LINTS

What LINTS does

LINTS (Patisserie Lints) is a family-owned artisanal bakery and patisserie founded in 1992 in Antwerp, Belgium, currently in its second generation of family ownership under Axelle and Geoffrey Van Tittelboom. The business produces bread, viennoiserie, pastries, bespoke cakes, pralines, and seasonal chocolate novelties — including 25 varieties of Easter eggs — in a single in-house atelier using Belcolade fair-trade Belgian chocolate and a weekly throughput of roughly 1,000 kg of flour and 250 kg of sugar. Production is supported by a team of approximately 10 bakers and pastry chefs and supplemented by specialty variants targeting lactose-free, gluten-free, sugar-free, and vegan dietary needs.

The company operates a three-channel go-to-market: a flagship retail storefront and tearoom at Vleminckveld 68, Antwerp serving breakfast and lunch; a secondary pickup point in Merksem extending the local catchment; and an online webshop (shop.lints.be) for pre-order pickup. Its primary customer base is end consumers in the Antwerp region purchasing for immediate consumption, gifting, and celebration occasions. Pricing is per-item retail, with no subscription, enterprise, or wholesale contract model referenced in the available data.

The business model is fundamentally craft-based and labor-intensive, with no disclosed external funding, no franchising, and no third-party retail distribution. The active recruitment of bakers and retail staff and the addition of the Merksem pickup point and online channel suggest a measured, operational-led expansion rather than a unit-economics or tech-driven scaling play. No AI/ML, proprietary technology platform, or data infrastructure is mentioned across available sources.

Name

LINTS

Legal name

Patisserie Lints

Website

https://lints.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Family-owned Belgian patisserie and bakery in Antwerp, founded 1992, handcrafting bread, pastries, cakes, pralines, and chocolates daily for local consumers via a flagship store, tearoom, Merksem pickup point, and online webshop.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Artisan Bakery and Patisserie

NAICS

Retail Bakeries (311811), Baked Goods Retailers (445291)

SIC

Bakery Products (2050)

akta.pro primary industry

Patisseries & Viennoiserie (French-Style) (THAFAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Artisan & Specialty Bakeries (Sourdough, Heritage Grains) (THAFAFAD), Specialty Dietary Bakeries (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Allergen-Friendly) (THAFAFAI), Bread & Pastry Specialty Stores (CRAHAGAC)

Keywords

• Artisan bakery patisserie
• Handmade Belgian chocolates
• Sourdough fresh bread
• Specialty dietary pastries
• Tearoom dining service

Headquarters

HQ city

Antwerp

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. In-Store Retail Sales: Direct over-the-counter sales of fresh bread, pastries, cakes, pralines, chocolates, and seasonal specialties at the physical storefront in Antwerp.
2. Online Ordering (Webshop): Online orders placed via shop.lints.be for pickup at the Antwerp or Merksem location. Payment processed online. On Saturdays, delivery of breakfast orders is also available.
3. Tearoom Service: Breakfast and lunch served in the tearoom at Vleminckveld 68, open Tuesday through Saturday. Reservations accepted via [email protected].

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Patisserie Lints is a family-owned artisanal bakery and patisserie in Antwerp, Belgium that handcrafts fresh bread, croissants, pastries, cakes, pralines and chocolates daily in its own workshop using traditional methods and no industrial machinery. The business also operates an on-site tearoom serving breakfast, lunch and high tea at its Vleminckveld 68 location, and sells the same products online through shop.lints.be for in-store pickup at Antwerp or Merksem, with Saturday delivery of breakfast orders available.

