SICA Pyrénéenne

What SICA Pyrénéenne does

SICA Pyrénéenne is a French agricultural cooperative (Société d'Intérêt Collectif Agricole) founded in 1969 in Tarbes, France, operating a vertically integrated meat supply chain spanning livestock purchasing from member farmers, collection, slaughter, carcass cutting, wholesale distribution, and retail sales. The company operates a wholesale cutting facility at the Bastillac headquarters in Tarbes, supplying restaurants, hotels, and collectivités (schools and public institutions) across four southwestern French departments: Hautes-Pyrénées, Pyrénées Atlantiques, Gers, and Haute-Garonne. On the retail side, SICA Pyrénéenne runs four traditional butcher shops in Tarbes (Kennedy), Lourdes, Lannemezan, and Lons (Pau), offering beef, veal, lamb, pork, poultry, dry charcuterie, and prepared conserves featuring regional specialties such as Porc Noir de Bigorre, Piment d'Espelette pâté, and Haricots Tarbais. The company also operates a PrestaShop-based e-commerce boutique with in-store pickup and UPS delivery, and holds Label Rouge certification for 'Veau élevé sous la mère' alongside French sanitary and EU regulatory approvals.

The business operates a hybrid B2B/B2C revenue model with three primary revenue streams: retail meat sales through physical butcher shops, wholesale meat sales to food service and institutions, and e-commerce sales. Pricing follows a per-kg unit model with volume discounts kicking in at 3 kg of the same product, promotional offers, and a 'Sélection du Boucher' monthly curation. Approximately 80 employees and member farmers staff the operation, supported by field technicians providing livestock advisory services. The company has been recognized as a Producer Organization (Organisation de Producteurs, number 65 01 2065) since 2004 and emphasizes traceability, food safety compliance, and 50 years of regional brand heritage as its primary value drivers.

Name

SICA Pyrénéenne

Legal name

Sica Pyrinenée

Website

https://sica-pyreneenne.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Meat Retail and Wholesale Butchery

NAICS

Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116), Meat Processed from Carcasses (311612), Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (42447)

SIC

Meat Packing Plants (2011), Retail-Food Stores (5400), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAKALAE

Ground & Formed Meat Products Manufacturing (Burgers, Sausages, Meatballs)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Processing & Manufacturing/Meat Processing (Beef, Pork, Poultry)

SECONDARYCRAOABAC

Meat, Poultry & Seafood Distribution

Consumer Products & Retail/Wholesale, Distribution & Category Management/Grocery, Fresh & Specialty Foodservice Distribution

SECONDARYAFANAEAE

Fermented & Air-Dried Charcuterie (Salami, Pepperoni, Prosciutto-Style)

Agriculture & Food Production/Meat, Poultry & Seafood Processing/Meat Further Processing (Cured, Smoked, Deli Meats, Sausages)

Keywords

• Meat wholesale distribution
• Traditional butcher retail
• Regional meat supply
• Producer organization cattle
• Charcuterie and conserves

Headquarters

HQ city

Tarbes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Retail Meat Sales: Sale of beef, veal, lamb, pork, poultry, charcuterie, and preserves through 4 traditional butcher shop locations to individual consumers and professionals.
2. Wholesale Meat Sales: Bulk meat sales to catering professionals, restaurants, hotels, and collectives from the Bastillac cutting facility in Tarbes.
3. E-commerce Sales: Online sales platform for meat products with in-store pickup and delivery options. Orders prepared within 5 hours.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SICA Pyrénéenne is a vertically integrated agricultural cooperative (Société d'Intérêt Collectif Agricole) that purchases livestock from member cattle farmers, handles slaughter and carcass cutting, and distributes meat through wholesale supply to food-service professionals, four traditional retail butcher shops, and an e-commerce boutique. Its product range spans beef, veal, lamb, pork, poultry, dry charcuterie, and regional prepared conserves across the Hautes-Pyrénées region and adjacent departments.

