Odenwald Quelle GmbH & Co. KG

What Odenwald Quelle GmbH & Co. KG does

Odenwald Quelle GmbH & Co. KG is a privately held German beverage producer headquartered in Heppenheim, Bergstraße, structured as a GmbH & Co. KG (family-owned limited partnership). The company sources natural mineral water from a deep well (Tiefenbrunnen) in the Odenwald forest and bottles it across approximately 20 SKUs in six categories: mineral water (Classic, Medium, Naturelle), lemonades (Cola, Cola Zero, Zitrone, Orange, Cola-Mix), juice spritzers (Kirschsaft, Apfel Johannisbeer, Apfelsaft), isotonic sports drinks (ISO Sport Citrus, ISO Sport Limette), light drinks (Blutorange, Grapefruit, Orange), and fresh drinks (Plus Orange, Fresh Apple, Lemon Water). Products are packaged in PET and glass bottles in 0.5L, 0.7L, and 1L formats, with the entire range transitioned to 100% recycled PET material.

The business model is straight consumer goods wholesale: Odenwald Quelle sells its beverages through regional retail and grocery channels in the Odenwald region and broader Hesse area, supported by a dedicated Händlerportal (dealer portal) and Bestellportal (order portal) that handle B2B relationships with retailers and distributors. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company has 16 employees, maintains DLG Gold Medal certification annually from Deutsche Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft e.V., and operates a marketing footprint limited to its corporate website, Instagram, and Facebook — consistent with a regional Mittelstand beverage producer focused on local brand loyalty rather than national or export scale. Its primary customer segment is end consumers in Hesse purchasing beverages for personal, on-the-go, and at-home consumption, with a secondary gastronomy channel served through the Naturelle mineral water variant.

Name

Odenwald Quelle GmbH & Co. KG

Legal name

Odenwald Quelle GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://odenwald-quelle.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Odenwald Quelle GmbH & Co. KG is a family-owned German beverage producer that bottles natural mineral water from an Odenwald deep spring and sells mineral water, lemonades, juice spritzers, sports drinks, and light beverages through regional retail and grocery channels in Hesse.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bottled Mineral Water and Beverages

NAICS

Bottled Water Manufacturing (312112), Soft Drink and Ice Manufacturing (31211)

SIC

Beverages (2080), Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters (2086)

akta.pro primary industry

Mineral Water Bottling (Naturally Mineral) (AFAFACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Still Soft Drinks & Flavored Waters (Non-Carbonated) (AFAFABAB), Bottled Water (Still, Sparkling, Enhanced) (CRADAHAC)

Keywords

• Bottled mineral water
• Natural beverages
• Fruit juice spritzers
• Soft drinks
• Isotonic sports drinks

Headquarters

HQ city

Heppenheim

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Beverage Product Sales: Revenue generated from selling bottled beverages including mineral water, lemonades, juice spritzers, sports drinks, light beverages, and fresh drinks through retail channels. Products are sold in PET bottles and glass bottles in various sizes (0.5L, 1L, 0.7L).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Odenwald Quelle produces and bottles natural mineral water sourced from its deep well (Tiefenbrunnen) in the Odenwald forest, along with a portfolio of flavored beverages including lemonades, juice spritzers, isotonic sports drinks, light drinks, and fresh drinks. The products are packaged in PET and glass bottles (0.5L, 0.7L, 1L formats) and distributed through regional retail and grocery channels in the Hesse and Odenwald area of Germany.

Product overview

Odenwald Quelle GmbH & Co. KG is a German beverage company offering a portfolio of drinks centered on natural mineral water from their deep spring in the Odenwald region. The product portfolio comprises six main categories: (1) Mineralwasser (Mineral Water) including Classic, Medium, and Naturelle variants in glass and PET bottles; (2) Limonaden (Lemonades) featuring Cola, Cola Zero, Zitrone, Orange, and Cola-Mix; (3) Schorlen (Fruit Juice Spritzers) including Kirschsaft, Apfel Johannisbeer, and Apfelsaft varieties; (4) Sportliche (Isotonic Sports Drinks) with ISO Sport Citrus and ISO Sport Limette; (5) Leichte (Light Drinks) in Blutorange, Grapefruit, and Orange flavors; and (6) Frische (Fresh Drinks) featuring Plus Orange, Fresh Apple, and Lemon Water. All products are produced using the company's natural mineral water from their deep well and are marketed as regional products from the Odenwald area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Odenwald Quelle Mineralwasser Classic

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co. KG: Germany's leading mineral water brand, offering spring-sourced mineral water and flavored variants nationally. Overlaps with Odenwald Quelle on mineral water category and German retail channels, but operates at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP): Large bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola Company soft drinks including cola and lemonades. Comparable to Odenwald Quelle's lemonade/cola portfolio as the dominant scaled incumbent those SKUs compete against in German retail.
• Nestlé Waters (Vittel/Contrex): Global bottled water major whose brands compete in the same broad mineral/bottled water category. Comparable as a much larger incumbent with broader geographic reach that squeezes regional players on shelf and pricing.
• Danone Waters (Evian, Volvic): Major multinational in bottled water via Evian and Volvic. Comparable as a broad incumbent with international scale that regional German mineral water brands compete against for premium and health-positioned shelf space.

Direct peers

• Hassia Mineralquellen GmbH & Co. KG: Regional German mineral water and beverage producer with a multi-SKU portfolio of mineral water, lemonades, and spritzers. Directly comparable to Odenwald Quelle on product mix, regional German market focus, and family-owned bottling model.
• Peterstaler Mineralquellen GmbH: Black Forest-based German mineral water bottler with spring-sourced products and regional distribution. Comparable to Odenwald Quelle on southern-German regional mineral water positioning and traditional family-bottler heritage.
• Bad Dürrenberger Mineralbrunnen GmbH: German mineral water producer selling spring-sourced mineral water and adjacent beverages. Directly comparable on the core mineral water production model and regional retail distribution.
• Ensinger Mineralbrunnen GmbH & Co. KG: Regional German mineral water producer bottling from its own springs, with a range of flavored waters and soft drinks. Closely comparable to Odenwald Quelle on spring-sourced mineral water and the regional German bottler business model.

Regional players

• Schwarzwald Sprudel GmbH: Black Forest mineral water producer with regional brand positioning and own spring source. Comparable on the regional German mineral water brand model, though geographically focused on the Black Forest rather than the Odenwald.
• Dietzenbacher Mineralbrunnen GmbH: Regional German mineral water bottler serving a defined geographic catchment with spring-sourced products. Comparable on regional German mineral water operations, though its core market sits in a different geography than Odenwald Quelle's Hesse base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/odenwaldquelle.de
• Instagraminstagram.com/odenwaldquelle.de
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/odenwald-quelle

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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