Product overview

Patisserie Lints is a family-owned artisanal bakery and patisserie in Antwerp, Belgium, operating since 1992. The company offers a unified offering combining its physical bakery-patisserie at Vleminckveld 68 with an e-commerce webshop (shop.lints.be) and an on-site tearoom. All products are handmade daily in their own workshop, including fresh bread, croissants, pastries, cakes, chocolates and pralines. The product portfolio is organized around core offerings (Bakkerij-Patisserie), services (Tearoom), e-commerce (Online Bestellen/Webshop), and specialty sub-categories including seasonal assortments (Easter, Christmas, Sinterklaas, Summer, Autumn-Winter), allergy-free/dietary products (gluten-free, vegan, lactose-free, sugar-free, nut-free), and handcrafted Belgian chocolates using Belcolade. The company emphasizes artisanal craftsmanship with daily-fresh ingredients and accommodates various dietary requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bakkerij – Patisserie Core handmade artisanal bakery and patisserie offering: daily-fresh bread, croissants, pastries, cakes, pralines and chocolates produced by hand in the company's own workshop and sold to individual consumers in Antwerp.
• Tearoom On-site tearoom service at the Vleminckveld 68 storefront serving breakfast, lunch and high tea with table service from Tuesday to Saturday for individual diners and small groups.
• Allergievrije Producten (Allergy-Free / Dietary Products) Specialty artisan line of pastries and cakes accommodating dietary restrictions, including gluten-free, vegan, lactose-free, sugar-free, low-carb and nut-free options, plus fully customisable allergie-free celebration cakes.
• Seizoensgebonden Assortiment (Seasonal Assortments) Rotating seasonal patisserie and confectionery collections tied to Sinterklaas, Easter, Christmas/end-of-year and summer (zomerassortiment), with seasonal articles and product launches each year.
• Chocolade & Pralines Handmade Belgian chocolates and pralines produced in the Lints atelier using Belcolade Cacao-Trace chocolate, including seasonal figures for Sinterklaas and Easter.

Quantifiable outcome

• All products made fresh daily in their own atelier — zero frozen or pre-made products sold

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BelcoladecoreTechnology or IntegrationPatisserie Lints sources all chocolate from Belcolade, a Belgian chocolate manufacturer and fairtrade partner. Belcolade's Cacao-Trace program ensures full traceability to plantations and fair prices for cocoa farmers. Belcolade processes 100% of its cocoa in Belgium, the only chocolate maker in Belgium to do so. Lints uses Belcolade's Noir Intens (65% cocoa), Lait Clair (32% cocoa), Amber caramel chocolate, and white chocolate varieties.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Neuhaus: Inventors of the Belgian praline and a major chocolate-confectionery brand with broad retail and wholesale distribution. Comparable on product-category overlap (pralines, chocolates, seasonal assortments), though at substantially larger scale and with industrial production.
• Godiva: Belgian-originated global chocolate and patisserie brand combining pralines, truffles and bakery items. Relevant peer due to Belgian chocolate heritage and praline product overlap, though materially larger and more diversified than Lints.
• Leonidas: Belgian chocolate maker with 1,500+ points of sale globally and an extensive praline/seasonal assortment. Overlaps with Lints on chocolate/praline product lines but operates at a vastly larger and more distributed scale.
• Éric Kayser (Maison Kayser): French artisanal boulangerie chain specializing in hand-kneaded breads and viennoiserie with retail-bakery plus seating. Comparable in artisanal handcraft philosophy and viennoiserie/daily-fresh offering, though at multi-country chain scale.
• Pain Quotidien: International bakery-restaurant chain built on artisanal bread, viennoiserie, patisserie and on-site dining. Comparable to Lints in combining artisanal bakery production with tearoom dining, but at much larger chain scale.
• Paul (Boulangerie): Large French bakery-pâtisserie chain founded 1889 with retail and tearoom operations across Europe. Comparable business model combining handcraft bake-off bakery, patisserie and on-site café, but at industrial-chain scale.

Direct peers

• Pierre Marcolini: Belgian master chocolatier and patissier combining bean-to-bar chocolates, macarons, viennoiserie and ice cream in high-end boutiques. Relevant peer due to overlap in handcast pralines, French-style patisserie, and artisanal chocolate craftsmanship.
• Maison Dandoy: Brussels-based family-owned artisanal bakery and speculoos maker founded 1829. Comparable to Lints as a long-established Belgian artisan bakery-patisserie with own atelier, traditional recipes, retail storefront, and direct-to-consumer emphasis.
• Wittamer: Belgian patisserie, chocolatier and tearoom operator since 1910. Directly comparable to Patisserie Lints in combining handmade chocolates/pralines, French-style patisserie, tearoom service, and a Brussels-based artisanal heritage positioning.
• La Maison du Chocolat: French artisanal chocolatier-pâtissier specializing in handmade pralines, bonbons, and French-style pastries. Direct comparable to Lints on artisanal chocolate and patisserie production with strong emphasis on craft and seasonal collections.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/patisserie_lints
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lints

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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