BAGADIYA BROTHERS PRIVATE LIMITED

What BAGADIYA BROTHERS PRIVATE LIMITED does

Bagadiya Brothers Private Limited is an Indian merchant exporter and commodity trading house headquartered in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, operating under a Government of India recognized Four Star Export House designation. Founded as a proprietorship in 1959 and reincorporated as a private limited company in 2002 (CIN U51101CT2002PTC022248), the company trades seven core commodity lines: iron ore fines and lumps, iron ore pellets, rice (non-basmati and parboiled), wheat, maize, imported non-coking steam coal, and mill scale. Its commercial footprint spans Bangladesh, Vietnam, Senegal, Cote D'Ivoire, China, Singapore, South Korea, and South Africa, with outbound shipments handled through more than ten Indian ports including Paradip, Dhamra, Gangavaram, Vizag, Haldia, Krishnapatnam, Kandla, Mundra, Goa, Redi, Kakinada, and Nhava Sheva.

The company's defining operational feature is vertically integrated logistics. Inland freight is managed through Inlogistics, a private container train operator licensed by Indian Railways since 2006 with Wagon Investment Scheme rakes reoperationalized in 2022 through 2027. Ocean freight is managed through a wholly-owned Singapore subsidiary, Bagadiya Brothers (Singapore) Pte Ltd, established in 2007, which handles vessel chartering and marine logistics for bulk cargoes up to 148,500 MT per vessel. This dual ownership of rail and marine capacity underpins the company's ability to execute large-volume commodity flows across the agricultural (rice, wheat, maize) and mineral (iron ore, pellets, mill scale, coal) segments.

The company employs 39 people and is led by a five-member senior management team: CEO Mr. Sunil Patni, CFO Mr. Saurabh Shukla, and Directors Mr. Omi Bagadiya, Mr. Anand Agrawal, and Mr. Pankaj Agrawal. Ownership is founder/family-controlled with no disclosed institutional or private equity backing. The go-to-market model is direct enterprise sales to international buyers, supplemented by domestic trading of rice. Revenue is generated on a transactional, market-linked basis across each commodity shipment, with no disclosed tiered pricing or subscription model. Strategic positioning rests on volume scale, Four Star Export House credentials, and the integrated logistics chain that competitors without owned rail and marine assets would struggle to replicate.

Name

BAGADIYA BROTHERS PRIVATE LIMITED

Legal name

Bagadiya Brothers Private Limited

Website

https://bagadiyabros.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bagadiya Brothers Private Limited is a Government of India recognized Four Star Export House and merchant exporter trading iron ore, pellets, rice, wheat, maize, coal, and mill scale to buyers across Asia and Africa, with vertically integrated rail (Inlogistics) and marine (Singapore subsidiary) logistics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Commodity Trading & Export

NAICS

Coal and Other Mineral and Ore Merchant Wholesalers (42352), Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (424510), Farm Product Warehousing and Storage (493130)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals & Minerals (No Petroleum) (5050), Miscellaneous Metal Ores (1090)

akta.pro primary industry

Minerals & Ores Transport (Iron Ore/Bauxite/Phosphate) (TLADAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Agricultural Bulk Commodities Transport (Grain/Oilseeds/Feed) (TLADAKAD), Dry Bulk Commodity Terminals (Grain, Coal, Ore, Fertilizer) (TLAHABAA), Scrap Metal Export/Import & Trading (International Sourcing, Compliance, Documentation) (IMAKAMAL)

Keywords

• Commodity export services
• Iron ore trading
• Agricultural commodities export
• Bulk cargo logistics
• Merchant export house

Headquarters

HQ city

Raipur

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Commodity Export Trading: Export of agricultural commodities (parboiled rice, wheat, maize) and minerals (iron ore fines, iron ore pellets, mill scale) to international markets. The company also imports non-coking steam coal from South Africa for domestic trading in India.
2. Domestic Trading: Domestic trading of non-basmati rice and parboiled rice within India alongside export operations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bagadiya Brothers Private Limited is an Indian merchant export house engaged in international trading and export of industrial minerals and agricultural commodities. The company sources and resells iron ore (fines, lumps, pellets), rice, wheat, maize, coal, and mill scale to overseas buyers across Asia and Africa, supported by vertically integrated railway logistics through Inlogistics and marine logistics through a Singapore-based subsidiary.

