Vicente Giner

What Vicente Giner does

Vicente Giner (VICENTE GINER SA) is a fourth-generation, family-owned citrus producer and exporter headquartered in Beniflá, Valencia, Spain, founded in 1940. The company cultivates more than 3,000 hectares of citrus across Spain's Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts and operates a 38,000 m² central processing facility with annual capacity exceeding 100 million kilos. Its product portfolio comprises four core categories — mandarins, oranges, lemons, and kakis — each offered across multiple varieties with documented seasonal availability calendars.

The business model is B2B export-driven: Vicente Giner prepares fruit packaging to customer specifications and ships internationally via temperature-controlled transport to primary markets in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and North America. The company holds SMETA, GLOBALG.A.P, BRC, and IFS certifications, and operates full traceability from plantation to distribution to meet food safety and ethical trade requirements of international supermarket chains and food distributors. Its technology stack centers on integrated cultivation and traceability systems that control production variables including soil composition and nutrient management.

Vicente Giner is part of GCM Group, a citrus research and investigation firm, providing access to proprietary R&D and new variety development for complete Spanish citrus season coverage. The company also received EU NextGenerationEU grant funding in 2021 for a photovoltaic self-consumption installation as part of Spain's Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. Ownership remains with the founding family (fourth generation), with no external institutional investors, private equity, or public listing indicated in the available data.

Name

Vicente Giner

Legal name

VICENTE GINER SA

Website

https://vicenteginer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Vicente Giner is a fourth-generation, family-owned Spanish citrus producer and exporter that cultivates over 3,000 hectares and processes 100+ million kilos annually, supplying mandarins, oranges, lemons, and kakis to international retailers and distributors across the EU, UK, and North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fresh Citrus Fruit Export

NAICS

Orange Groves (11131), Citrus (except Orange) Groves (111320)

akta.pro primary industry

Citrus Orchards (Oranges, Lemons, Limes, Grapefruit) (AFAGACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Citrus Packing Houses (AFAOAGAB)

Keywords

• Citrus fruit export
• Fresh produce distribution
• B2B wholesale fruit
• Food safety certification
• Citrus cultivation

Headquarters

HQ city

Valencia

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Citrus Fruit Export and Distribution: Production, packaging, and international distribution of citrus fruits including oranges, mandarins, lemons, and kakis. The company cultivates over 3000 hectares and processes 100+ million kilos annually, generating revenue through wholesale export to international markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Vicente Giner is a vertically integrated Spanish citrus producer and exporter that cultivates mandarins, oranges, lemons, and kakis across more than 3,000 hectares, processes over 100 million kilos per year at its 38,000 m² facility in Beniflá (Valencia), and ships internationally—primarily to the EU, UK, and North America—with temperature-controlled transport and customer-specified packaging. The offering is targeted at B2B buyers such as international retailers and distributors and is supported by full traceability and food-safety certifications (SMETA, GLOBALG.A.P., BRC, IFS).

Product overview

Vicente Giner is a citrus fruit exporting company offering four main product categories: Mandarina (Mandarins), Naranja (Oranges), Limón (Lemons), and Kaki (Persimmons). The company provides fresh produce with detailed variety calendars for each product type, showing seasonal availability. Their offering is a unified portfolio of fresh citrus products focused on export markets, with emphasis on quality, traceability, and food safety compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mandarina (Mandarins) Fresh mandarins produced by Vicente Giner across its Spanish cultivation areas, offered in multiple varieties with seasonal availability calendars; supplied to international wholesale buyers in the EU, UK, and North America.
• Naranja (Oranges) Fresh oranges cultivated by Vicente Giner across the Spanish Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, offered in multiple varieties with seasonal availability calendars; supplied to international wholesale buyers in the EU, UK, and North America.
• Limón (Lemons) Fresh lemons cultivated and processed by Vicente Giner, offered in multiple varieties with seasonal availability calendars; supplied to international wholesale buyers in the EU, UK, and North America.
• Kaki (Persimmons) Fresh persimmons (kakis) cultivated and processed by Vicente Giner, available in multiple varieties with seasonal availability calendars; supplied to international wholesale buyers in the EU, UK, and North America.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GCM GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVicente Giner is part of the GCM Group, a reference company in citrus research and investigation. This partnership enables the company to offer customers the best citrus varieties through access to cutting-edge R&D and new variety development for complete Spanish citrus season coverage.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Capespan: Global fresh produce marketer with significant citrus operations out of South Africa and southern hemisphere origins. Competes with Vicente Giner for European retail citrus shelf space during counter-seasonal windows.
• Grupo García Carrión: Large Spanish family-owned food and beverage group with citrus operations among its diversified portfolio. Comparable in size and Spanish origin but spans beverages, dairy, and juices rather than specializing in fresh export citrus.
• Wonderful Citrus: Vertically integrated US citrus producer (part of The Wonderful Company) growing mandarins, oranges, lemons, and limes. Comparable in scale, vertical integration, and supermarket supply focus, primarily in North American retail channels.
• Sunkist Growers: Long-established US citrus cooperative marketing oranges, mandarins, and lemons under a global brand. Overlaps with Vicente Giner in mandarins and lemons, particularly for North American retail customers.
• Dole plc: Global fresh produce major with citrus and broader fruit category operations. Overlaps with Vicente Giner in supplying international retailers and competes for citrus shelf space, though at a much larger and more diversified scale.

Direct peers

• Frutas Poveda: Spanish citrus producer-exporter in the Valencia region specializing in oranges, mandarins, and lemons for European retail. Comparable vertically integrated grower-packer-export model and customer segment.
• Martinavarro: Large Spanish citrus grower-exporter headquartered in the Valencia region, with comparable vertically integrated operations, B2B export model, and presence across oranges, mandarins, and lemons. Closest direct competitor in scale and geography to Vicente Giner.
• Bollo International Fruit: Spanish citrus and fresh produce grower-packer-exporter based in Valencia, supplying supermarkets across Europe. Directly comparable in product mix (oranges, mandarins, lemons), export orientation, and customer base of international retailers.
• Fruca Marketing: Spanish fresh produce grower-exporter based in Murcia with citrus and vegetable operations. Directly comparable in B2B export model, Spanish origin, and supermarket supply focus across European markets.

Emerging players

• Naranjas del Carmen: Spanish citrus producer selling mandarins and oranges direct-to-consumer and via select retail channels. Smaller and more digitally native, but operates in the same Spanish citrus category with overlapping varietal and seasonal positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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