Negev

What Negev does

Negev is a privately held Israeli building materials company headquartered in Rishon LeZion that manufactures, markets, exports, and imports granite tiles and ceramic products for indoor and outdoor applications. Founded in 1969, the firm has accumulated over five decades of operational history in a capital-intensive product category — finished stone and ceramic surfacing — and employs between 501 and 1,000 people, placing it among the mid-sized industrial players in Israel's tile and ceramics sector. Its scope spans the full distribution chain, encompassing domestic manufacturing alongside import and export activity, which suggests an integrated role as both producer and cross-border trader of surfacing materials.

The company's revenue model is anchored in physical goods sales of granite tiles and ceramic products, with go-to-market spanning domestic Israeli construction and renovation demand plus international trade flows via its import/export operations. The customer base is implicitly split between indoor applications (residential and commercial interiors) and outdoor applications (exterior cladding, paving, landscaping), though no further segment, pricing, or channel detail is disclosed in the available data. With 501-1,000 employees, the business appears to operate at a scale consistent with a regional specialist rather than a mass-market commodity producer.

Material data gaps limit deeper inference: the company's website returns only a loading/verification page with no substantive content, and no management, ownership, funding, partnership, or financial disclosure is available. Consequently, technology posture, customer concentration, and recent strategic direction cannot be characterized beyond the firmographic baseline described above.

Name

Negev

Website

https://negev-new.co.il

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Negev is an Israeli granite tile and ceramics manufacturer founded in 1969, headquartered in Rishon LeZion. It produces, markets, exports, and imports tile and ceramic products for indoor and outdoor construction and renovation applications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Stone and Ceramic Building Materials

NAICS

Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing (32711)

SIC

Structural Clay Products (3250)

akta.pro primary industry

Ceramic, Porcelain & Natural Stone Tile Flooring (IMADAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Granite Quarrying & Dimension Stone Fabrication (IMAKAHAD)

Keywords

• Granite tiles
• Ceramic products
• Stone manufacturing
• Building materials
• Tile distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Rishon Letsiyon

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Negev manufactures, markets, exports, and imports granite tiles and ceramic products intended for indoor and outdoor applications. The company supplies stone and ceramic surfacing materials to construction, renovation, and distribution customers. Founded in 1969, it operates from Rishon Letsiyon, Israel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Granite Tiles Granite tiles manufactured and supplied for indoor and outdoor surfacing applications, sold to construction, renovation, and distribution buyers.
• Ceramic Products Ceramic tile and surfacing products manufactured, imported, and exported by Negev for indoor and outdoor applications.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Marazzi Group: Italian ceramic and porcelain tile producer owned by Mohawk Industries, focused on design-forward floor and wall coverings. Comparable product portfolio of ceramic/porcelain tiles for residential and commercial use.
• RAK Ceramics: One of the world's largest ceramic tile and sanitaryware manufacturers, headquartered in the UAE, with global export reach. Directly comparable product mix (ceramic tiles for indoor/outdoor) and similar export-driven business model.
• Kajaria Ceramics: India's largest manufacturer of ceramic and vitrified floor and wall tiles. Directly competes in ceramic tile manufacturing with a broad product portfolio spanning indoor and outdoor applications.
• Caesarstone: Israeli-headquartered manufacturer of engineered quartz and natural stone surfaces for residential and commercial interiors. Comparable as an Israeli stone-surface producer with global distribution and overlapping indoor surface applications.
• Florim: Italian manufacturer of porcelain stoneware and ceramic surfaces for indoor and outdoor architectural use. Directly comparable in large-format porcelain and ceramic tile for indoor/outdoor projects.
• Grupo Lamosa: Mexican ceramic tile manufacturer with strong presence in the Americas and growing international footprint. Comparable as a vertically integrated ceramic tile producer serving both indoor and outdoor end uses.
• Pamesa Ceramica: Spanish ceramic tile manufacturer with broad European and international distribution. Directly comparable in ceramic floor and wall tile production for indoor and outdoor applications.
• Granitifiandre: Italian producer of full-body porcelain and granite-look architectural surfaces. Overlaps Negev's granite-tile positioning through premium porcelain surfaces designed to emulate natural stone.

Broad incumbents

• Daltile: US-based tile manufacturer and distributor (Mohawk subsidiary) offering ceramic, porcelain, and natural stone tiles. Comparable across the full ceramic and natural stone tile range for indoor and outdoor specifications.
• Mohawk Industries: Largest flooring manufacturer globally, encompassing ceramic tile (Marazzi/Daltile), stone, and broader surface categories. Comparable as a multi-category flooring giant; competes on the same indoor/outdoor tile specifications as Negev.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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