Product overview

BAGADIYA BROTHERS PRIVATE LIMITED is a Government of India Recognized Four Star Export House offering a portfolio of commodity trading and export services. The company operates as a merchant exporter dealing in agricultural commodities (Rice, Wheat, Maize) and minerals (Iron Ore Fines/Lumps, Iron Ore Pellets, Mill Scale, Coal). The products are sourced from Indian producers and traded globally, with the company providing integrated logistics including railway container operations and marine shipping through its Singapore-based subsidiary. The core offering consists of commodity trading and export services rather than a unified software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Iron Ore Fines Fine-grade iron ore product sourced and exported by Bagadiya Brothers for use by international steel mills and industrial buyers as a feedstock for iron and steel production.
• Iron Ore Lumps Lump-grade iron ore sourced and exported by Bagadiya Brothers for use as direct charge feedstock by international steel mills and industrial buyers.
• Iron Ore Pellets Value-added iron ore pellets sourced and exported by Bagadiya Brothers for use as a high-grade feedstock in iron and steel production by international steel mills.
• Rice Staple rice sourced and exported by Bagadiya Brothers to overseas food-sector buyers, government procurement agencies, and food processors across Asia and Africa.
• Wheat Staple wheat sourced and exported by Bagadiya Brothers to overseas food-sector buyers, government procurement agencies, and food processors across Asia and Africa.
• Maize Maize sourced and exported by Bagadiya Brothers to overseas food-sector and animal-feed-sector buyers across Asia and Africa.
• Coal Coal imported from South Africa and traded/exported by Bagadiya Brothers to international industrial buyers for use in power generation, cement, and steel production.
• Mill Scale Mill scale (a by-product of steel rolling mills) sourced and traded/exported by Bagadiya Brothers for use by industrial buyers, including in sinter plants and cement manufacturing.
• Integrated Rail and Marine Logistics Services Vertically integrated multi-modal logistics services delivered through Inlogistics for inland railway transportation and a Singapore-based subsidiary for marine shipping, supporting the company's commodity export operations end-to-end.

Quantifiable outcome

• 21.25 Million MT Iron Ore handled for domestic and export sales across 10+ ports
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Iron Ore Pellet Manufacturers (India)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2016Strong alliances with iron ore pellet manufacturers across India to meet client requirements. Company exports 3.51 Million MT of iron ore pellets to China and South Korea since 2016 through these partnerships.
• Bagadiya Brothers (Singapore) Pte LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Wholly owned subsidiary based in Singapore established in 2007. Handles all marine logistics requirements including vessel chartering for the parent company's export operations. Provides efficient catering of all types of marine logistic requirements.
• Innovative B2B Logistics Solutions LimitedminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Bagadiya Brothers became a substantial shareholder in Innovative B2B Logistics Solutions Limited in 2007 to add value to the group through innovative logistics solutions.
• Inlogistics (Indian Railways Licensed Operator)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Inlogistics is a private container train operator launched in 2006 as one of the first to receive license from Indian railways. Operates domestic container train services. Railway rakes were dedicated under Wagon Investment Scheme (WIS) with 5 rakes operational since 2006-07, reoperationalized in 2022 till 2027.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wilmar International: Wilmar International is a Singapore-listed agricultural commodity giant with global grain, rice, and edible oil trading operations. Wilmar's agricultural commodity sourcing from South and Southeast Asia and its international buyer relationships make it a broad incumbent comparable to Bagadiya's agricultural export franchise at vastly greater scale.
• Glencore: Glencore is the world's largest metals and minerals trader with a substantial iron ore franchise that ships bulk cargoes to China, South Korea, and other Asian markets. Bagadiya's iron ore business model — sourcing from Indian suppliers and shipping to Asian steel mills — directly parallels Glencore's core industrial minerals franchise, though at much smaller scale.
• Louis Dreyfus Company: Louis Dreyfus Company is a global commodity merchant with substantial grain, rice, and metals trading operations, including origin operations in major producing regions. It competes with Bagadiya for international grain tenders, particularly in food-import markets in Asia and Africa, and represents a comparable broad-international merchant of agricultural commodities.
• Trafigura: Trafigura is a leading global commodity merchant with significant exposure to iron ore, coal, and bulk shipping logistics, including its own vessel chartering operations. Bagadiya's vertically integrated iron ore, mill scale, coal, and marine logistics model is comparable in structure to Trafigura's metals-and-minerals business, scaled to the global rather than Indian bulk trade.
• Cargill: Cargill is one of the world's largest agricultural commodity merchants, with significant rice, grain, and metals trading franchises globally. It overlaps with Bagadiya's agricultural export book on grains and competes at the same international buyer interface through much greater scale and diversified product range.
• Olam Group: Olam Group (now Olam Agri) is a major Singapore-headquartered agricultural commodity trader with deep rice, grain, and pulses exposure across Asia and Africa. The geographic overlap with Bagadiya's West African and Asian rice programs, plus parallel sourcing from Indian grain origins, makes Olam a comparable broad incumbent in agricultural commodity export trading.
• Adani Enterprises: Adani Enterprises is India's largest commodity trader and exporter, operating a horizontally integrated conglomerate across iron ore, agri-commodities, and bulk logistics with its own ports and shipping. Like Bagadiya, it matches commodity merchants with proprietary logistics infrastructure, but operates at much greater scale and through a broad portfolio beyond exports.

Direct peers

• MMTC Limited: MMTC Limited is a Government of India commodity trading house that exports iron ore, coal, and grains to international buyers through a similar merchant-export model. Both companies rely on Indian ports for bulk shipments and serve government-segment counterparts abroad, making MMTC the closest direct public peer in business model and customer profile.
• KRBL Limited: KRBL Limited is India's largest basmati rice exporter with direct sourcing from grain-producing states and established export relationships across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Bagadiya's rice export business (1.6M MT across Bangladesh, Vietnam, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire) overlaps directly with KRBL's rice trading franchise in terms of product, customers, and integrated sourcing-export model.
• LT Foods Limited: LT Foods is a publicly listed Indian rice and specialty grain exporter serving global markets through branded and bulk channels. Bagadiya's parboiled and broken rice export program makes LT Foods a directly comparable peer in grain trading business model, go-to-market approach, and exposure to international food-import tenders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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