What Kosar Trading does

Kosar Trading (کوثر) is a Tehran-based, privately held B2B trading and market-information platform focused on chemical, plastic, polymer, and petrochemical raw materials for Iranian manufacturers. The company operates kosar.co as a browsable product catalog covering pigments, solvents, resins, plasticizers, hardeners, driers, thickeners, and titanium dioxide on the chemical side, and PVC, polyethylene (HDPE/LDPE/LLDPE/EVA), polypropylene, polystyrene (GPPS/HIPS), engineering plastics (PMMA, polycarbonate, POM), and masterbatches on the plastics side. Each listing carries product imagery, technical data sheet references, and pricing denominated in Iranian Rials, with the site functioning both as a product catalog and a real-time price-information platform that also publishes Iran Mercantile Exchange (bourse کالا) supply announcements and transaction statistics.

The underlying technology is a conventional B2B e-commerce and content platform: a website with product pages, search, and category navigation, supplemented by news, magazine, and image-gallery sections, plus a Telegram channel (t.me/kosarco) for distribution. Beyond the chemical and polymer catalog, Kosar has broadened into adjacent commodities — currencies, gold and coins, oil and fuel, base metals, global commodities, and global stock indices — suggesting an evolution from a single-vertical trader into a broader industrial-commodities information portal.

The business model combines B2B distribution of chemical and plastic raw materials to manufacturing companies through direct website sales and phone-based contact (021-43462000), with pay-as-you-go unit pricing, alongside an emerging advertising and content layer (needs/classifieds section, banner placements, Telegram, news) and an explicit hire/recruitment page. Revenue is generated through trading margin on product sales and, increasingly, audience monetization through the news and pricing portal; revenue figures are not disclosed. Ownership, leadership team, funding history, and corporate structure are not publicly documented in the available source material.

Name

Kosar Trading

Legal name

Kosar Trading (کوثر)

Website

https://kosar.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kosar Trading is a Tehran-based B2B platform that trades chemical, plastic, polymer, and petrochemical raw materials to Iranian manufacturers and publishes real-time pricing plus Iran Mercantile Exchange statistics through its website and Telegram channel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Chemical & Plastic Raw Materials Trading

NAICS

Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers (4246), Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers (424610)

SIC

Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products (5160), Chemicals & Allied Products (2800)

akta.pro primary industry

Coating & Adhesive Raw Materials (Resins, Additives, Solvents) (IMAEAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Commodity Thermoplastics Resin Manufacturing (PE, PP, PVC, PS) (IMANAAAA)

Keywords

• Chemical raw materials
• Plastic raw materials
• Polymer trading
• Petrochemical distribution
• Commodity exchange data

Headquarters

HQ city

Tehran

HQ country

Iran

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Chemical Materials Trading: Trading and distribution of chemical raw materials including pigments, solvents, resins, and additives to manufacturing companies. Revenue generated through margin on product sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kosar Trading imports and distributes chemical and plastic raw materials—including pigments, solvents, resins, plasticizers, titanium dioxide, masterbatches, and polymers (PVC, PE, PP, PS, engineering plastics)—to Iranian paint, coating, and plastics manufacturers. The business also operates an online market-information platform that publishes real-time and historical pricing for chemical materials, plastics, polymers, petrochemicals, currencies, gold, oil, base metals, and Iran Mercantile Exchange (بورس کالا) statistics.

