Almacenadora Sur

What Almacenadora Sur does

Almacenadora Sur is a Mexico City-based, privately held financial and warehousing organization founded in 1936, operating in the Mexican bonded-warehousing (almacenadora) sector. Per firmographic data, it functions as a credit organization that combines physical storage of agricultural goods with financing and fiscal-authorization services, a configuration consistent with the Mexican almacenadora model in which licensed operators issue warehouse receipts (certificados de depósito) that producers, traders, and financial counterparties can pledge as collateral or trade as negotiable instruments. The company's service mix — storage, credit issuance against deposited commodities, and fiscal/bonded warehousing authorization — addresses the working-capital and custody needs of agricultural producers and commodity-market participants operating in Mexico.

The business model rests on regulatory licensure to operate as an almacenadora, monetizing through (a) storage and handling fees on deposited agricultural inventory, (b) interest and fee income on financing extended against warehouse receipts, and (c) fees associated with fiscal and customs-related bonded services. Customers are primarily Mexican agricultural producers, traders, and financial counterparties using the warehouse receipts as collateral or settlement instruments. The company is small by employee count (51–100), privately held, and headquartered in Mexico City with a web presence at alsur.com.mx.

The input data is materially thin beyond firmographic baseline: no management team, funding history, product line details, customer logos, partnership disclosures, or recent financial metrics were available. The description above is therefore limited to what can be defensibly inferred from the licensed-almacenadora business model and the firm's stated service mix; any further claims regarding revenue mix, technology stack, customer segments, or recent strategic activity would not be grounded in the supplied evidence.

Name

Almacenadora Sur

Website

https://alsur.com.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1936

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Almacenadora Sur is a Mexico City-based, privately held licensed almacenadora founded in 1936 that provides bonded agricultural warehousing, warehouse-receipt-based financing, and fiscal authorization services to Mexican producers, traders, and financial counterparties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bonded Warehousing Services

NAICS

Farm Product Warehousing and Storage (493130), General Warehousing and Storage (493110), Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities (926140)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220), Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Inland River/Barge Grain Terminals & Warehousing (AFAOACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fertilizer & Agricultural Inputs Bulk Storage (TLALAIAF), Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) & Trade Finance Institutions (BPADACAF)

Keywords

• Bonded warehousing
• Agricultural storage
• Warehouse receipts financing
• Fiscal warehousing
• Inventory credit

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel

Core offering

Almacenadora Sur is a Mexican credit organization for storage that provides agricultural warehousing, financing against stored goods, and fiscal authorization services. The company operates bonded warehouses and issues storage credit instruments to depositors of agricultural and other merchandise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Agricultural Warehousing Bonded storage of agricultural commodities for producers, traders, and distributors in Mexico, with goods held under regulated warehouse custody.
• Storage Financing Credit facility extended by the company as a warehouse credit organization, allowing depositors to obtain financing against agricultural and other merchandise stored in its facilities.
• Fiscal Authorization Services Fiscal authorization services related to the storage of goods in bonded warehouses, enabling tax-deferred or otherwise regulated storage operations for clients.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Bunge: Major global grain and oilseed handler with origin storage and financing operations across Latin America, comparable to Almacenadora Sur in physical warehousing and short-term agricultural financing though with a global footprint.
• Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): Large global agricultural processor and merchandiser with significant grain storage, handling, and financing activities in Mexico—comparable at the storage and inventory-financing intersection though vastly broader in scope.
• COFCO International: Global agricultural commodity trader with origin grain storage and structured financing across Latin America, comparable in physical storage plus inventory-backed financing activities, though at significantly larger scale.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness with substantial grain elevator and commodity warehousing operations in Mexico, operating a much broader portfolio but overlapping on agricultural storage and inventory-backed financing.

Direct peers

• Almacenadora General: A Mexican almacenadora providing warehouse receipt services and commodity-backed financing, comparable in regulatory framework and agricultural-customer focus to Almacenadora Sur.
• Almacenadora González: One of Mexico's other authorized almacenadoras operating bonded storage and warehouse-receipt-based financing for agricultural commodities, making it the most directly comparable peer for Almacenadora Sur.
• Almacenadora Mercader: Another Mexican Treasury-authorized almacenadora offering bonded warehousing and short-term financing against stored agricultural inventory—operating in essentially the same regulatory and product niche as Almacenadora Sur.

Regional players

• Grupo MINSAL: Mexican agribusiness with grain storage and handling operations, regionally comparable to Almacenadora Sur in agricultural warehousing and customer base within Mexico.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/alsurlogistica
• Facebookfacebook.com/almacenadorasur
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/almacenadora-sur-s-a-de-c-v

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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