Ege Gubre

What Ege Gubre does

Ege Gübre Sanayii A.Ş. is a Turkish public joint-stock company founded in 1973 and headquartered at the Nemrut Industrial Zone in Aliağa, İzmir. The company manufactures and distributes chemical (compound/NPK and supplementary nitrogen) fertilizers for the Turkish agricultural sector, operating a pipe-reactor compound fertilizer facility with nameplate capacity of 306,000 tons per year (or up to 297,000 tons NP/NPK or 148,500 tons DAP annually) on a 695,836 m² coastal site on Aliağa Nemrut Bay.

Beyond in-house compound fertilizer production (15.15.15, 15.15.15+Zn, 20.20.0, 20.20.0+Zn, DAP, 25.5.10), Ege Gübre procures and resells supplementary nitrogen fertilizers (CAN, AN, AS, Urea) and potassium sulfate. The company's revenue model combines one-time product sales of fertilizers with professional-service revenue from its private port operations. The company also operates what it describes as the Aegean region's largest private port (513,000 m² total area, 283,000 m² customs bonded area), providing cargo handling, storage, container operations, and liquid raw material import services via 23 general-warehouse tanks under its own customs status. The port is supported by an online automation system (GullsEyeWeb) and a bulk cargo storage footprint exceeding 190,000 tons.

Go-to-market is executed through a domestic network of approximately 500 dealers and direct tenders to agricultural unions and cooperatives, with export opportunities actively researched. The company holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001 certifications and is governed by a board dominated by the Gençer family (Chairman Ahmet Gençer, Vice Chair Buket Gençer Şahin, Member Sinan Gençer), suggesting concentrated family control typical of Turkish publicly-traded industrials. Capital structure has expanded materially in recent years, with issued share capital rising from 40 million TL to 100 million TL in 2023, funded from retained earnings.

Name

Ege Gubre

Legal name

EGE GÜBRE SANAYİİ A.Ş.

Website

https://egegubre.com.tr

Company type

Public

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Ege Gubre is a Turkish public fertilizer manufacturer founded in 1973, producing compound NPK/DAP fertilizers at a 306,000-ton-capacity pipe-reactor plant in Aliağa, İzmir, and distributing them through ~500 dealers to Turkish farmers, agricultural unions, and cooperatives, alongside operating the Aegean region's largest private port.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Fertilizers

NAICS

Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (3253), Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing (325311)

SIC

Chemicals & Allied Products (2800), Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810)

akta.pro primary industry

NPK & Compound/Blended Fertilizers (IMAEAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fertilizer Distribution, Storage & Terminals (Warehousing, Depots, Import/Export Terminals) (AFABABAJ), Fertilizer & Potash Terminals (TLAHABAF)

Keywords

• Compound fertilizers
• Nitrogen fertilizers
• Fertilizer manufacturing
• Port terminal services
• Agricultural chemicals

Headquarters

HQ city

Izmir

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Fertilizer Production and Sales: Production and sale of composite fertilizers (NP, NPK, DAP) and supply of nitrogen fertilizers (AN, Urea, AS) from domestic and international sources. Domestic sales through dealer network of approximately 500 dealers and tender process to agricultural unions and cooperatives.
2. Port and Terminal Services: Liman, terminal, depolama hizmetleri. Aliağa Nemrut körfezinde bulunan iskele ve liman yatırımları ile Ege Bölgesinin en büyük alan, kapasite ve ekipmanına sahip özel liman. General warehouse status with 23 tanks for liquid raw material import services to third parties.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ege Gubre Sanayii A.S. manufactures compound (composite) fertilizers — NP, NPK and DAP — at a pipe-reactor facility in Aliaga, Izmir with 306,000 tons/year capacity. The company also sources and distributes supplementary nitrogen fertilizers (CAN, AN, AS, Urea, PS) and operates the largest private port in the Aegean region, providing cargo handling, storage, container and liquid raw material import services to third parties.

Product overview

Ege Gübre Sanayii A.Ş. is a fertilizer manufacturing and port services company established in 1973. The product portfolio consists of compound fertilizers (Kompoze Gübreler) and supplementary fertilizers (Tedarik Gübreler). Compound fertilizers produced in-house include 15.15.15, 15.15.15+ZN, 20.20.0, 20.20.0+ZN, DAP, and 25.5.10 formulations. Supplementary fertilizers sourced domestically and internationally include CAN, AN, AS (Amonyum Sülfat), Üre, and PS (Potasyum Sülfat). The company also operates the Aegean region's largest private port (Liman Hizmetleri) with cargo handling, storage, and container services, accessible through the GullsEyeWeb online portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 15.15.15 Kompoze Gubre
• 15.15.15 + ZN Super Kompoze Gubre
• 20.20.0 Kompoze Gubre
• 20.20.0 + ZN Super Kompoze Gubre
• DAP (Diamonyum Fosfat) Gubre

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Toros Tarım (Tekfen Group): Major Turkish fertilizer manufacturer producing compound and nitrogen fertilizers, part of Tekfen conglomerate. Competes head-to-head with Ege Gubre in the Turkish NPK/DAP market with similar dealer-distribution and cooperative tender channels.
• GÜBRETAŞ (Gübre Fabrikaları T.A.Ş.): Turkey's largest fertilizer producer, state-affiliated, manufacturing compound and nitrogen fertilizers. Directly comparable product portfolio (NPK, DAP, CAN, Urea, AS) serving the same Turkish agricultural customer base via dealer and cooperative channels.
• Bagfaş (Bandırma Gübre Fabrikaları): Long-established Turkish compound fertilizer producer based in Bandırma, manufacturing NPK and NP fertilizers. Comparable product mix, domestic dealer distribution model, and Turkish agricultural end-market exposure.
• İgsaş (İstanbul Gübre Sanayii): Turkish fertilizer manufacturer producing compound and nitrogen fertilizers. Overlapping product portfolio (NPK, CAN, Urea, AS) and serves the same Turkish agricultural customer base through cooperative and dealer channels.

Broad incumbents

• Yara International: Global nitrogen fertilizer leader with broad crop nutrition portfolio. Comparable product categories (compound NPK, CAN, Urea) and serves similar end-customer needs, but operates at global scale across many geographies rather than a single-country niche.
• ICL Group: Global specialty fertilizer and phosphate producer with significant presence in compound/specialty plant nutrition. Overlaps with Ege Gubre in phosphate-based and compound NPK product categories, but with broader global footprint and specialty crop focus.
• EuroChem Group: Vertically-integrated global fertilizer producer with NPK, nitrogen, and phosphate operations. Comparable in integrated producer-plus-logistics model, particularly relevant to Ege Gubre's port-integrated production footprint strategy.
• Nutrien: World's largest fertilizer producer with extensive NPK, nitrogen, and potash manufacturing. Comparable product lines and crop nutrition value proposition, but at global multi-geography scale; relevant for benchmarking capital intensity and production technology choices.

Emerging players

• Hektaş (HEKTAŞ Ticaret): Turkish agricultural inputs producer (crop protection, specialty fertilizers, plant nutrition) within the broader agro-industrial ecosystem. Competes for the same Turkish farmer wallet with overlapping fertilizer categories and similar dealer/distribution model.

Regional players

• Lima Shipyard / Limak Logistics: Turkish port and logistics operator running several Aegean and Mediterranean terminals with bulk cargo handling. Comparable in private-port-infrastructure operations and Aegean-region third-party cargo handling, though not a fertilizer producer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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