Product overview

Kosar Trading operates as a comprehensive B2B chemical and plastic raw materials trading platform. The company offers an extensive portfolio of chemical raw materials including pigments, solvents, resins, thickeners, driers, hardeners, and titanium dioxide; plastic raw materials including PVC, polyethylene (HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE), polypropylene, polystyrene, and engineering plastics (PMMA, polycarbonate, POM); and masterbatch products for plastic coloring. Beyond product sales, the platform provides market intelligence services including real-time pricing data for chemical materials, plastics, polymers, petrochemicals, currencies, gold, and commodities, as well as Iran Mercantile Exchange (bourse) statistics and transaction data. The offering functions as a unified trading and market information platform combining product catalog, pricing database, and exchange data services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Paint & Resin Raw Materials Catalog of chemical raw materials for paint, coating, and resin manufacturers, including pigments (e.g., Pigment Yellow 12 G, Pigment Blue 15:3, Pigment Yellow Lemon Chrome 1222, Middle Chrome Yellow Pigment, Pigment Orange 13), optical brighteners, solvents (Propylene Carbonate, Butyl Glycol BG), hydrocarbon resins (C5), plasticizers (Dioctyl Phthalate/DOP), thickeners (Tylose, Bermocoll, CMC), driers (calcium, cobalt, lead octoates), epoxy hardeners (TETA), and titanium dioxide (TiO2). Targeted at Iranian paint, coatings, and resin producers.
• Plastic & Polymer Raw Materials Catalog of polymer and plastic raw materials including Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) in suspension, emulsion, and copolymer grades; Polyethylene products (HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, EVA); Polypropylene (homopolymer and copolymer); Polystyrene (GPPS/HIPS); engineering plastics (PMMA acrylic, polycarbonate, POM polyacetal); and masterbatches (color, white, black, additive). Targeted at plastics manufacturers in packaging, construction, automotive, and consumer goods.
• Market Price Information Service Real-time and historical pricing data service for chemical materials, plastics, polymers, petrochemicals, currencies, gold and coin, oil and fuel, base metals, global commodities, and global equities. Used by procurement and trading teams in Iran for input-cost benchmarking and market intelligence.
• Iran Mercantile Exchange (Bourse) Data Service Commodity exchange statistics, supply-offering announcements, and transaction data from the Iran Mercantile Exchange (بورس کالا) that helps buyers track listed offerings and concluded deals for chemical, plastic, and petrochemical products.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Univar Solutions: North American chemical and ingredients distributor serving coatings, plastics, and industrial manufacturers with a broad specialty and commodity chemical portfolio. Directly comparable trading model and customer base to Kosar.
• ICC Chemical: Global trader and distributor of petrochemicals, plastics, and specialty chemicals with strong presence across emerging markets. Comparable trading-and-distribution business model focused on polymer and chemical raw materials.
• IMCD: Global specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor focused on coatings, plastics, and advanced materials with strong technical sales. Comparable B2B model targeting the same downstream industrial buyers as Kosar, but with deeper specialty portfolio.
• Manuchar: Global distribution platform for chemicals, polymers, steel, and commodities with strong emerging-market presence. Similar asset-light trading-and-distribution model serving industrial customers in emerging economies.
• Azelis: Specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor serving life sciences and industrial markets including coatings, plastics, and personal care. Operates with a similar value-added technical distribution model to Kosar.
• HELM AG: German family-owned chemical distribution and marketing company trading fertilizers, petrochemicals, and specialty chemicals worldwide. Comparable B2B chemical marketing/distribution model with similar product mix.
• TER Chemicals: European distributor of specialty chemicals, petrochemicals, and polymers serving coatings, plastics, and industrial customers. Directly comparable product portfolio (pigments, solvents, plasticizers, polymers) and customer base.
• Tricon Energy: International distributor of petrochemicals, polymers, and specialty chemicals serving plastics, coatings, and industrial end-markets. Closely aligned with Kosar's polymer (PVC, PE, PP, PS) and petrochemical trading activity.
• Brenntag: World's largest chemical distributor distributing specialty and commodity chemicals, polymers, and additives to industrial customers across coatings, plastics, and related end-markets. Closest global analog to Kosar's B2B chemical/polymer trading model, scaled globally.

Regional players

• PetroChem Middle East / regional Iranian petrochemical traders: Regional petrochemical and polymer trading firms operating in the Middle East/Iranian corridor. Direct regional peers to Kosar's domestic petrochemical and polymer trading activity, though specific named Iranian trading peers are not publicly verifiable.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kosarco
• Facebookfacebook.com/kosarcom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kosarco

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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