Ben Dor Fruits And Nurseries

What Ben Dor Fruits And Nurseries does

Ben Dor Fruits and Nurseries is a vertically integrated Israeli fruit breeding, nursery, growing, packing, and exporting company headquartered in Yesud Ha'maala, Israel, tracing its origins to 1880. The company operates across five interconnected business activities: breeding new fruit varieties (plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, apples, pears), producing seedlings using proprietary and imported rootstocks, growing commercial deciduous orchards, packing fruit to international standards (Global Gap, BRC, ISO, IQC Platinum), and marketing worldwide. Its competitive differentiation rests on proprietary genetics developed over multi-year cycles — most notably the Lavi pear rootstock (a hybrid of betulifolia evaluated for 10 years), the Eden pear variety (12 years in development), and the Nectarmango nectarine-mango hybrid — together with five generations of accumulated agronomic expertise tracing to Nisim Bechor Alchadeff, Israel's first Jewish agronomist.

The company sells into three primary customer groups: (1) commercial fruit growers worldwide who purchase seedlings and rootstocks for new orchard establishment, (2) international fruit buyers and retail partners (including Shufersal, M&S, and Freshshuk) receiving graded and packed fruit, and (3) direct-to-consumer customers at the Ben Dor Direct Store in Yesud Ha'maala. Revenue is generated through three streams: fresh fruit export sales (sorted, graded, and exported in thousands of packing lines per year), seedling and plant production sales, and licensing of proprietary rootstocks and varieties. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; commercial inquiries are routed through direct contact.

Geographically, Ben Dor markets products worldwide with active commercial development in Israel, Europe (Spain, UK, France, Italy), East Asia (Korea, Japan, China), South America (Chile), and Australia. The company maintains a visible network of international strategic partners — Greenyard, Family Tree Farms, Cutri Fruit, Brero, Parlar, Pépinières Escande, and Rubisco — and participates in major industry trade shows including Fruit Attraction Madrid, Interpoma Bolzano, and Fruit Logistica Hong Kong. The ownership is concentrated within the Ben-Dor family (Joseph Ben-Dor as owner; Edo Ben-Dor as manager; Salim Haddad as Nursery Manager; Eti Eshbal as Office Manager), with no disclosed external institutional investors or parent company.

Name

Ben Dor Fruits And Nurseries

Legal name

Ben Dor Fruits And Nurseries

Website

https://bendorfruits.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1880

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Ben Dor Fruits and Nurseries is a vertically integrated Israeli fruit breeder, nursery, grower, packer, and exporter (founded 1880) that develops proprietary deciduous fruit varieties and rootstocks — including the Lavi pear rootstock and Eden pear — and sells seedlings, rootstocks, and packed fruit to commercial growers and retailers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Deciduous Fruit Breeding and Nursery Production

NAICS

Apple Orchards (111331)

akta.pro primary industry

Stone Fruit Orchards (Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Cherries, Apricots) (AFAGACAC)

Keywords

• Fruit breeding programs
• Deciduous fruit varieties
• Pear rootstock development
• Fruit nursery operations
• Stone fruit exports

Headquarters

HQ city

Qiryat Shemona

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fruit Export and Sales: Sorting, grading and exporting thousands of packing lines of different packaging and varieties. Maintains international quality standards (Global Gap, BRC, ISO, IQC Platinum).
2. Seedling/Plant Production and Sales: Producing and selling seedlings of deciduous fruits including apples, pears, avocados, citrus, almonds, plums, apricots, olives, peaches, and nectarines.
3. Rootstock Development: Development and licensing of proprietary rootstocks including Lavi rootstock for pear cultivation in warm climates.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ben Dor Fruits and Nurseries is a vertically integrated fruit breeding, growing, and exporting company. It develops proprietary fruit varieties (plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, apples, pears) through a breeding program that takes 10-15 years per variety, produces seedlings using proprietary and imported rootstocks (including the Lavi pear rootstock), operates commercial deciduous orchards, packs fruits to international quality standards, and markets produce globally.

