Die Eiermacher
Die Eiermacher is an Austrian mid-market poultry wholesaler that collects eggs from 200+ partner farms, sorts and packages them at its Kremsmünster facility, and supplies fresh eggs, organic duck and rooster meat, and chicks to Austrian grocery retailers and food service operators.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1986
- HeadquartersKremsmunster, Austria
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Die Eiermacher does
Die Eiermacher GmbH is a privately held Austrian mid-market wholesale company specialising in the poultry value chain, headquartered in Kremsmünster, Upper Austria. Founded in 1986 as Geflügel GmbH and rebranded under its current name in December 2015, the company operates five integrated production sites — three at the Krift campus in Kremsmünster (administration/egg packing, hatchery, meat processing), a poultry slaughterhouse in Nußbach, and a poultry slaughterhouse in Baumgartenberg. Its core offering comprises fresh chicken eggs (conventional and bio/organic, sorted S/M/L/XL), quail eggs, day-old layer and broiler chicks, young hens, and poultry meat including bio rooster and bio duck. Eggs are collected from a network of more than 200 Austrian partner farms using the company's own refrigerated truck fleet, sorted and packaged centrally, and sold B2B to Austrian grocery retail chains and food service operators; a small DTC web shop sells chicks and poultry products to individual buyers.
The business model is wholesale transaction-based across three revenue streams: fresh eggs and egg products (the largest), poultry meat (chicken/duck processed at company facilities), and chicks/young hens supplied to farming operations that typically buy back into the company's collection network. Distribution is exclusively within Austria. The company holds AT-BIO-902 organic certification (audited by SGS Austria Controll-Co GmbH) and IFS food safety certification at key facilities, and has received co-funding from the Austrian federal ministry, the State of Upper Austria, and the EU ELER rural development programme for capacity-expansion projects in 2020-2023. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; collective-agreement wages referenced in job postings (€2,092-€2,911/month gross) suggest mid-market cost structure. The company describes itself as a 'Vorreiterrolle innerhalb von Europa' (pioneering role within Europe) in raising bio male chicks domestically since 2015 and launched BIO-Ente organic duck meat in 2017.
Die Eiermacher firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Die Eiermacher
- Legal name
- Eiermacher GmbH
- Website
- https://eiermacher.at
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1986
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Die Eiermacher is an Austrian mid-market poultry wholesaler that collects eggs from 200+ partner farms, sorts and packages them at its Kremsmünster facility, and supplies fresh eggs, organic duck and rooster meat, and chicks to Austrian grocery retailers and food service operators.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Die Eiermacher industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Eggs and Poultry Products
- NAICS
- Poultry Hatcheries (112340), Poultry and Egg Production (1123), Poultry Processing (311615)
- SIC
- Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Layer Hen Egg Production (Table Eggs) (AFAEADAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Organic Poultry & Egg Production (AFAEAMAC), Hatcheries & Chick Production (Day-Old Chicks, Pullets) (AFAEADAD), Eggs (Shell & Liquid) Wholesale (AFAIAEAD)
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Where Die Eiermacher is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Kremsmunster
- HQ country
- Austria
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices3 records
Markets served
Die Eiermacher business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Fresh Eggs & Egg Products Wholesale: Die Eiermacher collects fresh eggs from over 200 Austrian farming operations, sorts and packages them (including organic eggs), and sells bulk quantities to Austrian grocery retailers and food service providers. Revenue is generated through recurring wholesale orders, with collection and delivery managed via the company's own truck fleet.
- Poultry Meat Wholesale: Company slaughters and processes chicken (rooster/hen) and duck meat from its own slaughtering and cutting facilities, selling bio-certified poultry meat to Austrian grocery retailers. Revenue is generated through recurring wholesale supply contracts with retail chains.
- Chicks & Young Hens Sales: Die Eiermacher sells layer chicks (LOHMANN Braun, SANDY breeds) and broiler chicks (JA-757, CY Coloryield 57 Hubbard breeds) to Austrian farming operations. Chicks are hatched at the company's Brüterei Krift facility and raised on partner farms before being sold as young hens or broiler stock.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels5 records
Die Eiermacher product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Die Eiermacher collects fresh eggs from over 200 Austrian partner farms, sorts and packages them at a central egg packing station in Kremsmünster (including dedicated organic egg handling since 2004), and supplies graded eggs, poultry meat, chicks and young hens to Austrian grocery retailers and food service operators. The company operates its own hatchery, slaughterhouses and meat processing facilities, completing a vertically integrated poultry production cycle under bio/IFS certifications.
