Roem van Yerseke

Name

Roem van Yerseke

Legal name

Roem van Yerseke B.V.

Website

https://roemvanyerseke.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1942

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Shellfish Cultivation & Seafood Processing

NAICS

Shellfish Farming (112512), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (3117), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446), Shellfish Fishing (114112)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092), Fishing, Hunting And Trapping (900)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine Shellfish Farming (e.g., oysters, mussels, clams) (AFAEAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Shellfish Processing (Shrimp, Crab, Lobster, Mollusks) (AFANADAC), Crustacean Farming (e.g., shrimp, prawns, crab) (AFAEAAAC), Shellfish Wholesale (Crustaceans & Mollusks) (AFAIADAF), Ready-to-Eat Seafood (Cooked Shrimp, Crab, Lobster, Surimi) (AFANALAC), Specialty Seafood Co-Products Processing (Roe, Milt, Heads, Frames, Shellfish Meat Recovery) (AFANAJAI)

Keywords

• Shellfish processing
• Mussel cultivation
• Oyster farming
• Seafood packaging
• Private label seafood

Headquarters

HQ city

Yerseke

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Seafood Product Sales: Sale of cultivated and processed shellfish products including fresh mussels, oysters, shrimps, lobsters, and related products. Products sold under own brands (Zeeland's Roem, Prins & Dingemanse, Lacor) and private label for retailers and wholesalers.
2. Private Label Packaging: A large percentage of crustaceans and molluscs are packaged as part of private labels for business relations. Large retailers and wholesalers opt for Roem van Yerseke as a reliable partner to package products under their own labels.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Roem van Yerseke cultivates, harvests, processes and packages mussels, oysters, shrimps, lobsters and a range of other shellfish from its own fleet of 14 vessels and 2,000+ hectares of cultivation plots in the Oosterschelde and Grevelingen. Products are sold fresh, frozen, preserved, MAP-packed and as ready-to-eat convenience items under the Zeeland's Roem, Prins & Dingemanse, Lacor and customer private-label brands through B2B channels to hospitality, retail and wholesale buyers across Europe.

Product overview

Roem van Yerseke is Europe's largest seafood processor offering a comprehensive portfolio of mussel, oyster, shrimp, and shellfish products. The company operates three main brands: Zeeland's Roem (premium brand established 1900s, focused on hospitality and retail), Prins & Dingemanse (premium brand since 1880, pioneer in oyster and mussel cultivation, acquired 2020), and Private Label packaging. Core products include Fresh Mussels (various grades including Goudmerk, Jumbo, Imperial, Super, Extra with rope culture variants), Convenience products (Mussels à la minute in Natural, Garlic, and Provencale varieties), Mussel Preserves (in vinegar and Catalane sauce), Oysters (multiple varieties including XO, Creuses, Aquanostra, Flat oysters), Deepfrozen products (IQF mussel meat, breaded mussels, Fruits de Mer), Shrimps (brown, rosa, black pink varieties), Shellfish variety (clams, cockles, periwinkles, whelks), Lobster (Canadian, European, Eastern Scheldt), Leak-free packed products (cooked meats, seaweed), and Accessories (spices, sauces, pans). The company processes products across 4 factories in the Netherlands and Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Zeeland's Roem: Premium mussel brand established in the early 1900s, representing quality focused on hospitality and retail sectors
• Prins & Dingemanse
• Lacor

