What Märkisches Landbrot does

Märkisches Landbrot is a Berlin-based artisan organic bakery operating as a Lieferbäckerei (delivery bakery) out of a single production facility in Berlin-Neukölln since 1930. The company converted to 100% organic production in 1981 under Joachim Weckmann and has held Demeter biodynamic certification since 1992 and EMAS environmental certification since 1994 (the first food company in Europe to do so). All grain is sourced exclusively from approximately 13 Demeter-certified partner farms in Brandenburg, milled fresh daily in-house on Osttiroler stone mills, and baked in Berlin. Products span three core lines — sourdough breads (three-stage, ~20-hour fermentation), backferment breads, and organic yeast breads — plus rolls, baguettes, ciabattas, and packaged sliced breads.

The business distributes exclusively within the Berlin-Brandenburg region through three channels: a company-owned retail store in Berlin-Schöneberg (Akazienstraße 12), four weekly farmers markets, and a wholesale/resale network of independent shops, delis, and bakeries managed by a small field sales team. Pricing is not publicly listed; wholesale pricing is available on request. Approximately 70% of products use whole grain flour, all goods pass DLG-schema quality checks, and the company has received Demeter Gold awards in 2025 for multiple varieties.

Since 2021 the company has been owned by the charitable Stiftung Märkisches Landbrot under the Verantwortungseigentum (responsible ownership) model, which legally precludes sale or inheritance and routes one-third of profits to the foundation. Operations are run by employees via a Stiftungsrat, and the company scored 773/1000 on the Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie balance sheet (Top 5 globally). Headcount is in the 51-100 range; no revenue is disclosed.

Name

Märkisches Landbrot

Legal name

MÄRKISCHES LANDBROT GmbH

Website

https://landbrot.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Märkisches Landbrot is an artisan Demeter-certified organic bakery in Berlin-Neukölln that mills Brandenburg grain daily and supplies breads via its Schöneberg store, four weekly markets, and independent resellers across the Berlin-Brandenburg region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Artisan Organic Bakery / Bread Manufacturing

NAICS

Commercial Bakeries (311812), Bread and Bakery Product Manufacturing (31181)

SIC

Bakery Products (2050)

akta.pro primary industry

Bread & Rolls Manufacturing (AFAKAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty Bakery Manufacturing (Gluten-Free, Artisan, Health-Focused) (AFAKAAAG), Bread & Rolls Wholesale (AFAIAFAA)

Keywords

• Artisan bakery products
• Organic sourdough bread
• Demeter certified bakery
• Stone milled flour baking
• Regional grain baking

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Direct Retail Sales (Own Store): Sale of the full product assortment directly to end consumers through the company's own retail store in Berlin-Schöneberg (Akazienstraße 12), open Monday–Friday 8:00–18:30 and weekends 8:00–17:00. The store also offers filled sandwiches, sweet pastries, coffee, and hot/cold beverages.
2. Weekly Market Sales: Sale of products directly to consumers at weekly farmers markets across Berlin (Nestorstraße Wilmersdorf on Fridays, Leopoldplatz Wedding on Fridays, Winterfeldplatz Schöneberg on Saturdays, Andréezeile Steglitz on Saturdays).
3. Wholesale / Resale Distribution: Supply of bread and baked goods to independent retailers (shops, delis, bakeries) who resell to their own customers. Managed by the company's field sales team. Contact via Sabine Jansen (sales manager) and Kevin Hoffmann (field sales).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Märkisches Landbrot is a Berlin-Neukölln-based traditional organic bakery (Lieferbäckerei) founded in 1930 that produces handcrafted Demeter- and EU-Bio-certified breads and small baked goods from regionally sourced Brandenburg grain. Its product assortment spans sourdough breads (Sauerteig-Brote), backferment breads, organic yeast breads, rolls (Brötchen), baguettes, ciabatta, and packaged sliced breads, all made with grain freshly stone-milled in-house on Osttiroler stone mills and fermented over three-stage, ~20-hour sourdough processes. Products are sold exclusively through the company's own retail store in Berlin-Schöneberg, four weekly Berlin farmers markets, and a network of independent wholesale resale partners in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.