Product overview
Die Eiermacher is a medium-sized Austrian wholesale company specializing in the poultry industry with a portfolio centered on egg and poultry meat products. The core offering includes HÜHNEREIER (chicken eggs) from conventional and organic farming, Wachteleier (quail eggs), and Küken & Junghennen (chicks and young hens). The company expanded into poultry meat with BIO-Ente (organic duck) and BIO-Hahnenküken products (bio rooster). Products are produced in-house at multiple certified facilities (hatchery, slaughterhouses, packing stations) and distributed through Austrian wholesale and retail partners.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Bio-Ente (www.bio-ente.at): Organic duck meat products from Austrian production. Biorichtlinien (organic guidelines) certified with high animal welfare standards.
Products and services
- HÜHNEREIER (Chicken Eggs) Fresh chicken eggs from floor and free-range housing, including bio/organic eggs. Collected from 200+ Austrian partner farms, sorted by size (S, M, L, XL), quality-controlled, and packaged at the central Eierpackstelle Krift for sale to wholesale and retail trade.
- Wachteleier (Quail Eggs) Quail eggs produced under humane housing conditions with GMO-free Austrian feed, distributed through well-stocked Austrian grocery retail stores.
- Küken & Junghennen (Chicks & Young Hens) Laying chicks of LOHMANN Braun and SANDY breeds, and bio broiler chicks in JA-757 (white) and CY Coloryield 57 (brown) Hubbard breeds. Young hens raised on partner farms for sale back into the production cycle.
- BIO-Hahnenkücken & Bioprodukte (Bio Rooster Chicks and Bio Rooster Products) Since 2015, all rooster chicks from the bio layer sector are raised in Austria, yielding high-animal-welfare bio rooster meat and bio egg products marketed to Austrian retail.
- BIO-Ente (Bio Duck) Bio duck meat from Austrian production, following organic guidelines with a closed production cycle together with partner farms, marketed under the Bio-Ente sub-brand via www.bio-ente.at.
- Geflügelfleisch (Poultry Meat) Processed poultry meat from rooster and duck, cut and packaged at the company's Fleischverarbeitung Krift facility under highest quality and hygiene standards, sold to Austrian grocery retailers.
Companies that use Die Eiermacher
Customer profileNamed customers2 records
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Die Eiermacher technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
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- No
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Feature3 records
Die Eiermacher partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.
- 200+ Austrian Farming OperationscoreDie Eiermacher partners with over 200 selected Austrian farming operations (bäuerliche Betriebe) that keep laying hens and produce eggs. The company collects eggs from these farms on fixed schedules using its own trucks, provides chicks from its hatchery, and supports the partner farms in raising chicks into young hens. In the bio duck segment, partner farms also raise ducks under bio guidelines for the company's slaughter and meat processing operations.
- Bäuerliche Partnerbetrieben (Partner Farms for Chick Rearing)coreDie Eiermacher supplies day-old chicks (layer and broiler) from its Brüterei Krift hatchery to Austrian partner farms for raising into young hens. The raised animals are then processed through the company's own slaughtering and processing facilities, closing the production loop.
- Austrian Federal Government, State of Upper Austria, and European Union (ELER)supportingDie Eiermacher has received co-funding from the Austrian Federal Ministry, the State of Upper Austria, and the EU's ELER rural development programme for multiple infrastructure projects including: expansion of the Brüterei Krift hatchery (completed 2020), construction of the Geflügelschlachthof Nußbach (completed 2020/2021), efficiency upgrade for egg delivery (2021/2022), and expansion of the Nußbach slaughterhouse with truck wash hall (2022/2023).
