Helma Kartoffelvertriebsgesellschaft mbH

Name

Helma Kartoffelvertriebsgesellschaft mbH

Legal name

HELMA Kartoffelvertriebsgesellschaft mbH

Website

https://helmagmbh.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fresh Produce Processing and Distribution

NAICS

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (424480)

akta.pro primary industry

Produce (Fruits & Vegetables) Cold Storage & Ripening (TLALABAE)

Keywords

• Table potato trading
• Onion processing packaging
• Fresh produce distribution
• Agricultural logistics services
• Organic produce supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Sittensen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Potato and Onion Sales: Core revenue from trading, processing, and packaging of table potatoes (Speisekartoffeln) and table onions (Speisezwiebeln). Products sold to retail sector. Includes both conventional and organic product lines introduced in 2019.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

HELMA is a family-owned German Mittelstand company that trades, processes, and packages table potatoes (Speisekartoffeln) and table onions (Speisezwiebeln) sourced primarily from regional farmers. The company operates two production sites (Sittensen and Beindersheim) handling sorting, cleaning, hand-inspection, and flexible packaging, then delivers to retail customers via an in-house fleet of 33 semitrailer trucks. An organic line was introduced in 2019, and ULO (Ultra Low Oxygen) storage enables long-term onion preservation without chemical plant protection products.

Product overview

HELMA Kartoffelvertriebsgesellschaft mbH is a family-owned, medium-sized company specializing in the trading, processing, and packaging of table potatoes and table onions. The company operates two facilities — in Sittensen (main headquarters) and Beindersheim (HELMA Südwest GmbH, acquired 2021). Core products include conventional and organic potatoes and onions, processed through sorting, cleaning, inspection, and custom packaging. Key services include ULO (Ultra Low Oxygen) long-term onion storage (6,500 m² facility) and logistics delivery via own fleet of 33 semitrailer trucks. The company holds IFS, QS, and organic certifications at both locations, and introduced its organic product line in 2019.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Speisekartoffeln (Table Potatoes)
• Speisezwiebeln (Table Onions)
• Bio-Kartoffeln & Bio-Zwiebeln (Organic Potatoes & Onions)
• Logistik & Auslieferung (Logistics & Delivery)

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% water savings through modern filter system
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Royal Avebe: Dutch cooperative producing potato starch and derivatives from farmer-growers; broader incumbent in the European potato value chain with related farmer-procurement and processing infrastructure.
• EUROPLANT Pflanzenzucht GmbH: German potato variety developer and trader of ware/consumption potatoes; broader in seed/variety IP but overlaps with HELMA in commercial potato trading and German retail supply.
• HZPC: Dutch seed potato company active in commercial potato trading; broader incumbent in the European potato supply chain with overlap in fresh-ware distribution.
• Emsland Group: German potato processor (starch, flakes, granules) sourcing from regional farmers; adjacent in the German potato value chain with similar farmer-procurement relationships.
• Solana Group: European potato variety developer and trader; comparable in handling and distributing commercial potatoes across European retail/wholesale channels.
• Agrana: Austrian fruit, juice, and starch processor with fresh-pack and trader activities; broader incumbent in European fresh produce and adjacent processing markets.
• Farm Frites: Dutch potato processor (fries, flakes) supplying foodservice and retail across Europe; broader incumbent in the potato value chain with adjacent retail-supply overlap.

Direct peers

• Weuthen GmbH: German potato and onion packer/trader serving retail across Germany; comparable B2B retail-supply model with similar processing and packing footprint.
• Greenyard: Belgian fresh-produce packer and supplier to European retailers; directly comparable in supplying fresh fruit and vegetables to retail with similar logistics and quality requirements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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