Heimbs Kaffee GmbH & Co. KG

Name

Heimbs Kaffee GmbH & Co. KG

Legal name

Heimbs Kaffee GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://heimbs.biz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1880

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee Roasting

NAICS

Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (311920)

SIC

Beverages (2080), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Coffee Roasting & Grinding (AFAFADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialty Coffee & Tea Retail (Beans, Leaves, Accessories) (CRAHAGAI)

Keywords

• Coffee roasting
• Specialty coffee
• Small batch roasting
• Drinking chocolate
• Espresso beans

Headquarters

HQ city

Braunschweig

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. E-commerce Product Sales: Direct online sales of roasted coffee, tea, drinking chocolate, and accessories to B2C consumers and B2B gastronomy customers. Products sold in various pack sizes (250g, 500g, 1kg, bulk cases). Revenue is transactional, one-time purchase model with repeat customer potential.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Heimbs Kaffee roasts specialty coffee in small batches using Aerotherm hot-air roasting and sells the finished roasted coffee under two house brands — Heimbs (German-style filter, espresso, Caffè Crema) and Allegretto (Italian-style espresso) — plus drinking chocolate and accessories. Output is sold direct to German consumers via the heimbs.biz shop and to gastronomy, hotel, and office accounts via the Dallmayr gastroshop B2B channel.

Product overview

Heimbs Kaffee GmbH & Co. KG operates two main brands—Heimbs (a traditional coffee roastery founded in 1880 in Braunschweig) and Allegretto (an Italian-style espresso brand). The Heimbs portfolio encompasses premium roasted coffees (filter coffees, espressos, Caffè Crema) including both blends and single-origin specialty coffees, drinking chocolates in white/milk/dark varieties, and accessories (double-walled glasses, biscuits). The Allegretto brand features 8 espresso varieties and 3 Caffè Crema options, plus organic/Fairtrade certified products and Italian-themed accessories. Both brands utilize small-batch manufacturing roasting (24kg per charge) at temperatures of 230-270°C, with raw coffee traditionally stored in the company's historic 1880 vaulted cellar. Tea products are being discontinued as of April 1, 2026, to focus on core coffee and drinking chocolate segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Heimbs: Traditional German coffee brand offering filter coffees, espresso, Caffè Crema, drinking chocolate, and accessories. Focus on specialty coffees including single-origin options from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Indonesia.
• Allegretto

Products and services

• Heimbs Filterkaffee (German-style filter coffee) Roasted German-style filter coffee sold under the Heimbs house brand, available in whole bean and ground variants and targeted at German home consumers who prefer a traditional mild filter profile.
• Heimbs Espresso (German-style espresso) Roasted espresso under the Heimbs brand, positioned for German and Central-European taste preferences, available in whole bean and ground forms for home and small-office preparation.
• Heimbs Caffè Crema Roasted Caffè Crema under the Heimbs brand, formulated for fully automatic coffee machines and aimed at German consumers seeking a longer, milder espresso-style drink.
• Allegretto Espresso (Italian-style espresso) Roasted Italian-style espresso sold under the Allegretto sub-brand, targeted at consumers who prefer a Mediterranean profile with fuller body and stronger crema than the German-style Heimbs range.
• Heimbs Trinkschokolade (drinking chocolate) Powdered drinking chocolate sold under the Heimbs brand, intended for preparation as a hot beverage at home and positioned as a complement to the company's coffee range.
• Heimbs coffee accessories Branded coffee accessories sold alongside the Heimbs coffee and chocolate lines, including preparation and serving items for home consumers.
• Heimbs B2B bulk and case-pack coffee (Dallmayr gastroshop) Bulk and case-packed versions of Heimbs-roasted coffee distributed via the Dallmayr gastroshop B2B portal, supplied to restaurants, hotels, offices, and catering operators in Germany.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Dallmayr Gastronomie Service GmbH & Co. KGcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDallmayr Gastronomie Service operates the B2B gastroshop (dallmayr-gastroshop.de) that distributes Heimbs products to gastronomy and business customers. The company also handles sales contract administration and is the legal entity for consumer contracts on heimbs.biz. Heimbs Kaffee GmbH & Co. KG belongs to the Dallmayr group.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Broad incumbents

• Tchibo: Tchibo is Germany's largest coffee retailer and roaster, combining grocery retail with branded coffee and operating a massive direct-to-consumer and online channel. Overlaps with Heimbs on German D2C and B2B coffee supply but at vastly larger scale.
• Paulig: Nordic-based coffee and beverage group with broad European retail and foodservice presence, including sustainable and origin-certified product lines. Comparable as a larger incumbent with overlapping specialty and sustainable-certified coffee SKUs across European markets.
• Lavazza: Italy's largest coffee roaster with broad espresso and coffee product lines distributed across Germany via retail, foodservice, and e-commerce. Comparable as a premium Italian-style espresso brand competing for the same German consumer occasions as Allegretto.

Regional players

• Kimbo Caffè: Naples-based Italian espresso roaster distributing premium espresso in Germany and other EU markets through retail and specialty channels. Comparable craft espresso positioning and similar SKU architecture (espresso blends, single origins) to Allegretto.

Emerging players

• Coffee Fellows: German coffee chain and roaster operating cafés plus an online shop selling its own roasted coffee and tea. Comparable as a German specialty coffee brand combining own-retail/café presence with direct e-commerce and B2B supply.
• Segafredo Zanetti: Italian espresso brand with strong presence in the German out-of-home and grocery market, offering espresso and Caffè Crema SKUs similar to Allegretto's portfolio. Comparable Italian-style positioning targeting German coffee consumers.

Direct peers

• Bonanza Coffee Roasters: Berlin-based specialty roaster offering single-origin and espresso lines through wholesale and direct e-commerce to German consumers. Comparable as a craft-focused German specialty roaster with online D2C and gastronomy distribution.
• Melitta Kaffee: Melitta is a long-established German coffee roaster (founded 1908) offering filter coffees, espresso, and whole bean products to German consumers through retail and e-commerce. Highly comparable in heritage positioning, product breadth, and German D2C focus.
• Münchner Kaffee Rösterei: Munich-based specialty coffee roaster selling small-batch, single-origin coffees via D2C and wholesale to German gastronomy. Comparable artisan positioning, German geographic focus, and small-batch craft production model.
• Dallmayr: Dallmayr is the parent group and operates an overlapping specialty coffee roastery in Munich serving both retail and gastronomy customers in Germany, with comparable heritage positioning and Aerotherm-style roasting. The two brands share customers, channels, and the B2B gastronomy shop infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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