Product overview

Ben Dor Fruits and Nurseries is a vertically integrated fruit breeding, growing, and exporting company established in 1880 in Yesud-Hamaala, Israel. The company operates as a unified portfolio of interconnected services: a core plant breeding program that develops new fruit varieties (plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, apples, pears) over 10-15 year cycles; a seedling production operation offering proprietary and imported rootstocks (including the proprietary Lavi pear rootstock); commercial orchard growing operations; packing services with international quality standards; and global marketing and export. The product portfolio centers on deciduous stone fruits and pome fruits, with the Eden pear as a flagship variety. The company provides complete orchard-to-market solutions through five integrated divisions: breeding new varieties, producing seedlings, growing deciduous orchards, packing deciduous fruits, and worldwide marketing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plums

Quantifiable outcome

• Lavi rootstock demonstrates highest yields and biggest fruit size compared to 8 other rootstocks in 10-year evaluation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• RubiscocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner logo displayed on company website, indicating ongoing commercial or strategic relationship
• Family Tree FarmscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner logo displayed on company website, indicating ongoing commercial or strategic relationship in fruit production and distribution
• BrerocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner logo displayed on company website, indicating ongoing commercial or strategic relationship
• GreenyardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean fresh produce company partner, logo displayed on company website
• Cutri FruitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustralian partner logo displayed on company website, indicating commercial relationship
• ParlarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner logo displayed on company website, indicating ongoing commercial relationship
• Pépinières EscandecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench nursery partner logo displayed on company website

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Greenyard: Belgium-based global fresh produce company and Ben Dor partner, active across fruit and vegetable sourcing, packing, and distribution. Comparable as a much larger incumbent operating in the same fresh produce supply chain Ben Dor serves, but at vastly greater scale and across a broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• Sun World International: US-based fruit variety developer and licensor specializing in stone fruit, table grapes, and citrus, with a global licensing network similar to Ben Dor's. Both companies monetize proprietary varieties through international grower partnerships rather than relying solely on their own production.
• TopFruit: South African fruit variety management company handling commercial introduction and licensing of pome and stone fruit varieties. Closely comparable to Ben Dor in operating as an intermediary that propagates and licenses proprietary deciduous varieties to growers globally.
• SNFL Group (Special New Fruits Licensing): Spain-based fruit breeding and licensing company developing proprietary table grape and stone fruit varieties for global markets. Direct peer to Ben Dor in the Mediterranean-origin breeding space, with overlapping commercial development targets in Asia and Latin America.
• Bloom Fresh International (formerly IFG): Global fruit variety licensing company focused on table grape and stone fruit genetics, headquartered in the US with international trial networks. Highly comparable to Ben Dor in business model: proprietary breeding IP licensed to commercial growers worldwide for royalty streams.
• Zaiger's Genetics: Privately held US-based stone fruit breeder widely regarded as the global benchmark for peach, nectarine, plum, apricot, and cherry variety development. Comparable to Ben Dor as a direct competitor in proprietary deciduous fruit breeding with similar multi-year development cycles and licensing economics.
• Cutri Fruit: Australian stone fruit grower and packer listed as a Ben Dor partner. Direct peer as a Southern Hemisphere grower that produces and markets Ben Dor varieties, comparable in integrated orchard-to-market operations but in a complementary geography.
• Family Tree Farms: US-based stone fruit grower and marketer listed as a Ben Dor partner. Comparable as a vertically integrated grower/marketer that adopts proprietary varieties for commercial production and distribution.
• PSB Producción Vegetal: Spain-based stone fruit and table grape breeder with international variety licensing operations. Direct peer to Ben Dor in Mediterranean stone fruit breeding with similar target crops (peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots) and global licensing model.
• Pépinières Escande: French commercial fruit tree nursery producing seedlings and rootstocks for stone and pome fruits. Listed as a Ben Dor partner; directly comparable as a nursery operator offering complementary variety and rootstock portfolios to European growers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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