SB-Pork/Brørup Slagteri AS.

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Tican Fresh Meat A/S (operating under the dual brands Tican and SB Pork) is a Danish pork slaughtering and processing company founded in 1928, headquartered in Thisted, Denmark, with production facilities in Thisted and Brørup. The company specializes in pig slaughtering, cutting, and deboning, producing fresh and frozen pork for both the Danish domestic market and international export to quality-conscious markets. It operates as a B2B food production and wholesale business, sourcing live pigs from Danish pig producers and selling processed pork products to commercial buyers including butchers, food processors, retailers, and export customers.

The company's core technology centers on physical meat processing operations: slaughtering facilities, cutting lines, and deboning operations across four production/operations sites (two in Thisted and two in Brørup). It maintains dual branding under Tican and SB Pork, and supplements its physical processing with a digital farmer portal (Landmandsportalen at landmand.dk) for supplier relationship management, financing services for piglet purchases, and specialized programs such as the Englandsgrise (England Pigs) export program. The company holds BRC (British Retail Consortium) Global Standard for Food Safety, GRMS (Global Red Meat Standard), and Danish kontrol (inspection) certifications, which are prerequisites for export to quality-conscious international markets.

Tican operates as a strategic subsidiary under Tönnies (tönnies.de), a major German meat processing company, with the company's website cross-linking to tönnies.de/pork. The reported headcount is approximately 1,000 employees. Revenue is generated through the margin between livestock acquisition costs and processed meat product sales, with weekly basis pricing quoted at Swine 7.10 kr./kg and Sows 4.65 kr./kg (week 30.2026). The company positions itself as a strong alternative to the cooperative system (Danish Crown) for Danish pig producers, emphasizing dynamic and flexible service to both suppliers and buyers.

Name

SB-Pork/Brørup Slagteri AS.

Legal name

Tican Fresh Meat A/S

Website

https://sbpork.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1928

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tican Fresh Meat A/S (Tican/SB Pork) is a Danish pork slaughtering, cutting, and deboning company founded in 1928, serving Danish pig producers and commercial pork buyers domestically and in quality-conscious export markets. It operates as a subsidiary of German meat processor Tönnies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pork Processing and Production

NAICS

Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (311611), Meat Processed from Carcasses (311612), Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116)

SIC

Meat Packing Plants (2011)

akta.pro primary industry

Pork Processing & Packing (AFAKALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hog Slaughtering (Harvest & Evisceration) (AFANABAA)

Keywords

• Pig slaughtering services
• Pork processing
• Fresh frozen pork
• Meat cutting deboning
• Pork wholesale export

Headquarters

HQ city

Thisted

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fresh and Frozen Pork Product Sales: Tican generates revenue through the slaughtering, processing, and sale of fresh and frozen pork. The company purchases live pigs from Danish pig producers, processes them through slaughtering, cutting, and deboning operations, and sells the resulting pork products to domestic and export customers. Revenue is derived from the margin between cost of livestock acquisition and processed meat product sales, with export to quality-conscious markets commanding premium pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SB-Pork/Brørup Slagteri (operating as Tican Fresh Meat A/S) slaughters pigs delivered by Danish producers and processes them through cutting and deboning into fresh and frozen pork products sold to domestic commercial buyers and international export markets. The company supports its suppliers with a farmer portal (Landmandsportalen), piglet financing (Finansiering og smågrise), and a specialized export program for the English market (Englandsgrise).

Product overview

Tican Fresh Meat A/S operates as a dual-brand company (Tican and SB Pork), offering a unified portfolio of pork processing and distribution services. The core offering consists of fresh and frozen pork products processed through slaughtering, cutting, and deboning operations at facilities in Thisted and Brørup, Denmark. The company supplements its core meat products with a supplier-facing digital portal (Landmandsportalen) for delivery management and settlement, financing services for piglet purchases, and specialized programs for export markets such as England pigs. Tican positions itself as a strong alternative to the cooperative system, emphasizing quality and food safety for export to demanding international markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tican Fresh Pork Fresh pork products processed from Danish pigs through slaughtering, cutting, and deboning at facilities in Thisted and Brørup, supplied to domestic Danish buyers and international export customers.
• Tican Frozen Pork Frozen pork products produced for extended shelf life and international distribution to quality-conscious export markets.
• Englandsgrise (England Pig Program) A specialized supplier program for pigs destined for the English market, with specific quality and certification requirements meeting English-market standards.
• Landmandsportalen (Farmer Portal) Online portal for Danish pig producers (landmand.dk) to manage pig deliveries, monitor their accounts, access settlement information (Afregning), and engage with support services.
• Finansiering og Smågrise (Piglet Financing) Financing solutions that support Danish pig producers in the purchase of piglets, provided through Tican's supplier services.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• TönniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTönnies (tönnies.de) is referenced as a related entity with a linked pork division website (tönnies.de/pork/). The cross-linking suggests a strategic relationship between Tican and Tönnies, likely in the pork processing and distribution network. Tönnies is a major German meat processing company.
• Landmandsportalen (Landmand.dk)coreTechnology or IntegrationLandmandsportalen (landmand.dk) is a dedicated farmer portal for pig producers to manage their relationship with Tican. This digital platform provides producers with tools for managing deliveries, accessing information, and monitoring their accounts.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• HK Scan: Nordic and Baltic meat processor with significant pork slaughtering and branded consumer meat products across Finland, Sweden, and the Baltics. Comparable in pork processing capability to Tican, though anchored in different home geographies within the Nordic region.
• Atria: Finnish-Nordic meat company with pork and beef processing plus branded retail products across the Nordics and Baltics. Comparable in species mix and slaughtering/cutting model, though geographically anchored in Finland and the Baltics rather than Denmark.

Direct peers

• Westfleisch: German meat-processing cooperative of similar scale and structure to Tican/Tönnies, focused on pork and beef slaughtering, cutting, and deboning for European retail and export. Operates as a comparable mid-to-large continental pork processor competing for similar B2B customers.
• Vion Food Group: Dutch-headquartered meat processor with large-scale pork slaughtering and cutting operations serving EU retailers and export markets. Highly comparable business model (live-to-carcass-to-cuts B2B) and similar regulatory/certification footprint (BRC, IFS).
• Danish Crown: Denmark's largest pork cooperative and the dominant processor whose 'cooperative system' Tican explicitly positions itself against. Both firms slaughter Danish pigs, supply fresh and frozen pork to EU and export customers, and compete head-to-head on pig-producer contracts in Denmark.
• Müller Fleisch: German pork slaughtering and deboning specialist serving retail, foodservice, and export channels. Comparable in scale and product mix to Tican's Thisted/Brørup operations and competes in overlapping European pork-supply markets.

Broad incumbents

• Tyson Foods Pork Division: Diversified US protein major with a substantial pork slaughtering/processing segment alongside beef and poultry. Comparable in core slaughtering and cutting operations, though considerably larger and more vertically integrated than Tican.
• Smithfield Foods: World's largest pork processor (owned by WH Group). Operates broad fresh and further-processed pork portfolios across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, providing a benchmark for the scale and product breadth Tican lacks as a regional Danish player.
• JBS Pork: Global meat giant with significant pork processing capacity across the Americas and Europe (including acquisitions in continental Europe). Comparable on pork slaughtering and cutting fundamentals, but operating at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth than Tican.
• Tönnies: Tican's German parent company and one of Europe's largest pork processors. Operates broadly across slaughtering, cutting, deboning, and further-processed pork across multiple countries, making Tönnies a broader incumbent with overlapping capabilities to Tican's narrower Danish operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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