Reinhart India Private Limited

What Reinhart India Private Limited does

Reinhart India Private Limited is the Indian operating arm of Paul Reinhart AG, a Swiss-headquartered global commodity trading firm founded in 1788 and among the oldest continuously operating merchant houses in the world. The India entity is registered as a private limited company and is based in Gurgaon, Haryana, with a current headcount of 19 employees, indicating a lean regional office rather than a full-scale trading subsidiary.

The company's commercial activity spans agricultural commodity origination and trading across five core product lines: cotton (including certified cotton and Extra-Long Staple/ELS cotton), cocoa, pulses, oilseeds, and nuts. The presence of certified and ELS cotton in the product mix signals positioning toward quality-premium and sustainability-traceable segments of the textile supply chain, while the broader basket of soft commodities suggests the India office functions as a diversified South Asia node within the parent's global trading network.

The business model is that of a physical commodity merchant operating on trade margins between producers/originators in India and downstream buyers globally. Revenue is generated on transaction spreads rather than recurring fees, and the entity inherits its credit, counterparty, and compliance infrastructure from the Swiss parent — including the parent's 2023 compliance posture with the Swiss Ordinance on Due Diligence and Transparency. No direct revenue, customer, or contract data is publicly disclosed at the India-entity level.

Name

Reinhart India Private Limited

Legal name

Paul Reinhart AG

Website

https://reinhart.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1788

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Reinhart India Private Limited is the Gurgaon-based Indian arm of Swiss commodity trader Paul Reinhart AG (founded 1788), trading cotton (including certified and ELS), cocoa, pulses, oilseeds, and nuts within the parent's global agricultural commodity network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Commodities Trading

NAICS

Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (424590), Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (42459)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221)

akta.pro primary industry

Coffee, Tea & Cocoa Trading/Wholesale (AFAIAKAD)

Keywords

• Agricultural commodities
• Cotton trading
• Cocoa sourcing
• Global merchant
• Commodity marketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Winterthur

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Commodity Trading and Marketing: Reinhart operates as a global merchant for agricultural commodities, sourcing and marketing cotton, cocoa, pulses, oilseeds, and nuts worldwide. The company generates revenue through the trade and distribution of physical agricultural products, leveraging their extensive global network and over two centuries of experience in commodity trading.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Reinhart India Private Limited, as the Indian subsidiary of Paul Reinhart AG, supports the global sourcing, trading, and marketing of agricultural commodities including cotton (conventional, certified, and extra-long staple varieties), cocoa, pulses, oilseeds, and nuts. The company operates as a merchant intermediary, leveraging its worldwide network and over 235 years of trading heritage to connect producers and industrial buyers across the cotton, cocoa, and food ingredients value chains.

Product overview

Reinhart operates as a global agricultural commodities merchant, not a software technology company. The company offers a diversified portfolio of agricultural products organized into three main business segments: Cotton (including Certified Cotton, Cotton Value Chain services, and ELS Cotton), Cocoa, and Pulses/Oilseeds/Nuts. These commodity trading operations leverage their two centuries of experience and global network to sustainably source and market agricultural products worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cotton

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Louis Dreyfus Company: Global merchant and processor of agricultural commodities including cotton, cocoa, coffee, grains, and oilseeds. Founded in 1851, comparable heritage to Reinhart, and serves the same multinational customer base across commodity trading and value chain management.
• Bunge: Global agribusiness and food company with significant oilseed processing and trading operations. Comparable to Reinhart in oilseed trading and agricultural commodity merchandising, though operating at substantially larger scale.
• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland): Global agricultural commodity processor and trader with operations across oilseeds, grains, and cotton services. While much larger and more diversified than Reinhart, overlaps directly in cotton and oilseed trading activities.
• Glencore Agriculture (Viterra): Major commodity trading house with an agricultural division spanning grains, oilseeds, cotton, and sugar. Overlaps with Reinhart in agricultural commodity merchandising and serves similar multinational buyers and processors.
• COFCO International: Chinese state-affiliated global agricultural commodity trader with operations across grains, oilseeds, cotton, and sugar. Comparable to Reinhart in agricultural commodity merchandising with significant origin and destination market reach.
• Barry Callebaut: World's largest cocoa processor and chocolate manufacturer, sourcing cocoa beans globally. Comparable to Reinhart's cocoa trading business as a major counterparty in cocoa supply chains, though operating further downstream in processing and manufacturing.
• Cargill: One of the world's largest privately held agricultural commodity traders, with significant operations in cotton, cocoa, and oilseeds. Operates across the entire agricultural value chain from origination to processing, overlapping with Reinhart's merchant activities at much greater scale.

Direct peers

• ECOM Agroindustrial: Global merchant of cotton, cocoa, and coffee with integrated supply chains in origin and destination markets. Directly comparable to Reinhart across the core commodities of cotton, cocoa, and pulse/oilseed trading, serving similar multinational textile and food customers.
• Volcafe (ED&F Man): Specialist coffee merchant and trader within the ED&F Man commodities group. Comparable to Reinhart as a focused agricultural commodity merchant with deep origin relationships and specialty product expertise, though concentrated in coffee rather than Reinhart's broader portfolio.
• Olam Group (ofi): Major agricultural commodity merchant with strong presence in cocoa, cotton, coffee, and edible nuts through its ofi (Olam Food Ingredients) business. Directly comparable to Reinhart across overlapping commodity portfolios and similar supply chain integration approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/reinhart-india-private-limited

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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