Product overview

SICA Pyrinthée is a traditional butcher company (Société d'Intérêt Collectif Agricole) operating since 1969, offering a vertically integrated meat supply chain. The core offering consists of four traditional retail butcher shops (Boucherie de Détail) in Tarbes Kennedy, Lourdes, Lannemezan, and Lons, complemented by a wholesale division (Vente en Gros) with an on-site cutting workshop at Bastillac, Tarbes, and an e-commerce boutique (Vente en Ligne) for online ordering. The company also operates an Organisation de Producteurs (Producer Organization) for cattle purchasing and collection, and holds Label Rouge certification for 'Veau élevé sous la mère' veal. Product categories include fresh beef, veal, lamb, and pork cuts, along with poultry, dry charcuterie (salaisons), and prepared conserves featuring regional specialties such as Porc Noir de Bigorre, Pâté au Piment d'Espelette, Haricots Tarbais, Piperade Basquaise, and Garbure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Boucheries de Détail (Traditional Retail Butcher Shops) Four traditional butcher shops located in Tarbes Kennedy, Lourdes, Lannemezan, and Lons (Pau area), serving individual consumers and small professionals with beef, veal, lamb, pork, poultry, dry charcuterie, fresh eggs, and conserves. Offers graduated/volume pricing for purchases of 3 kg or more of the same product.
• Vente en Gros - Atelier de Découpe (Wholesale Meat Supply and Carcass Cutting) Wholesale and half-wholesale meat supply from the Bastillac cutting facility in Tarbes, serving restaurants, hotels, catering professionals, schools, and local authorities with hygiene, traceability, safety, quality, reactivity, and competitive pricing guarantees. Includes daily delivery service.
• Organisation de Producteurs (Producer Organization Services) Producer organization activity purchasing cattle (suckler cows and dairy cattle), collecting and transporting livestock, supplying breeding animals, handling local slaughter, and providing field technical support (feeding advice, reproduction services, quality certification follow-up) to member farmers. Engaged in Label Rouge certification for grass-fed veal.
• Vente en Ligne (E-commerce Meat Boutique) Online sales platform (PrestaShop) enabling consumers to purchase beef, veal, lamb, pork, poultry, sausages, charcuterie, and conserves, with options for in-store pickup at one of the four retail shops or UPS home delivery. Secure credit card payment.
• Beef Products (Bœuf) Range of fresh and frozen beef products including côte de bœuf, entrecôte, faux filet, rumsteck, bavette, paleron, daube, jarret, viande à fondue, merguez, and beef offal (ris, langue, joue).
• Veal Products (Veau) Fresh veal products including côtes de veau filet et première, escalopes, quasi, paupiettes, rôti, grenadins, tendron, foie, jarret, osso buco, poitrine, sauté, and axoa de veau.
• Lamb Products (Agneau) Fresh and frozen lamb products including agneau entier, demi-agneau, carré d'agneau, gigot, côtes d'agneau, épaules, blanquette, poitrine marinée, ris, and souris d'agneau.
• Pork Products (Porc) Fresh and frozen pork products including filet mignon, carbonade, saucisse de Toulouse, saucisse chipolata, axoa, côtes de porc, travers, échalope, poitrine, rôti, sauté, and marinated cuts.
• Poultry Products (Volaille) Poultry products including escalope de dinde, escalope de poulet, cordon bleu, and poulet fermier entier PAC (ready to cook).
• Dry Charcuterie (Salaisons) Dry charcuterie and cured meats including jambon pays tranché, jambon blanc tranché, lomo tranché, ventreche roulée/plate tranchée, and Bayonne ham products.
• Regional Conserves (Conserves) Prepared regional conserves including pâté de porc noir de Bigorre, boudin au porc noir de Bigorre, haricots tarbais cuisinés, piperade basquaise, pâté au piment d'Espelette, boudin recette campagnarde, rillettes de canard, pâté de foie de volaille, tripes basquaise, garbure, pâté de campagne, gésiers de canard, and sausage-making menus.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Member Cattle Farmers (Éleveurs Adhérents)coreOthers · 1 January 2004Producer organization supporting member cattle farmers. The organization purchases all cattle (dairy and beef), collects livestock, provides breeding animals, and commercializes through local channels. Qualified technicians provide field support including feeding advice, reproduction services, and quality certification follow-up.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bigard: Largest French meat processor, slaughtering, cutting and distributing beef, pork and lamb nationally. SICA Pyrénéenne operates the same vertically integrated model (slaughter, cut, wholesale, retail) at a regional scale, making it a directly comparable meat processing and distribution business.
• Charal: Major French beef brand owned by Bigard, focused on packaged and portioned beef for retail and foodservice. Comparable to SICA in beef processing and brand-led distribution, though at national scale and consumer-brand rather than traditional-butchery positioning.
• Kermené: Meat processing arm of the Scarmandier/Leclerc ecosystem, producing beef, pork, poultry and deli products for retailer-owned and private-label channels. Comparable to SICA as a French meat processor but operating at much larger scale for a single retail sponsor.
• Agrial: Multi-activity French agricultural cooperative with meat and livestock activities alongside other food categories. Comparable to SICA in farmer-owned cooperative structure and integrated meat supply, but operating at much broader national scale across multiple food verticals.

Direct peers

• Soviba: French beef and veal processor with slaughter, cutting, and distribution operations serving retail and foodservice in France. Highly comparable to SICA in beef/veal processing, Label Rouge-style quality positioning, and B2B/wholesale channel mix.
• Tradival: Regional French meat processor and distributor serving retail butcher and foodservice customers with beef, veal, pork and lamb. Closely comparable to SICA in regional meat processing, traditional customer segments, and multi-channel distribution model.
• Olano: French meat logistics and distribution specialist serving foodservice and retail customers across France. Comparable to SICA's wholesale/B2B meat distribution function, with overlapping customer base of restaurants, hotels, and caterers.
• Cooperl: French agricultural cooperative specializing in pork and beef, integrating producer, processor, and distributor functions. Closely comparable to SICA's cooperative structure, vertically integrated meat supply chain, and B2B/B2C mix, though with a pork-centric portfolio.
• Terrena: French agricultural cooperative with meat processing activities through its Elivia subsidiary, structured similarly to SICA as a farmer-owned cooperative. Both operate producer-organization models with livestock sourcing, slaughter, and meat distribution to retail and B2B customers.
• Elivia: Meat processing subsidiary of Terrena, handling beef, veal, lamb and pork from slaughter to packaged products. Directly comparable to SICA in scale, processing capabilities, and customer mix across retail, foodservice, and producer-organization supply.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sica.pyreneenne.boucherie
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sica-pyreneenne-de-betail-et-de-viande

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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