Bertus-Dekker Seafood B.V.

What Bertus-Dekker Seafood B.V. does

Bertus-Dekker Seafood B.V. is a Netherlands-based B2B seafood processor and wholesaler headquartered in IJmuiden, the country's primary fishing port. Founded in 1948 and operating for over 75 years, the company sources fresh fish directly from Dutch, Belgian, and German coastal auctions and supplements this with international imports coordinated through its parent group, Cornelis Vrolijk, which acquired the business in 2018. All processing, custom packaging, and self-freezing are conducted in-house at the IJmuiden facility, with finished fresh and frozen seafood products sold to wholesalers, retailers, and other food-industry companies in the Netherlands and abroad.

The company's product portfolio is centered on fresh and frozen seafood, offered with in-house custom packaging tailored to individual customer specifications. Its core technology is its own processing factory and self-freezing operations in IJmuiden, which enable both fresh daily-turn product and higher-value frozen SKUs under the same roof. Quality and traceability are managed through recognized food-safety certifications referenced on the company website.

Commercially, Bertus-Dekker operates a direct B2B sales model with quote-based pricing and no publicly disclosed price list, selling to wholesale, retail, and food-industry buyers domestically and in selected international markets (with website localization in Dutch, English, Spanish, and Italian). Revenue is generated through one-time product sales rather than subscriptions or licensing. The company is a private B.V. with 11 employees and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Cornelis Vrolijk fishing-sector conglomerate.

Name

Bertus-Dekker Seafood B.V.

Legal name

Bertus-Dekker Seafood B.V.

Website

https://bertusdekker.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bertus-Dekker Seafood B.V. is a Netherlands-based B2B seafood processor and wholesaler in IJmuiden that sources fish from Dutch, Belgian, and German auctions, processes and freezes in-house, and sells fresh and frozen products to wholesalers, retailers, and food-industry customers domestically and internationally. Part of Cornelis Vrolijk since 2018.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Processing and Distribution

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (3117), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Seafood Wholesale (Fresh & Frozen) (AFAIADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Frozen Seafood Meals & Value-Added Seafood (CRADADAG)

Keywords

• Fresh seafood wholesale
• Frozen fish processing
• Custom seafood packaging
• Fish auction sourcing
• B2B seafood distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

IJmuiden

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Seafood Product Sales: Revenue is generated through the sale of fresh and frozen seafood products to B2B customers including wholesalers, retailers, and food industry companies. The company purchases fish directly from auctions, imports internationally, processes in their own factory, and sells finished products to customers domestically and internationally.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Bertus-Dekker Seafood purchases fresh fish directly from Dutch, Belgian, and German fish auctions and imports additional species internationally, then processes and packages them at its IJmuiden factory in the Netherlands. It sells both fresh fish and self-frozen seafood products, with in-house custom packaging tailored to individual B2B customer specifications, serving wholesalers, retailers, and food industry companies domestically and abroad.

Product overview

Bertus-Dekker Seafood B.V. is a seafood wholesale and processing company that offers a portfolio of fresh and frozen fish products, including seasonal varieties. The company operates as a single-product-line business focused on seafood, with processing capabilities in IJmuiden, Netherlands. Their offerings include fresh fish purchased directly from European auctions, imported fish products, and self-frozen seafood. All products can be customized with in-house packaging solutions. The company primarily serves wholesalers, retailers, and food industry businesses in domestic and international markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fresh Fish (Verse Vis) Fresh fish purchased directly from Dutch, Belgian, and German fish auctions, processed and packed in the company's IJmuiden facility. Targeted at B2B customers including wholesalers, retailers, and food industry businesses in domestic and international markets.
• Frozen Seafood Products (Diepvriesproducten) Frozen seafood products that the company self-freezes to offer high-quality frozen offerings alongside fresh fish. Targeted at B2B customers including wholesalers, retailers, and food industry businesses in domestic and international markets.
• Custom Packaging (Maatwerk Verpakkingen) Custom packaging solutions tailored to customer specifications, produced in-house at the IJmuiden facility. Provided to B2B customers requiring customer-specific presentation, sizing, or branding for wholesale and retail seafood distribution.

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

One partnership is on record.

• Cornelis VrolijkcoreOthers · 1 January 2018Bertus-Dekker Seafood became part of Cornelis Vrolijk in 2018. Cornelis Vrolijk is a leading family business in the fishing sector. This parent company relationship provides strategic support and access to other business units within the corporate family for international fish imports and expanded operational capabilities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Klaas Puul: Dutch shrimp and seafood processor/wholesaler based in Volendam. Comparable as a Netherlands-based seafood processor selling to B2B wholesale, retail, and foodservice customers, with similar processing/packaging operations and an established heritage brand.
• Heiploeg: Dutch shrimp processor (now owned by Thai Union Group). Comparable in operating model — Netherlands-based seafood processor/wholesaler serving European B2B customers — though at substantially greater scale.
• Deutsche See: German seafood processor, wholesaler, and retailer headquartered in Bremerhaven. Direct peer given overlapping B2B wholesale and processing activities, fish-counter retail operations, and shared Northwestern European customer base (Germany explicitly listed in Bertus-Dekker's served markets).
• Cornelis Vrolijk: Dutch family-owned fishing conglomerate and parent company of Bertus-Dekker since 2018. Included as a peer because the broader Cornelis Vrolijk group operates adjacent upstream and seafood-processing activities that overlap with Bertus-Dekker's midstream processing/wholesale business.
• Prins & Dingemanse: Dutch shellfish and seafood processor headquartered in Yerseke, Netherlands. Highly comparable as a Benelux-based seafood processor with direct sourcing from Dutch auctions and B2B wholesale/retail customers.

Broad incumbents

• Clearwater Seafoods: Canadian shellfish and seafood harvester/processor with European distribution. Comparable in shellfish/seafood processing and B2B wholesale, but with a North-Atlantic focus and substantially larger scale.
• Thai Union Group: Global seafood conglomerate (parent of Chicken of the Sea, John West, and Heiploeg). Comparable as a major seafood processor and wholesaler operating in European markets, but with vastly broader scale, species mix, and branded product portfolio.
• Mowi: Norwegian salmon farming and seafood processing giant, the world's largest Atlantic salmon producer. Comparable in seafood processing and B2B supply to European markets, though operating at vastly greater scale and with a vertically integrated aquaculture model.
• Royal Greenland: Global seafood processor and distributor headquartered in Greenland/Denmark. Comparable as a seafood product preparation and packaging company serving European retail and foodservice customers, but at far greater scale and with a much broader species portfolio.
• Young's Seafood: UK-based seafood processor and branded frozen seafood supplier. Comparable in B2B and B2C seafood processing for European retail/foodservice markets, though significantly larger and more brand-oriented than Bertus-Dekker.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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