Product overview

Märkisches Landbrot is a traditional organic bakery operating as a Lieferbäckerei (delivery bakery) in Berlin Neukölln since 1930. The company operates a single-product-line bakery focused exclusively on handcrafted breads and small baked goods (Brötchen). Their product portfolio is organized into three core categories: Sauerteig-Brote (sourdough breads made with a three-stage 20-hour fermentation process), Backferment-Brote (backferment breads using a milder alternative to sourdough), and Bio-Hefeteig-Brote (yeast-based breads using organic molasses yeast). They also offer a line of packaged sliced breads (Schnittbrote) for retail convenience. All products are certified organic (demeter and EU-Bio), made with regionally sourced grain from Brandenburg that is freshly milled daily in their own Osttiroler stone mills. The company uses no artificial additives, works exclusively with non-GMO ingredients, and operates under a foundation ownership model (Verantwortungseigentum) focused on community welfare.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sauerteig-Brote (Sourdough Bread Line) Traditional sourdough breads made with the bakery's signature three-stage, approximately 20-hour sourdough fermentation and self-cultivated sourdough starters; intended for daily consumption at home by Berlin-area consumers seeking Demeter- and EU-Bio-certified artisan bread.
• Backferment-Brote (Backferment Bread Line) Breads leavened with a self-cultivated backferment culture rather than traditional sourdough; positioned as a mild, aromatic alternative suitable for sensitive digestion, in 500g and 1,000g sizes.
• Bio-Hefeteig-Brote (Organic Yeast Bread Line) Lighter, fluffier breads leavened with organic molasses yeast and given extended dough fermentation; includes Berliner Weissbrot, Buchweizenbrot, Dinkel-Emmer, Dinkel-Rosinenbrot, Dinkel-Ruch, Ciabatta varieties, and assorted rolls and baguettes.
• Brötchen & Kleingebäck (Rolls & Small Baked Goods) Daily-fresh artisanal small bread rolls and pastries, ranging from 55g to 80g, sold at the own store and farmers markets for breakfast and snack consumption.
• Verpackte Schnittbrote (Packaged Sliced Breads) Pre-sliced, pasteurised, packaged versions of popular sourdough and backferment breads in freshness bags without preservatives, intended for resale partners and convenience-oriented consumers.
• Baguette & Ciabatta Italian-style specialty breads in the organic yeast line, including a 400g plain baguette and 200g Ciabatta variants with olives, dried tomatoes, and herbs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Gemeinwohl-Bilanz score of 773 out of 1,000 (2018–2021), an improvement of 17 points over the prior balance, ranking the company among the Top 5 globally for GWÖ-certified businesses.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature6 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ökodorf Brodowin (Brodowin Farm)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerÖkodorf Brodowin is a key partner farm supplying grain for several Märkisches Landbrot products, including the Brodowiner bread which is named after the farm. Specialises in Lichtkornroggen (a biodynamic rye breeding variety) and Bergroggen (an ancient grain variety). The farm operates a closed-loop biodynamic agricultural system.
• Bauerngut TemplincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term Demeter-certified partner farm supplying grain to Märkisches Landbrot as part of the regional supply network in Brandenburg/Märkisches Umland.
• Beerfelder HofcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDemeter-certified partner farm supplying grain as part of the regional supply network. Part of the long-term partnerships in the Märkisches Umland.
• Ökodorf KuhhorstcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDemeter-certified partner farm supplying grain as part of the regional supply network in Brandenburg.
• Gut PeetzigcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDemeter-certified partner farm supplying grain as part of the regional supply network in the Märkisches Umland.
• SpreewaldweidencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDemeter-certified partner farm supplying grain from the Spreewald region of Brandenburg.
• Waldpferde HofcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDemeter-certified partner farm supplying grain as part of the regional supply network in Brandenburg.
• Wulkower HofcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDemeter-certified partner farm supplying grain as part of the regional supply network in Brandenburg.
• Gut OgrosencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDemeter-certified partner farm supplying grain as part of the regional supply network in Brandenburg.
• Hofgut PulsitzminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupplementary grain supplier used when Brandenburg harvests are insufficient. Demeter-certified operation.
• Gemeinschaft Lindenhof (Martin Lammerdin)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupplementary grain supplier used when Brandenburg harvests are insufficient.
• Demeter Hof Juchowo (Poland)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDemeter-certified farm in Poland used as a supplementary grain source when weather conditions affect Brandenburg harvests.
• Maria Bienert (Saxony)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupplementary grain supplier in Saxony used when Brandenburg harvests are insufficient.
• Stiftung Märkisches Landbrot (Märkisches Landbrot Foundation)coreOthersThe company has been owned by a non-profit foundation (Stiftung Märkisches Landbrot) since 2021. The foundation receives one-third of the company's profits and uses them to fund projects for sustainable food and agriculture in and around Berlin. The foundation is represented by a foundation council (Stiftungsrat) comprising company management and an external Demeter farmer.
• Bio-Brotbox InitiativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMärkisches Landbrot co-founded the Bio-Brotbox Initiative in 2002, which provides organic breakfast boxes to schoolchildren to promote healthy and organic eating habits.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Resch&Frisch: Austrian artisan bakery with strong regional identity, broad bread assortment, and B2B/wholesale supply to retail partners - similar craft positioning and channel structure to Märkisches Landbrot, but operating at larger scale.
• Hofpfisterei: Munich-based organic Demeter-certified artisan bakery founded in 1322, operating a regional organic closed-loop baking model very similar to Märkisches Landbrot - same Demeter philosophy, similar craft positioning, regional production footprint in Bavaria. Most structurally comparable peer.
• Bäckerei Wendl: Berlin-based organic artisan bakery focused on whole-grain Demeter-style breads and rolls with multiple own stores and weekly market presence in the capital region - directly comparable on craft, organic positioning, and Berlin geography.
• Spielmann Bäckerei: German organic craft bakery with Demeter-aligned production and a long-fermentation approach - a comparable scale player in the natural/organic artisan bread segment.

Emerging players

• Brioche Pasquier: French family-owned industrial bakery expanding in Germany via B2B breads, viennoiserie, and snacks - a comparable craft-anchored family baker that crossed from regional craft to multi-market scale.
• Brodowiner Landbrot: Brand produced by Ökodorf Brodowin - one of Märkisches Landbrot's named grain partners - showing how partner-farm-driven bread brands can emerge as adjacent offerings in the same regional organic space.

Regional players

• Linnartz Bäckerei: Düsseldorf-based traditional German craft bakery chain with own stores and a regional artisan identity - comparable craft positioning but a different German geography than Berlin-Brandenburg.

Broad incumbents

• Coppenrath & Wiese: Germany's largest frozen bakery producer, offering industrial-scale bread and cake production with national distribution - the broad incumbent whose scale and convenience compete for the same household bread occasions.
• Harry-Brot: Major German industrial bread manufacturer with national supermarket supply - the scale-led alternative for the same daily-bread use case across conventional retail.
• BackWerk: German self-service bakery chain with hundreds of franchised outlets offering inexpensive standardized baked goods - a competing format for the grab-and-go breakfast/snack occasion across Germany.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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