties) from its 90-year-old farm in Las Cruces, New Mexico, supplying grocery chains, rebaggers, bakeries, restaurants, and CPG brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

La Mesa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Pecan Sales: Direct B2B wholesale of bulk pecans to grocery stores, rebagging companies, bakeries, restaurants, and consumer goods brands. Products include Western Schley and Bradley varieties in various sizes. Revenue generated through transaction-based sales of physical agricultural products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Stahmanns Pecans is a vertically integrated producer and wholesaler of estate-grown bulk pecans, grown, harvested, shelled, and shipped from its 90-year-old farm in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The company supplies Western Schley and Bradley variety pecans in multiple sizes (including jumbo, junior, mammoth halves, large, and extra-large) to grocery stores, rebagging companies, bakeries, restaurants, and consumer goods brands via direct B2B wholesale orders.

Product overview

Stahmanns Pecans is a single-product wholesale pecan company offering bulk pecans as its core product. The company operates as a vertically integrated pecan farm and producer, growing, harvesting, shelling, and shipping premium estate-grown pecans directly to customers. The product line centers on bulk raw pecans available in two varieties (Western Schley and Bradley) with multiple size options. All operations—from cultivation in the Mesilla Valley along the Rio Grande to on-site shelling and fulfillment—are conducted at the company's Las Cruces, New Mexico facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bulk Pecans Wholesale bulk pecans sold in various sizes, available in Western Schley and Bradley varieties. The pecans are estate-grown, harvested, shelled, and shipped from the company's 90-year-old farm in Las Cruces, New Mexico, featuring signature light golden hues, crunch, and crisp flavor. Target buyers are grocery stores, rebagging companies, bakeries, restaurants, and consumer goods brands purchasing in bulk.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90 years of continuous operation since 1932

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• National Pecan: Pecan processor and wholesale supplier providing shelled pecans in bulk to foodservice, bakery, and industrial customers across the U.S. Operates in the same bulk-wholesale channel as Stahmanns.
• Durden Pecan Company: Family-owned pecan processor and wholesaler based in Leesburg, Georgia, supplying shelled and in-shell pecans to grocery and industrial customers. Closely comparable mid-sized, family-run B2B pecan operation.
• Ellis Bros Pecans: Multi-generation pecan grower and processor in Georgia offering bulk shelled pecans, custom processing, and retail packs. Similar family-owned, vertically integrated B2B profile and customer mix to Stahmanns.
• Green Valley Pecan Company: Vertically integrated pecan grower and sheller based in Sahuarita, Arizona. Operates one of the largest pecan orchards in the world and shells, processes, and ships bulk pecans to grocery, foodservice, and industrial buyers — a near-direct analog to Stahmanns' farm-to-shipment model.
• Young Pecan Company: Sheller and supplier of pecan halves, pieces, and meal to industrial, foodservice, and retail customers out of the southeastern U.S. Directly comparable B2B pecan wholesaler competing for similar rebagging and bakery accounts.

Broad incumbents

• Mariani Nut Company: Family-owned California almond and walnut processor with growing pecan offerings, supplying bulk nuts to industrial, foodservice, and private-label customers. Comparable vertically integrated, family-run processor at greater scale.
• John B. Sanfilippo & Son (Fisher Nuts): Public, vertically integrated nut processor (Fisher Nuts brand) producing branded and private-label pecans, almonds, and other nuts for retail and foodservice. Operates at much greater scale than Stahmanns but competes for the same grocery, rebagging, and industrial pecan accounts.
• Diamond Foods (Diamond of California): Large branded nut company selling pecans, walnuts, and other nuts across grocery, club, and foodservice channels. Broader portfolio and national retail distribution give it scale advantages over Stahmanns in the same end markets.

Emerging players

• Sahale Snacks: Premium better-for-you nut snack brand owned by Smucker, using pecans and other nuts in glazed/tumbled snack SKUs at grocery and natural channels. Adjacent value-added use case that pulls pecans into branded CPG, increasing demand for Stahmanns-style bulk input.

Regional players

• Georgia Pecan Company: Georgia-based pecan processor and exporter serving domestic and international wholesale markets with bulk shelled pecans. Comparable in product and channel but regionally focused on the southeastern U.S. rather than the Southwest.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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