What Argolanda does

Argolanda B.V. is a Netherlands-based international trading company specializing in raw hides, skins, splits, and adjacent leather-related commodities. Founded in 1926 and headquartered in Rotterdam, the firm has operated continuously for approximately 100 years across the global leather value chain, sourcing and distributing animal-derived raw materials alongside leather and tanning chemicals.

Beyond its core hides-and-skins franchise, Argolanda has extended into adjacent verticals including food industry materials and leather/tanning chemicals, broadening its role as an intermediary within the broader animal-derived commodity sector. The company operates as a B2B trading intermediary, serving customers across the leather processing, food, and chemical industries. Its operating model is built on long-tenured supplier and buyer relationships, cross-continent logistics coordination, and event-driven industry engagement (e.g., participation in APLF Hong Kong 2026 and commemoration of its 2026 Centenary).

Argolanda is a small-to-mid-sized enterprise with publicly indicated headcount in the 11–50 range. No data is available on transaction volume, revenue, customer concentration, or proprietary technology. The business model is consistent with a commodity-trading intermediary, generating revenue from buy-sell spreads and/or distribution margins on traded volumes, supported by relationship-driven sales rather than a disclosed digital or platform-based channel.

Name

Argolanda

Legal name

Argolanda B.V.

Website

https://argolanda.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1926

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Argolanda B.V. is a 100-year-old Dutch trading company headquartered in Rotterdam that sources and distributes raw hides, skins, splits, food industry materials, and leather/tanning chemicals globally for B2B customers across the leather, food, and chemical industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Leather and Hide Trading

NAICS

Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (4245), Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers (42469)

SIC

Wholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods (5190)

akta.pro primary industry

Import/Export & Cross-Border Food Commodity Trading (AFAIAKAL)

Keywords

• Hide and skin trading
• Leather industry materials
• Tanning chemicals supply
• Split leather supply
• Raw material trading

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hide and Skin Trading: Trading of raw and processed hides and skins in various stages (wetsalted, dry/salted, wetblue, crust, finished) sourced from countries worldwide. Products are supplied based on customer specifications and requirements.
2. Food Industry Materials: Supply of food industry materials including Nigerian Hibiscus, Nigerian Ginger, Gum Arabic, Talcum/Kaolin, Groundnuts, Soya lecithin, Egg powders, and Sodium bicarbonate.
3. Leather Chemicals: Supply of chemicals for the leather and tanning industry including Vegetable Extracts (Mimosa/Quebracho/Chestnut), Sodium Sulphide/Sulphydrate/Formate/Bisulphite/Bicarbonate, Chrome Sulphates, and Ammonium Sulphate.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Argolanda B.V. is a Rotterdam-based commodity trader that purchases hides, skins, and splits from producers worldwide and resells them to industrial buyers, primarily tanneries and leather-goods manufacturers. The company supplies materials in multiple processing stages (wetsalted, dry/salted, wetblue, crust, finished) to customer specifications, and also distributes leather/tanning chemicals and a complementary line of food-industry raw materials. All transactions are coordinated through direct contact with the Rotterdam office.

Product overview

Argolanda is a long-established trading company in hides and skins, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2026. The company offers a full range of products connected to the leather industry, organized into three main categories: hides and skins trading (purchasing hides, skins, and splits from countries worldwide in various processing stages), food industry materials (including Nigerian Hibiscus, Ginger, Gum Arabic, and other commodities), and leather/tanning chemicals (vegetable extracts and chemical compounds). The product portfolio reflects a unified trading platform serving the leather value chain and related industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hides Hides purchased by Argolanda B.V. from countries worldwide, supplied in stages including wetsalted, dry(salted), wetblue, crust, and finished, for tanneries and leather-goods manufacturers.
• Skins Skins (goat, sheep, pig and deer) purchased by Argolanda B.V. from countries worldwide and supplied in stages such as wetsalted, drumsalted, dry(salted), wetblue, crust, and finished, for leather manufacturers.
• Splits Splits (wetblue and/or crust) supplied by Argolanda B.V. from Central and South American countries as well as from the European community, for leather manufacturers and processors.
• Food Industry Materials Food industry raw materials supplied by Argolanda B.V., including Nigerian Hibiscus, Nigerian Ginger, Gum Arabic, Talcum/Kaolin, Groundnuts, Soya Lecithin, Egg powders, and Sodium bicarbonate, for food processing buyers.
• Leather/Tanning Chemicals Chemicals for the leather/tanning industry supplied by Argolanda B.V., including vegetable extracts (Mimosa, Quebracho, Chestnut), Sodium Sulphide/Sulphydrate/Formate/Bisulphite/Bicarbonate, Chrome Sulphates, and Ammonium Sulphate, for tanneries and leather processors.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• LANXESS: German specialty chemicals company with a Leather Auxiliaries business line producing tanning chemicals and chrome salts. Comparable to Argolanda because both supply chrome sulphates, sodium sulphide, and similar tanning chemicals into the leather industry, though LANXESS is a multi-billion-dollar producer rather than a small trader.
• TFL Ledertechnik: Specialty leather chemicals supplier to tanneries globally. Comparable to Argolanda because both supply chemicals into the same tanning/finishing value chain, though TFL is a manufacturer of dyes, fatliquors, and finishes rather than a commodity trader.
• Stahl International: Global leader in leather chemicals and coatings with Rotterdam presence. Comparable to Argolanda because both serve leather/tanning industry customers with processing chemicals, though Stahl is a much larger specialty chemicals producer rather than a trading intermediary.
• Trumpler Group: European manufacturer of leather and fur processing chemicals (wet-end and finishing auxiliaries). Comparable to Argolanda because both operate in the leather/tanning chemicals distribution space from Europe, though Trumpler is a manufacturer rather than a trading intermediary.

Direct peers

• ECCO Leather: Danish premium tannery that also supplies finished leather globally. Comparable to Argolanda because both are involved in cross-border leather materials supply, though ECCO operates downstream tanning/processing rather than trading raw hides and chemicals.
• Smit & zoon: Dutch leather auxiliaries and chemicals company headquartered in the Netherlands. Comparable to Argolanda because both serve tanneries with specialty inputs from a Rotterdam-area base, though Smit & zoon also produces proprietary fatliquors and retanning chemicals rather than purely trading.

Emerging players

• JBS Couros: Brazilian leather division of JBS, one of the world's largest hide suppliers from cattle processing. Comparable to Argolanda because both originate and supply hides/skins to global tanneries, though JBS Couros operates as a vertically integrated producer from slaughterhouses rather than a pure trading intermediary.

Regional players

• Silvi Chemical: Leather chemical supplier covering European and global tanneries from EU operations. Comparable to Argolanda because both provide inputs into the leather processing chain from a European base, though Silvi focuses on chemical solutions rather than raw hide trading.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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