Quaron

Specialty Chemicals Distributionquaron.com

Quaron (Stockmeier France) is a France-based B2B specialty chemicals distributor and formulator of hygiene and disinfection products, serving industrial buyers in food, feed, cosmetics, home care, water treatment, and coatings since 1925.

Company typePrivate
Founded1925
HeadquartersHaubourdin, France
Headcount251–500
GTM typeB2B
OfferingServices

What Quaron does

Quaron, operating commercially as Stockmeier France, is a France-based B2B specialty chemicals distributor and formulator headquartered in Haubourdin and founded in 1925. The company distributes basic and specialty chemical raw materials—acids, bases, solvents, technical fluids, lignosulfonates, galvanization inputs, and biocidal substances—and independently formulates and manufactures hygiene and disinfection products. It operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German Stockmeier Group.

Its product portfolio is organized into eight integrated lines: Distribution & Services, Food Ingredients (clean-label and bio ranges), Cleaning Solutions (industrial hygiene and disinfection including private-label/contract manufacturing), Feed & Petfood, Cosmetic Ingredients, Industrial & Home Care raw materials, Water Treatment & Methanization, and Coatings & Resins (including Lorama additives and polysaccharide resins). The company also offers application equipment alongside its hygiene products and operates a customer extranet (YES) for account management.

Quaron/Stockmeier France generates revenue through B2B industrial supply contracts (multi-year, quote-based pricing) and through its own formulated hygiene and disinfection products. The go-to-market is sales-led and decentralized: commercial and technical teams are co-located at multiple sites across France to provide proximity-based service and formulation support to industrial customers. The company holds ISCC PLUS certification for low-carbon solutions, is engaged in the REP Emballages Professionnels framework, and serves vertical markets including food processing, dairy, beverages, cosmetics, animal nutrition, water treatment, and coatings.

Quaron firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Quaron
Legal name: Stockmeier France
Website: https://quaron.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1925
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 251–500 employees
Short description: Quaron (Stockmeier France) is a France-based B2B specialty chemicals distributor and formulator of hygiene and disinfection products, serving industrial buyers in food, feed, cosmetics, home care, water treatment, and coatings since 1925.
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Quaron industry classification

Industry

Product category: Specialty Chemicals Distribution
NAICS: Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (3256), Polish and Other Sanitation Good Manufacturing (325612), Chemical Manufacturing (325)
SIC: Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics (2840), Specialty Cleaning, Polishing And Sanitation Preparations (2842), Chemicals & Allied Products (2800)
akta.pro industry: PRIMARYIMAEAJAK
Food & Beverage Process & CIP/Sanitation Chemicals
Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Chemicals & Industrial Materials/Water Treatment & Process Chemicals
SECONDARYCRAJANAB
Concentrated Surface Disinfectants (Dilutable Liquids)
Consumer Products & Retail/Household Products & Cleaning Supplies/Surface Disinfectants
SECONDARYCRAJAMAC
Kitchen All-Purpose Cleaners & Degreasers
Consumer Products & Retail/Household Products & Cleaning Supplies/All-Purpose Cleaners

Keywords

Specialty chemicals distribution
Industrial hygiene products
Food ingredient supply
Cosmetic raw materials
Water treatment chemicals

Where Quaron is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Haubourdin
HQ country: France
HQ region: Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

Quaron business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Chemical Distribution & Services: Distribution of basic chemical products (Acids, Bases, Solvents, etc.) along with custom formulation services. Products include general chemistry, solvents & alcohols, technical fluids, lignosulfonates, hot-dip galvanization, and biocidal substances.
Hygiene & Disinfection Products: Formulator and manufacturer of hygiene and disinfection products for various industries including food processing, dairy, beverages, agriculture, and vehicle cleaning.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Other	Multi-year contract	B2B quotation-based pricing for industrial customers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Quaron product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Quaron (Stockmeier France) distributes industrial chemical raw materials—including acids, bases, solvents, lignosulfonates, biocidal substances, technical fluids, and food/cosmetic/feed ingredients—to French industrial customers across food, cosmetics, cleaning, animal nutrition, water treatment, and coatings sectors. It additionally formulates and manufactures hygiene and disinfection products for food-processing, dairy, beverage, agricultural, community, and vehicle-cleaning applications, including contract and white-label fabrication.

