Wrights Of Howth

What Wrights Of Howth does

Wrights Of Howth is a Dublin-based, privately held Irish seafood company with origins dated to 1893 and an employee count in the 11–50 band. The firm supplies fresh fish and seafood products and operates seafood-focused retail and foodservice establishments; per firmographic descriptors, its brand is associated with organic oak-smoked salmon and luxury gift baskets described as "award-winning." Distribution is concentrated in Ireland, with the firm serving both retail and foodservice channels and pursuing a move into airport retail via a €9.45 million competitive tender for a Dublin Airport Terminal 1 food and convenience store concession.

The business model is conventional for a heritage Irish seafood operator: revenue is generated through direct retail and foodservice sales of fresh and value-added seafood (notably smoked salmon) and gifting SKUs. No pricing model, customer segmentation detail, marketing channels, or digital/technology stack is disclosed in the available data; core_technology is listed as "Not available" and no proprietary systems, apps, or integrations are documented. Customer logos, segment mix, and revenue breakdown are absent from the public record reviewed.

On the strategic front, the firm has engaged Enterprise Ireland (a state development agency), with a recorded interaction dated 2023-08-18. It also pursued and lost the Dublin Airport Terminal 1 concession, subsequently filing a judicial review challenge against the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) alleging that a prior rates dispute prejudiced the tender outcome. Ownership, management team, and detailed financials are not disclosed; the company's own website was inaccessible during data collection, leaving most first-party information gaps.

Name

Wrights Of Howth

Website

https://wrightsofhowth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1893

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wrights Of Howth is a Dublin-based Irish seafood company (founded 1893) supplying fresh fish, organic oak-smoked salmon, and luxury gift baskets through retail and foodservice channels across Ireland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smoked Salmon & Seafood Products

NAICS

Fish and Seafood Retailers (44525), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Seafood Markets & Fishmongers (CRAHAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gourmet & Fine Food Stores (CRAHAGAG)

Keywords

• Smoked salmon products
• Irish seafood retail
• Luxury gift baskets
• Fresh fish supply
• Organic oak-smoking

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Wrights Of Howth is an Irish fish and seafood business that produces and sells award-winning organic oak-smoked salmon, fresh fish and seafood products, and luxury seafood gift baskets to retail and foodservice customers. The company also pursues foodservice concession opportunities, including an unsuccessful €9.45 million bid to operate a food and convenience store in Dublin Airport Terminal 1.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organic Oak-Smoked Salmon Irish organic oak-smoked salmon sold as a premium seafood product for retail customers and gift purchasers in Ireland.
• Luxury Seafood Gift Baskets Premium gift baskets featuring the company's smoked salmon and seafood products, targeted at consumers buying gifts and hampers.
• Fresh Fish and Seafood Products Fresh fish and seafood products supplied through Wrights Of Howth's retail and foodservice channels in Ireland.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Dublin Airport Authority (DAA)minorOthersDublin Airport Authority issued a competitive tender for a €9.45 million contract to operate a food and convenience store in Dublin Airport Terminal 1 arrivals hall. Wrights of Howth submitted a bid but lost to Smart Horizon Ltd. The company filed a judicial review challenge claiming a previous rates dispute with the DAA contributed to its failure to win the contract.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Simply Seafood: Irish fresh-seafood online retailer and home-delivery specialist selling portioned fish, shellfish and smoked products directly to consumers. Closely comparable on Irish provenance, fresh/prepared seafood assortment, and direct-to-consumer seafood distribution model.
• Burren Smokehouse: County Clare-based Irish producer of organic oak-smoked salmon and luxury seafood gift baskets, supplying retail, foodservice and tourist channels. Mirrors Wrights Of Howth's organic-smoked-salmon-plus-gifting model and Irish tourism-tied distribution.
• Connemara Smokehouse: Irish family-owned producer of award-winning oak-smoked salmon and other smoked seafood, primarily a direct-to-consumer gift and foodservice brand. Closely comparable to Wrights Of Howth on Irish provenance, smoked-salmon specialism, and gifting channel.
• Johnston's of Elgin: Long-established Scottish smoked-salmon and gourmet food specialist with strong gifting channel and UK/Ireland distribution. Comparable on heritage positioning, smoked-salmon specialism, and luxury gift-basket product structure.
• Kilbeggan Organic Salmon: Irish organic salmon producer selling premium fillets and smoked products to retail and hospitality. Comparable on organic provenance, Irish production, and value-added seafood position.

Broad incumbents

• Loch Duart: Scotland-based premium salmon producer supplying smoked and fresh salmon across UK/Ireland retail and foodservice. Comparable product category, premium positioning, and overlap in the UK/Ireland gifting and foodservice channels Wrights Of Howth competes in.
• Marine Harvest / Mowi Ireland: Global farmed-salmon major with Irish operations supplying retail and foodservice value-added salmon products across Europe. Comparable as an upstream/value-added salmon supplier competing for the same retailer and foodservice salmon listings.

Regional players

• Higgins Family Butchers / Howth Seafood Counter: Howth-area fishmonger and seafood retailer with adjacent Howth tourism catchment and similar seafood/retail positioning. Directly relevant geographic overlap with Wrights Of Howth's Howth base and Dublin seafood retail channel.
• Keohane's Seafood (Keohane Catering): Irish seafood retailer and caterer operating fresh seafood counters and foodservice across Cork with gifting and catering offerings. Comparable on Irish fresh-seafood retail plus premium gifting/catering adjacency.

Emerging players

• Salmon Irish: Irish salmon specialist focused on smoked and fresh salmon products to Irish retail and foodservice. Comparable product mix and Irish channel coverage for overlap with Wrights Of Howth's smoked-salmon and prepared-seafood lines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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