Baylan İstanbul

What Baylan İstanbul does

Baylan İstanbul is a historic Turkish patisserie and chocolate manufacturer founded in 1923 in Istanbul, legally registered as BAYLAN GIDA SANAYİ VE TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ. The company operates four retail showrooms across Istanbul — Galataport, Bebek, Kadıköy, and Kız Kulesi — in a dual patisserie and brasserie format, and sells directly online through baylangida.com. It is family-owned with no disclosed external investment, parent company, or subsidiaries.

The product portfolio centers on handmade chocolates and signature classic desserts — including Trüf, Kup Griye (a 1954 Baylan invention sold as 'Coupe Baylan' in some European patisseries), Adisababa, Montebianco, Karamel, and Moncheri — alongside tablet chocolates, handmade pistachio Roche, and ancillary items. All chocolates and pralines are produced using fresh cream and real butter without preservatives, and core recipes have been maintained unchanged for decades. Additional service lines include catering (Catering Hizmeti) and custom cake orders (Özel Pasta Siparişi).

The business model is consumer-facing and transaction-based: revenue is generated through walk-in retail sales across four locations, direct-to-consumer e-commerce orders with delivery, event catering, and bespoke confectionery commissions. The customer base consists of individual consumers seeking traditional Turkish pastries, chocolates, and special-occasion desserts, with no enterprise, wholesale, or hospitality customers disclosed in the source material.

Name

Baylan İstanbul

Legal name

BAYLAN GIDA SANAYİ VE TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ

Website

https://baylangida.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1923

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Baylan İstanbul is a family-owned historic Istanbul patisserie founded in 1923, operating four retail showrooms and an e-commerce store selling handmade chocolates, signature classic desserts, catering, and custom cakes to individual consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Artisan Confectionery & Patisserie

NAICS

Retail Bakeries (311811), Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate (311352), Frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries Manufacturing (311813)

SIC

Bakery Products (2050), Sugar & Confectionery Products (2060)

akta.pro primary industry

Patisseries & Viennoiserie (French-Style) (THAFAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Chocolate & Confectionery Patisseries (Bonbons, Truffles, Macarons) (THAFAFAL), Chocolate & Confectionery Shops (THAFAGAD), Pastry, Cakes & Tortes Manufacturing (AFAKAAAB)

Keywords

• Handmade chocolates
• Artisan patisserie
• Classic desserts
• Custom cake orders
• Catering services

Headquarters

HQ city

İstanbul

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Baylan İstanbul manufactures and retails handmade chocolates, pralines, and signature classic desserts (including Trüf, Kup Griye, Adisababa, Montebianco, Karamel, and Moncheri) produced from traditional recipes using fresh cream and real butter without preservatives. The company sells these products through four physical patisserie locations in Istanbul (Galataport, Bebek, Kadıköy, Kız Kulesi) and an owned e-commerce website, and accepts custom cake and catering orders for events.

Product overview

Baylan İstanbul is a historic pastry and chocolate company established in 1923, operating as a multi-location patisserie with four branches in Istanbul (Galataport, Bebek, Kadıköy, Kız Kulesi). The company offers a portfolio of signature desserts including chocolate-based classics (Trüf, Moncheri), ice cream cups (Kup Griye), frozen parfaits (Adisababa), chestnut desserts (Montebianco), and caramel cakes. The product range also includes handmade chocolates such as El Yapımı Fıstıklı Roche and Tablet Çikolata. Additional services include catering and custom cake orders. Baylan positions itself as 'Istanbul's oldest living patisserie' and operates both physical restaurant locations (patisserie/brasserie format) and an e-commerce platform for online ordering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trüf

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Ladurée: Iconic French luxury patisserie known globally for macarons and chocolates. Comparable as a premium-positioned patisserie-confect­ioner competing for gifting and high-end dessert occasions.
• Paul (Maison Paul): Long-standing French patisserie-bakery chain with international presence. Comparable as a heritage patisserie offering viennoiserie, chocolates, and brasserie service — overlapping with Baylan's French-influenced classic dessert repertoire.
• Godiva Chocolatier: Global premium chocolate brand with retail boutiques. Comparable to Baylan's handmade chocolate and praline business at the premium gifting end of the market, though Godiva is far broader in scale.
• Häagen-Dazs: Global premium ice cream brand with branded shops. Comparable to Baylan's Kup Griye and Adisababa ice cream cup / parfait offerings at the premium dessert occasion level.

Direct peers

• Hacıoğlu Baklava: Established Turkish baklava and confectionery brand with retail locations and nationwide distribution. Comparable as a heritage Turkish confectionery brand operating both retail and wholesale channels.
• Divan Pastanesi: Long-established Turkish patisserie chain under the Divan Group, offering classic desserts, chocolates, and catering across Istanbul. Highly comparable as a multi-branch traditional patisserie with a hotel/hoReCa-adjacent positioning.
• Vakko Pastanesi: Luxury Turkish brand Vakko operates a patisserie line in Istanbul combining chocolates and classic desserts. Comparable as a premium heritage-positioned patisserie competing for the same high-end gifting and dessert occasions.
• Karaköy Güllüoğlu: Istanbul's most famous baklava/confectionery brand with multiple retail branches; directly comparable as a heritage Turkish patisserie-confect­ioner operating physical storefronts in premium Istanbul locations and selling traditional Turkish sweets and chocolates.
• Beyaz Fırın: Premium Istanbul bakery-patisserie-restaurant chain offering breads, pastries, and desserts across multiple locations. Directly comparable as a multi-branch urban patisserie combining retail and brasserie formats.
• Saray Muhallebicisi: Istanbul-based traditional Turkish dessert (muhallebi) and pastry chain with multiple branches. Comparable as a heritage multi-store patisserie serving classic Turkish desserts to urban consumers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/baylani%CC%87stanbul

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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