Umatec Fenaco

What Umatec Fenaco does

fenaco Genossenschaft is a Swiss agricultural cooperative organized as a vertically integrated platform spanning four strategic business fields — agriculture, food industry, retail, and energy — under a farm-to-table ("de la terre à la table") value chain. The entity was formed in 1993 from the merger of six agricultural cooperative associations with more than 150 years of combined tradition, and is owned by 133 LANDI cooperatives together with more than 39,000 members, of whom over 23,000 are active Swiss farmers. Its commercial activity is conducted through a portfolio of heritage brands: UFA (animal feed, seeds, and farm inputs), LANDI (agricultural retail cooperative network), RAMSEIER (fruit juices and ciders), Volg (rural convenience retail), and AGROLA (fuels and energy products).

The company monetizes through multiple distinct revenue streams tied to its four business fields: sale of agricultural inputs and services to farmer-members via the LANDI/UFA network, sale of branded beverages through RAMSEIER's distribution channels, sale of consumer food and household goods through Volg's physical retail storefronts, and sale of fuels and energy through the AGROLA station network. Its core technology is the integrated cooperative platform itself — a shared infrastructure of member relationships, logistics, and brand portfolio that enables cross-business-field synergies and quality/traceability control from farm input through to consumer shelf. The organization is governed as a cooperative (Genossenschaft) under Swiss law, with no public equity ticker and no external shareholders; farmer-members hold ownership and elect the Board, which appointed Jean-Daniel Heiniger as its new Chairman in June 2026. The operating geography is Switzerland-domiciled with a single-country market focus, supported by a multi-channel presence spanning physical retail (LANDI, Volg, AGROLA), brand distribution (RAMSEIER, UFA), and an active corporate communications footprint across LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, and email newsletter.

Name

Umatec Fenaco

Legal name

fenaco Genossenschaft

Website

https://fenaco.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

fenaco Genossenschaft is a Swiss farmer-owned agricultural cooperative operating four integrated business fields — agriculture, food industry, retail, and energy — through brands including UFA, RAMSEIER, Volg, LANDI, and AGROLA, serving 23,000+ active Swiss farmers and Swiss retail consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Cooperative Services

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Farmer Cooperatives & Co-op Retail (AFABAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Multi-Stakeholder Grocery Cooperatives (CRAHALAD), Farm-to-Consumer Cooperative Markets (Local Producer Co-ops) (CRAHALAG), Seed & Trait Distribution (Dealer Networks) (AFABAJAD), Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (BPAGAGAI)

Keywords

• Agricultural cooperative
• Farm input supply
• Food industry production
• Rural retail stores
• Energy fuel stations

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

fenaco Genossenschaft is a Swiss agricultural cooperative operating four strategic business fields: Agriculture (animal feed, seeds, and farm inputs under the UFA and LANDI brands), Food Industry (fruit juices and ciders under RAMSEIER), Retail (convenience stores under Volg), and Energy (fuels and energy under AGROLA). The company is owned by 133 LANDI cooperatives and over 39,000 members, including 23,000+ active Swiss farmers, and operates a vertically integrated value chain from farm production to consumer retail.

Product overview

fenaco Genossenschaft is a cooperative enterprise organized around four strategic business fields aligned along the agricultural and food value chain: Agriculture (Agrar), Food Industry (Lebensmittelindustrie), Retail (Detailhandel), and Energy. The company operates as a platform of brands and business units rather than a single unified product. The core brands include UFA (agricultural inputs), LANDI (agricultural cooperatives), RAMSEIER (beverages), Volg (retail), and AGROLA (energy), with additional diverse business units. The company is owned by 133 LANDI cooperatives and over 39,000 members, primarily active Swiss farmers, reflecting a farm-to-table (de la terre à la table) value chain integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UFA: Agricultural brand mentioned as part of fenaco's portfolio of well-known brands.
• RAMSEIER
• Volg
• LANDI
• AGROLA