Products and services

• Fresh Mussels Fresh mussels from Zeeland's Roem offered in grades Goudmerk, Jumbo, Imperial, Super and Extra, harvested from the Oosterschelde and available from July to March for B2B horeca, retail and wholesale buyers.
• Mussels à la minute (Convenience range) Ready-to-eat cooked mussels in Natural, Garlic and Provencale variants packed in 750 g–840 g trays with a 21-day shelf life and no preservatives added, sold to retail and horeca channels.
• Mussel Preserves Long-shelf-life preserved mussel products — Mussels in Vinegar and Mussels in Catalane sauce — in 210 ml to 3.5 L pack sizes, produced at the Yerseke canning factory.
• Oysters Wide oyster range — XO, Creuses, Amuse de Zélande, Aquanostra (rope-culture), Best of Season, Oisrí and Flat oysters (Ostrea edulis) — in multiple sizes and origins for horeca and premium retail.
• Deepfrozen Products Frozen seafood range — IQF mussel meat, breaded mussels, Fruits de Mer, peeled North Sea shrimps, cockle meat and Chuka Wakame seaweed salad — produced at the German frozen factory.
• Shrimps Dutch and tropical shrimps — Brown shrimps (Crangon crangon), Rosa prawns (Penaeidae) and Black Pink A 90/120 (Metapenaeus Monoceros) — distributed under Zeeland's Roem in Benelux and Lacor outside Benelux.
• Shellfish Variety Diverse shellfish assortment — Vongole Veraci, Warty venus clams, Razor clams, Periwinkles, Cockles, Carpet shells, Dog cockles, Clams and Whelks — for horeca, retail and wholesale buyers.
• Lobster Live and processed lobster range — Canadian (Homarus Americanus), European (Homarus gammarus) and Eastern Scheldt lobster — in weights from 300 g to 1500 g, available March–July.
• Leak-free Packed Products MAP (modified atmosphere / leak-free) packed seafood range — cooked mussel meat, crayfish, cooked cockle meat, Chuka Wakame, scampi skewers, beach crabs, edible crabs, sea asters and marsh samphire — for retail and horeca.
• Accessories (spices, sauces and pans) Companion accessories — mussel herbs, trio mussel dip sauce, ZR mussel pans and PD mussel pans — to complete a mussel meal for retailers and horeca buyers.
• Zeeland's Roem premium branded range Zeeland's Roem is the company's flagship premium branded shellfish line, distributed to horeca and retail in the Benelux and used across the full range of mussels, oysters, shrimps and convenience/preserved products.
• Prins & Dingemanse premium branded range Prins & Dingemanse is a heritage premium oyster and mussel brand, established 1880 in the Netherlands and Belgium and brought into the Roem van Yerseke portfolio in 2020.
• Private Label Shellfish Packaging Private-label packaging service in which Roem van Yerseke packages mussels, oysters, shrimps and other shellfish under customer brands for large retailers and wholesalers in the Netherlands and abroad.

Quantifiable outcome

• Europe's largest seafood processor
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Morubel: Belgian seafood processor specializing in mussels, shrimp, and crustaceans for retail and foodservice. Operates in the same Northwest European shellfish corridor with overlapping customer base in Benelux horeca and retail.
• Heiploeg: Dutch shrimp processor supplying retail, foodservice, and private label across Europe. Directly comparable on the shrimp/crustacean side of Roem van Yerseke's portfolio and on private-label B2B go-to-market with European retailers.
• Klaas Puul: Dutch shrimp processor (part of Thai Union Group) supplying cooked and peeled shrimp to European retailers, foodservice, and industry. Comparable product mix and B2B private-label model to Roem van Yerseke's shrimp and convenience lines.

Broad incumbents

• Maruha Nichiro: One of the world's largest seafood companies with broad shellfish processing, aquaculture, and global retail brands. Comparable on integrated aquaculture-to-processing model and multi-country shellfish operations.
• Pescanova: Spanish seafood major with broad portfolio across finfish and shellfish, including mussel and crustacean processing. Larger and more diversified, but overlaps on European shellfish processing and frozen/prepared seafood retail channels.
• Clearwater Seafoods: Canadian shellfish major focused on lobster, clams, scallops, and crab with branded and B2B distribution. Larger and more diversified but the closest publicly traded shellfish-dominant comparison for European shellfish processors.
• Thai Union Group: Global seafood conglomerate (owns Klaas Puul and other European processors). Operates broadly across cooked shrimp, value-added seafood, and frozen prepared meals - the umbrella competitor for any European shellfish processor scaling globally.
• Deutsche See: Germany's largest fish and seafood processor/retailer with own fleet, processing, and retail distribution. Comparable on the German factory footprint and seafood retail/wholesale distribution model.

Regional players

• Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group: UK cooperative of mussel, oyster, and scallop producers marketing under the 'Loch Fyne Oysters' and related brands. Comparable integrated cultivation-to-customer model but focused on Scotland rather than Benelux.
• Taylor Shellfish: Largest US shellfish farmer/processor (oysters, clams, mussels, geoduck) on the Pacific coast. Vertically integrated like Roem van Yerseke but in North America; useful comparator for premium shellfish cultivation and branded retail.

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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