- Stift SchlierbachminorThe company's historical predecessor (Geflügel GmbH) operated from the Meierhof of Stift Schlierbach (St. Schlierbach Abbey) from 1994 to 2015, before relocating to the dedicated Krift campus in Kremsmünster. The monastery estate served as an early production and administration site.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves18 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Die Eiermacher competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Plukon Food Group: Major Benelux/German poultry processor supplying retail and food service across Europe. Comparable to Die Eiermacher's slaughtering and processing operations but operating at continental scale and across conventional plus organic lines.
- Cal-Maine Foods: The largest US shell-egg producer with national grocery distribution. Comparable core business (shell-egg production and wholesale) but conventional-volume focused rather than organic-first like Die Eiermacher.
- Aviagen: Global poultry breeding company supplying broiler and turkey genetics. Comparable to the upstream of Die Eiermacher's broiler chick and hatchery operations (Die Eiermacher uses Hubbard breeds which compete with Aviagen lines) — adjacent enabler rather than direct competitor.
- Gruppo Eurovo: Italian vertically integrated egg company with its own farms, packing, and egg-product processing for European retail. Comparable to Die Eiermacher's integrated egg model but larger, multi-country, and with significant liquid/dried egg-product exposure.
- PHW Group (Wiesenhof): One of Europe's largest poultry meat producers, marketing under Wiesenhof and private label. Overlaps with Die Eiermacher's poultry meat and slaughtering activities but at vastly larger scale and with a conventional (not bio-first) positioning.
- LDC (Lambert Dodard Chancereul): French poultry group (Loué, Maître Coq, Marie) with vertically integrated egg and poultry meat operations across Europe. Comparable in integrated poultry production and grocery retail supply but at much larger scale and with conventional plus specialty/organic ranges.
- Lohmann Tierzucht: Global poultry breeding company whose LOHMANN layer genetics Die Eiermacher explicitly uses for its layer chicks. Adjacent rather than directly competing, but the genetics source and a key upstream input to Die Eiermacher's hatchery business.
Direct peers
- Vital Farms: US-based pasture-raised egg company with a strong organic/welfare positioning. Directly comparable to Die Eiermacher in premium, certified-organic egg marketing and retail distribution, though at much larger scale and broader US retail footprint.
- Eifrisch Vermarktungsgesellschaft: German egg marketing and packing specialist focused on fresh shell eggs from German farms for retail and food service. Closest DACH peer to Die Eiermacher in the egg-sorting, grading, and wholesale model to grocery chains.
- Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs: US organic and free-range egg producer supplying mainstream grocery retail. Similar niche organic positioning to Die Eiermacher's bio egg lines, with comparable small-farm sourcing model and emphasis on certification-driven premium pricing.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Die Eiermacher social profiles
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Frequently asked questions about Die Eiermacher
What does Die Eiermacher do?
Die Eiermacher collects fresh eggs from over 200 Austrian partner farms, sorts and packages them at a central egg packing station in Kremsmünster (including dedicated organic egg handling since 2004), and supplies graded eggs, poultry meat, chicks and young hens to Austrian grocery retailers and food service operators. The company operates its own hatchery, slaughterhouses and meat processing facilities, completing a vertically integrated poultry production cycle under bio/IFS certifications.
Is Die Eiermacher a public or private company?
Die Eiermacher is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Die Eiermacher founded?
Die Eiermacher was founded in 1986. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Die Eiermacher based?
Die Eiermacher is headquartered in Kremsmunster, Austria, in the Europe region.
How does Die Eiermacher make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Fresh Eggs & Egg Products Wholesale is the primary driver. The others are poultry Meat Wholesale and chicks & Young Hens Sales.
Who are Die Eiermacher's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Plukon Food Group, Cal-Maine Foods, Aviagen, Gruppo Eurovo, PHW Group (Wiesenhof), LDC (Lambert Dodard Chancereul) and Lohmann Tierzucht. Direct peers are Vital Farms, Eifrisch Vermarktungsgesellschaft and Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs.
Does Die Eiermacher have an API?
No public API is recorded for Die Eiermacher.
What industry is Die Eiermacher in?
Die Eiermacher's product category is Eggs and Poultry Products. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFAEADAB, Layer Hen Egg Production (Table Eggs), with a secondary code of AFAEAMAC, Organic Poultry & Egg Production. Its NAICS code is 112340 and its SIC code is 2015.