Zartech Ltd

What Zartech Ltd does

Zartech Ltd is a vertically integrated Nigerian poultry producer established in 1983 and headquartered in Ibadan, Oyo State, operating as a subsidiary of The ZARD Group. The company runs end-to-end poultry operations spanning hatchery production, feed formulation, broiler farming, slaughter, processing, and refrigerated cold-chain distribution. Its product portfolio includes Day Old Chicks, Frozen Chicken marketed under the "Golden Chicken" brand, Chicken Parts, Processed Chicken, and Processed Beef, sold through six wholesale offices and six retail outlets located in Ibadan, Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Benin, and Jos.

The company serves a diversified base of foodservice and retail customers that includes Kilimanjaro, Domino's, Presidential Hotel, Pellegrini, Pepperoni, Cordeau, Crunchies, CFS, CCC, EveryDay, Royalty, and S J Abed. Distribution is operated through an own refrigerated fleet, providing end-to-end cold-chain control from the processing facility to customer. The revenue model is B2B wholesale distribution supplemented by direct retail sales, with positioning framed around affordable, hygienic products for Nigerian consumers and food businesses.

Zartech holds multiple internationally recognized food-safety and quality certifications: ISO 22000:2018, FSSC 22000 v6.0, HALAL, and Yum! Brands QSA 2.0, the last of which qualifies it as an approved supplier to international quick-service restaurant chains. The company has also entered into research and technical partnerships with foreign poultry and agricultural consultants to support breed, nutrition, and operational practices. No external funding rounds, revenue figures, or social media presence are disclosed in the source material.

Name

Zartech Ltd

Legal name

Zartech Limited

Website

https://zartechltd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Zartech Ltd is a vertically integrated Nigerian poultry producer (est. 1983) operating hatchery-to-retail under the ZARD Group, supplying frozen chicken, processed chicken, day-old chicks, and processed beef to foodservice and retail customers across six Nigerian cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Poultry Production and Meat Processing

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015)

akta.pro primary industry

Primary Poultry Processing (Slaughtering, Evisceration & Chilling) (AFANACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Broiler Processing (Whole Bird, Parts, Further Processing) (AFANACAI), Poultry Processing & Packing (AFAKALAC), Poultry Wholesale (Whole Birds, Parts) (AFAIADAC)

Keywords

• Poultry production
• Frozen chicken
• Chicken processing
• Halal meat products
• Cold chain distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Beckenham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Poultry Products Sales: Sale of poultry products including day-old chicks, frozen chicken, chicken parts (broilers, breeders, chicken laps, chicken fillets, minced, smoked chicken), processed chicken, and processed beef through wholesale and retail channels

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Zartech Limited is a vertically integrated poultry production company that produces, processes, and distributes chicken and meat products across Nigeria. Core offerings include Day Old Chicks, Frozen Chicken (Golden Chicken brand), Chicken Parts (broilers, breeders, laps, fillets, minced, smoked), Processed Chicken, and Processed Beef, sold through 6 wholesale offices and 6 retail outlets and supplied to hotels, restaurants, and supermarkets via its own refrigerated distribution fleet.

Product overview

Zartech Ltd is a poultry production company established in 1983 offering a portfolio of five core product lines centered around poultry and meat processing. The product portfolio includes Day Old Chicks (produced in-house through hatching operations), Frozen Chicken under the Golden Chicken brand, Chicken Parts (broilers, breeders, chicken laps, chicken fillets, minced, smoked chicken), Processed Chicken, and Processed Beef. Products are sold through 6 wholesale offices and 6 retail outlets throughout Nigeria, supplying eateries, hotel chains, supermarkets, and restaurants. The integrated operations span from feed formulation and poultry farming through slaughtering, processing, and cold-chain distribution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Golden Chicken: Brand of frozen chicken products and chicken parts including broilers, breeders, chicken laps, chicken fillets, minced, and smoked chicken.

Products and services

• Day Old Chicks Live day-old chicks produced through in-house incubation and hatching under high bio-security standards; targeted at poultry farmers and Zartech's own broiler and breeder operations.
• Frozen Chicken (Golden Chicken Brand) Whole frozen chicken sold under the Golden Chicken brand, hand-slaughtered following HALAL requirements, processed through a modern automated facility, and distributed via refrigerated trucks to preserve cold chain integrity; sold to consumers through retail outlets and to hotels, restaurants, and supermarkets.
• Chicken Parts Cut chicken portions including broilers, breeders, chicken laps, chicken fillets, minced chicken, and smoked chicken; products can be cooked straight from frozen state; sold through retail outlets and to wholesale buyers.
• Processed Chicken Value-added processed chicken products manufactured through a modern, humane, automated, and internationally audited abattoir and processing facility with strict hygiene and sanitation standards; sold to food service operators and retail customers.
• Processed Beef Processed beef products distributed alongside chicken products through the company's wholesale and retail network across Nigeria for retail and food service customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products available at 6 wholesale offices and 6 retail outlets throughout Nigeria
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Foreign Research PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe company collaborates with foreign partners via research and bilateral partnerships to participate in and keep abreast of the pace of agricultural developments globally. These partners provide international expertise and knowledge transfer in agricultural best practices.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Obasanjo Farms Nigeria Limited: Nigerian diversified agribusiness with significant poultry operations including broiler production and processing, serving retail and foodservice across Nigeria — comparable integrated competitor.
• Top Feeds Limited: Nigerian integrated poultry producer (feed milling, broiler farming and processing) with branded frozen chicken products, comparable integrated operations and customer channels to Zartech.
• Tuns Farms Nigeria Limited: Established Nigerian poultry producer with broiler farming, processing and branded frozen chicken products serving retail and foodservice customers nationwide — comparable scale and product mix to Zartech.
• Chi Farms Limited: One of Nigeria's largest integrated poultry businesses (broiler farming, hatchery, processing, further-processed products), supplying QSRs, hotels and retailers — directly comparable vertically-integrated competitor to Zartech.
• Farm Pride Nigeria Limited: Nigerian poultry processor producing branded frozen chicken and chicken parts for retail and wholesale channels, competing with Zartech's Golden Chicken line in similar urban markets.
• Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited: Nigeria's leading day-old-chick supplier and integrated poultry producer (Amo Byng brand), competing head-to-head with Zartech across hatchery, broiler and processed-chicken categories.
• Ajanla Farms Limited: Nigerian poultry producer focused on broiler farming, day-old-chick supply and processed chicken products for the Nigerian retail and wholesale markets — comparable product overlap with Zartech.
• Hybrid Feeds Limited: Nigerian poultry-feed and broiler production company with slaughter and processing capabilities, overlapping with Zartech's integrated farming-to-processing model and serving similar retail/wholesale channels.

Broad incumbents

• Olam Agri: Global agri-business with significant West African poultry and animal-feed operations (including former Chi ownership); a much larger, well-capitalized incumbent competing in adjacent poultry and feed categories in Nigeria.
• Cargill Animal Nutrition & Protein: Global agricultural commodities and animal-protein company with poultry and feed operations across Africa; a broad incumbent whose protein and feed segments overlap with Zartech's vertically integrated value chain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zartech-ltd

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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