Octavius Plantations

What Octavius Plantations does

Octavius Plantations Ltd is an India-domiciled, publicly listed plantation company (BSE scrip code 542938) founded in 1984 and headquartered in New Delhi, with owned coffee plantations in Coorg, Karnataka and tea gardens in West Bengal (heritage dating to 1898). The company operates a vertically integrated agricultural business across five product categories: coffee (Arabica and Robusta varieties processed into green beans, roasted beans, filter coffee, and instant coffee), tea (sourced from Coonoor, Kerala, and own West Bengal estates), spices (black pepper grown on plantation; cardamom and ginger procured from local farmers), fruits (Coorg orange revival, Chikku, Pineapple), and medicinal and aromatic plants (Ashwagandha, Stevia, Patchouli, Lemon grass, etc.). Production relies on traditional methods — selective handpicking of ripened berries, natural fermentation, overnight freshwater soaking, and sun-drying — with the company emphasizing a "100% Natural / 100% Quality / Debt-Free" positioning.

The company's go-to-market is direct B2B sales, exporting processed coffee to the Middle East, Europe, North Africa, America, and the Far East, alongside domestic supply. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Revenue mechanics are commodity-style one-time sales of plantation output rather than recurring contracts, branded retail SKUs, or licensed technology. The only historical financial disclosure is FY 2013-14 turnover of Rs 41.46 Lakh and net profit of Rs 9.73 Lakh; no current revenue figure is provided. Ownership is promoter-anchored (Madanlall Jain, Shalini Jain, Akshita Jain collectively hold 46.42%) with 866–881 public shareholders holding the remaining 53.58% of 3,000,000 equity shares. The firm is micro-cap, has 11–50 employees, and shows no AI, software, or digital technology stack.

Name

Octavius Plantations

Legal name

OCTAVIUS PLANTATIONS LTD

Website

https://octaviusplantations.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Octavius Plantations Ltd is an India-domiciled, publicly listed plantation company that grows and processes coffee, tea, spices, fruits, and medicinal plants on owned estates in Coorg and West Bengal, exporting to the Middle East, Europe, North Africa, America, and the Far East via direct B2B sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coffee and Tea Plantation Products

NAICS

Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (31192), Spice and Extract Manufacturing (311942)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Coffee & Tea (Single-Origin, Micro-lot, Premium) Processing (AFAFADAJ)

Keywords

• Plantation coffee
• Arabica robusta beans
• Tea gardens
• Plantation spices
• Agricultural commodities

Headquarters

HQ city

Kolkata

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Coffee Production and Sales: The company grows and processes Arabica and Robusta coffee varieties at their Coorg plantations, selling processed coffee well accepted in both domestic and international markets. The company also sources tea from Coonoor in Tamil Nadu and plantations in Kerala.
2. Agricultural Commodity Trading: The company originally started with agri commodities exports and continues trading in various plantation products including spices (black pepper, cardamom, ginger) and fruits (oranges, chikku, pineapple).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Octavius Plantations grows, processes, and sells coffee (Arabica and Robusta varieties), tea, spices (black pepper, cardamom, ginger), fruits (oranges, chikku, pineapple), and medicinal and aromatic plants. The company owns coffee plantations in Coorg (Karnataka) and tea gardens in West Bengal, processing the produce using traditional methods such as selective handpicking, natural fermenting, and sun-drying for export to domestic and international markets.

Product overview

Octavius Plantations Ltd. is a plantation company established in 1984 with coffee plantations at Coorg in Karnataka. The company operates as a unified agricultural business with multiple crop categories: Coffee (Arabica and Robusta varieties grown in Coorg and processed into various coffee products), Tea (procured from Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and company-owned gardens in West Bengal), Spices (black pepper grown on plantation with cardamom and ginger procured from farmers), Fruits (Coorg Orange revival project and Chikku/Pineapple cultivation), and Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Ondelaga, Coleus, Ashwagandha, Sarpagandha, Amla, Stevia, Shatavari, Tulsi, Aloe vera, Patchouli, Lemon grass). The company operates as a debt-free entity with 100% quality and natural production standards, emphasizing selective handpicking and natural processing methods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coffee

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CCL Products (India) Ltd: India's largest instant coffee exporter, sourcing Indian and imported green coffee for processing—directly comparable business model of converting plantation-origin coffee into export-grade processed coffee.
• Harrisons Malayalam Ltd: Indian plantation company growing tea, coffee, rubber, and spices in South India—highly comparable diversified plantation model across similar crops and geography.
• Assam Company India Ltd: Historic Indian plantation company with tea and timber estates—a legacy plantation operator with overlapping heritage-plantation characteristics.
• Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation: Listed Indian plantation company with coffee estates in Coorg and tea gardens—nearest direct match on integrated multi-crop Indian plantation operations.
• Jay Shree Tea & Industries Ltd: Listed Indian tea and coffee plantation company with estates across Darjeeling, Assam, and South India—comparable integrated tea/coffee plantation and export operations.
• McLeod Russel India Ltd: One of India's largest tea plantation operators with extensive estate footprint in West Bengal and Assam—direct peer on Indian tea estate ownership and export.
• Kanan Devan Hills Plantations (KDHP): Worker-owned Indian tea plantation company in Munnar, Kerala—operates comparable South Indian tea plantation model with similar commodity mix.

Broad incumbents

• Tata Coffee (Tata Consumer Products): Integrated coffee and tea major with large plantations in Karnataka (Coorg/Chikmagalur) and instant-coffee manufacturing—closest large-scale Indian analogue to Octavius's plantation-to-coffee model.
• Wagh Bakri Tea Group: Large Indian private tea and coffee processor/distributor active in domestic and export markets—competes for share of processed Indian-origin tea and coffee in retail and B2B channels.
• Lavazza (Luigi Lavazza SpA): Global Italian coffee major active across green coffee sourcing, roasting, and retail coffee—broad incumbent competing for the same green/specialty coffee that Octavius exports.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/octavius-plantations

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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