Product overview

Stockmeier France operates as a specialist distributor of raw materials essential to numerous industrial sectors and as a formulator of hygiene and disinfection products. The company offers a portfolio of eight integrated product lines: Distribution & Services (chemical distribution and contract services), Ingrédients Alimentaires (food ingredients), Cleaning Solutions (hygiene products), Feed & Petfood (animal nutrition), Ingrédients Cosmétiques (cosmetic ingredients), Industrial & Home Care (detergent raw materials), Traitement des eaux & Méthanisation (water treatment), and Coatings & Resins (paints and composites). The company was founded in 1925 and serves clients across various French industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Distribution & Services

Companies that use Quaron

Customer profile

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Quaron technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Quaron partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Quaron competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Brenntag: Global market leader in chemical distribution with full-line raw-material distribution and formulation services across food, personal care, and industrial cleaning — the closest scale and model analog to Stockmeier France's combined distribution-and-formulation business.
IMCD: European-headquartered specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor with strong positions in food, personal care, and industrial cleaning — directly comparable business model and customer overlap with Stockmeier France.
Azelis: Specialty ingredients distributor with deep European presence across food, feed, personal care, and industrial cleaning — overlaps Stockmeier France's customer base and eight-vertical structure.
Biesterfeld: European chemical and specialty distributor serving industrial, food, personal care, and cleaning customers — directly comparable mid-size European competitor.
Christeyns: Belgium-based formulator and manufacturer of hygiene, disinfection, and cleaning products for professional and industrial markets — directly comparable on Stockmeier France's Cleaning Solutions franchise.
Caldic: Specialty ingredients and chemical solutions distributor serving food, personal care, and industrial markets across Europe — comparable mid-size specialty distribution peer with formulation capabilities.
Barentz: Specialty distributor focused on food, nutrition, animal nutrition, and personal care ingredients with strong European footprint — closely comparable vertical coverage to Stockmeier France's food, feed, and cosmetic lines.
Univar Solutions: North American and European chemical distributor serving food ingredients, industrial cleaning, and water-treatment end markets with a similar dual distributor-plus-formulator profile.

Broad incumbents

Diversey: Global hygiene, cleaning, and sanitization solutions provider for food service, food processing, and facility care — broader portfolio incumbent competing in Stockmeier France's industrial hygiene verticals.
Ecolab: Global leader in water, hygiene, and infection-prevention solutions with a massive food-and-beverage sanitation franchise — operates in the same Cleaning Solutions end-markets but at much larger scale and global reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Quaron financial estimates

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Quaron leadership team

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Quaron funding detail

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Quaron M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Quaron

What does Quaron do?

Is Quaron a public or private company?

Quaron is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.

When was Quaron founded?

Quaron was founded in 1925. It employs 251 to 500 people.

Where is Quaron based?

Quaron is headquartered in Haubourdin, France, in the Europe region.

How does Quaron make money?

Two revenue lines are on record. Chemical Distribution & Services are the primary driver. The others are hygiene & Disinfection Products.

Who are Quaron's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Brenntag, IMCD, Azelis, Biesterfeld, Christeyns, Caldic, Barentz and Univar Solutions. Broad incumbents are Diversey and Ecolab.

Does Quaron have an API?

No public API is recorded for Quaron.

What industry is Quaron in?

Quaron's product category is Specialty Chemicals Distribution. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAEAJAK, Food & Beverage Process & CIP/Sanitation Chemicals, with a secondary code of CRAJANAB, Concentrated Surface Disinfectants (Dilutable Liquids). Its NAICS code is 3256 and its SIC code is 2840.