Products and services

• UFA Agricultural Inputs UFA is fenaco's agricultural brand offering animal feed, animal nutrition, seeds, and farm inputs for Swiss farmers, distributed through the LANDI retail network. It is part of fenaco's Agriculture (Agrar) strategic business field.
• RAMSEIER Beverages RAMSEIER is fenaco's beverage brand producing fruit juices and ciders, part of fenaco's Food Industry (Lebensmittelindustrie) business. Beverages are distributed through retail channels in Switzerland.
• Volg Retail Stores Volg is fenaco's retail brand operating convenience stores and supermarkets in rural Switzerland, providing Swiss consumers with access to locally produced food products and everyday household goods. Volg is part of fenaco's Retail (Detailhandel) strategic business field.
• LANDI Agricultural Retail Network LANDI is fenaco's agricultural cooperative network with 133 member cooperatives that provide agricultural supplies, services, and retail to Swiss farmers across Switzerland. The LANDI cooperatives also collectively own fenaco Genossenschaft.
• AGROLA Energy and Fuel Stations AGROLA is fenaco's energy brand offering fuels and energy products through fuel stations across Switzerland. It is part of fenaco's Energy strategic business field and serves both individual consumers and the agricultural sector.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SwissVetsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 May 2026fenaco announced participation in SwissVets on May 27, 2026. SwissVets appears to be a veterinary services company in the agricultural sector, with fenaco taking a strategic stake to strengthen its animal health services offering.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Syngenta: Syngenta is a Swiss-headquartered global agricultural inputs and seed company. It is a broad incumbent in the agricultural inputs space that fenaco's UFA brand and farm input distribution competes within and around.
• Emmi: Emmi is a major Swiss dairy and food company producing and marketing branded dairy products. Its focus on Swiss food production and processing parallels fenaco's RAMSEIER beverage business and food industry operations.
• Cargill: Cargill is one of the world's largest agricultural trading and processing companies, operating across the agricultural value chain. While much larger and global, it serves as a broad incumbent reference for fenaco's vertically integrated agricultural platform.

Direct peers

• BayWa: BayWa is a major German agricultural cooperative and trading group with farm inputs, agricultural retail, and energy businesses. Its cooperative farmer-owned model and diversified agricultural value chain closely mirror fenaco's structure and strategic positioning.
• Migrol: Migrol is a Swiss fuel retailer and energy company serving consumers across Switzerland. It is directly comparable to fenaco's AGROLA energy business in both fuel retail and energy product distribution.
• Migros: Migros is Switzerland's largest retail cooperative, operating grocery stores across the country. Like fenaco, it is farmer- and consumer-owned, vertically integrated, and one of the dominant food retailers in Switzerland, making it a direct peer for fenaco's Volg retail business.
• Coop (Switzerland): Coop is another major Swiss retail and food cooperative with extensive grocery and convenience store operations. Its cooperative ownership model, scale of Swiss retail, and food production footprint make it a direct peer across fenaco's retail and food industry businesses.
• Agravis Raiffeisen: Agravis is one of the largest agricultural cooperatives in Germany, providing farm inputs, feed, seeds, and agricultural retail to farmer members. It is directly comparable to fenaco's agricultural business field.
• Raiffeisen Zentralgenossenschaft (ZG Raiffeisen): ZG Raiffeisen is a major German agricultural cooperative supplying farm inputs, agricultural retail, and energy products. As a cooperative serving farmers across the value chain, it operates a very similar model to fenaco's UFA and LANDI businesses.

Regional players

• Aldi Suisse: Aldi Suisse is a hard-discount grocery retailer operating extensively in Switzerland. While discount-led and international, it competes with fenaco's Volg retail chain in the Swiss grocery market and offers a regional comparable.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fenaco
• YouTubeyoutube.com/fenaco
• Facebookfacebook.com/fenaco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/umatec-fenaco
• Instagraminstagram.com/fenaco
• TikToktiktok.com/@fenaco.com

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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