What PAGO does

PAGO Sp. z o.o. is a Polish private limited company specializing in end-to-end frozen food logistics. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, the company operates six cold store and distribution plants with combined capacity of 190,000 pallet places across western, central, northern, and southern Poland, including a port-side facility 500 meters from the DCT deepwater container terminal in Gdańsk. Its service portfolio covers subcontracted storage (with blast freezing of 60–180 tons/day, picking, re-packing, labelling, and cross-docking), road transport and distribution to over 5,000 domestic delivery points and across Europe, RF container handling at DCT Gdańsk, and a secondary frozen raw meat trade activity in pork, beef, and poultry. Customers are predominantly enterprise B2B clients — retail chains using PAGO as a central warehouse, domestic frozen food manufacturers, and importers/exporters — served through direct sales on a quote-based pricing model.

All operations run on a proprietary ERP deployed across the network, enabling real-time data exchange, full traceability, and EDI integration with client SAP B1, ERP, and WMS systems; wireless radio networks with GS1-compliant bar coding and high-bay sliding racks support throughput. The company holds IFS Logistics certification across all six plants, IFS Food at Grodzisk Wlkp., PL-EKO organic certification at three sites, FDA Food Facility Registration at two sites, and QS. Ihr Prüfsystem für Lebensmittel compliance at four sites, audited by Bureau Veritas Denmark. PAGO is privately held with no disclosed external investors, registered share capital of 2,250,000 PLN, and 251–500 employees. Revenue, ownership structure, and headcount trends are not publicly disclosed.

Name

PAGO

Legal name

PAGO Sp. z o.o.

Website

https://pago.net.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

PAGO is a Polish privately-held frozen food logistics operator running six cold store and distribution plants with 190,000 pallet places, serving retail chains, frozen food manufacturers, and importers/exporters with storage, blast freezing, transport, and RF container handling.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cold Chain Logistics

NAICS

Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage (49312), Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage (493120), Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers (424420)

akta.pro primary industry

Food & Beverage Frozen Storage (Meat, Seafood, Dairy, Produce, Bakery) (TLALACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Temperature-Controlled Cross-Dock / Blast Freezing & Tempering Facilities (TLALACAI), Frozen Goods Transport (Deep-Frozen) (TLADAHAF), Public / Multi-Client Frozen Storage (3PL Cold Storage) (TLALACAJ)

Keywords

• Frozen food logistics
• Cold storage services
• Temperature-controlled transport
• Refrigerated container handling
• Frozen food distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Grodzisk Wielkopolski

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cold storage and warehousing services: Subcontracted storage of frozen food across all product groups, with additional services including blast freezing, striking, re-packing, labelling, picking, and cross-docking. Reception of fresh meat available with blast freezing chambers with capacity of 60-180 tons per day on premises.
2. Road transport and distribution: Full truck and partial truck load transport of frozen food within Poland and across Europe. Distribution services including regular service to over 5,000 domestic delivery points, with pick-ups, deliveries, groupage, and scheduled deliveries per client arrangements.
3. RF container handling at DCT Gdańsk: Handling of RF (refrigerated) containers in import, export and transit at the Port of Gdańsk, including own vehicles dedicated to container transportation, loadings and unloadings at PAGO cold store, and documentation/port/custom handling.
4. Frozen raw meat trade: Purchase and sales of frozen pork, beef and poultry through PAGO's trade department. Offered assortment includes carcasses, meat elements, fats, giblets and MDM. Regular suppliers include domestic and foreign slaughterhouses and cutting plants. Currently an additional (secondary) profile of activity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

PAGO provides comprehensive frozen food logistics across Poland and Europe through six cold store and distribution plants with 190,000 pallet places of capacity. Its service offering covers subcontracted frozen food storage (with blast freezing, striking, re-packing, labelling, picking, and cross-docking), temperature-controlled road transport and distribution to over 5,000 domestic delivery points, RF refrigerated container handling at the DCT Gdańsk deepwater container terminal, and a secondary frozen raw meat trading activity.

Product overview

PAGO operates a network of six cold store and distribution plants with total storage capacity for 190,000 pallets, offering frozen food logistics services as a unified integrated offering. The core product portfolio comprises four main services: Storage (subcontracted frozen food storage with blast freezing, picking, re-packing, labelling, and cross-docking capabilities), Transport and Distribution (road transport across Poland and Europe with regular service to over 5,000 domestic delivery points), Handling of RF Containers (shipping and receipt from DCT Gdańsk container terminal with dedicated vehicles and customs handling), and Additional Activity (frozen raw meat trade in pork, beef, and poultry). All services are delivered through the company's own cold store infrastructure near Poznań, Warszawa, Katowice, Gdańsk, and in Port of Gdańsk, with an integrated proprietary ERP system enabling real-time data access, full traceability, and electronic data interchange with client systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 190,000 pallet places across 6 facilities, 24/7/365 operations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Raben Group: Raben is a major Polish logistics provider with a dedicated cold chain division (Raben Fresh) offering temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution across Poland and Europe. It is a direct competitor to PAGO with broader overall logistics scale but comparable cold chain capabilities.
• Constellation Cold Logistics: Constellation Cold Logistics operates a European network of temperature-controlled warehouses and provides cold chain logistics services. It is a direct competitor to PAGO in frozen food storage, blast freezing, and distribution across European markets.
• NewCold: NewCold is a European deep-frozen food logistics specialist operating automated cold storage facilities and providing transport, similar to PAGO's full-service frozen food logistics model. Both companies target frozen food manufacturers and retailers with integrated storage and distribution offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Lineage Logistics: Lineage is the world's largest temperature-controlled warehouse REIT and 3PL, operating thousands of cold storage facilities globally. It directly competes with PAGO in frozen food warehousing and distribution, but at vastly greater scale and with broader geographic and product diversification.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Kuehne+Nagel is one of the world's largest freight forwarders with a dedicated perishables and cold chain logistics division serving European food producers and retailers. It competes with PAGO for European frozen food distribution and end-to-end cold chain contracts.
• DHL Cold Chain (Life Sciences & Healthcare): DHL's cold chain division provides temperature-controlled warehousing, transport, and distribution globally for food and pharma customers. While much broader in scope, DHL competes with PAGO for large European frozen food logistics contracts as part of its integrated supply chain offerings.
• Americold Logistics: Americold is a global temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics public company with a large cold storage network. It serves similar customers (food producers, retailers, foodservice) with similar services (storage, blast freezing, cross-docking) but with North American concentration and broader scale.

Regional players

• Frigo Logistics: Frigo Logistics is a Polish and Central European cold chain logistics provider offering frozen and refrigerated storage, transport, and distribution. It competes directly with PAGO in the Polish market with overlapping services and customer base.
• Coldstar Sp. z o.o. Coldstar is a Polish cold storage operator providing temperature-controlled warehousing and frozen food logistics services. It is a regional competitor to PAGO focused on the Polish market with similar service offerings.

Emerging players

• HAVI Logistics: HAVI is a global logistics and supply chain management company specializing in temperature-controlled food service and quick-service restaurant supply chains. While focused on foodservice rather than retail, it competes for adjacent frozen food logistics contracts in Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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