Ramaut

What Ramaut does

Ramaut is a family-owned Belgian food retail specialist that has operated continuously since 1911 and is currently in the fifth generation of founding-family stewardship. The business runs two physical retail stores—one in Quaregnon (Mons) and one in Dottignies (Mouscron)—offering over 25,000 product references sourced from 450+ suppliers across frozen products, fresh products, fine grocery, non-food items, beverages, and pastries. All products are tasted and selected by the company before being offered, and the assortment is described as following current culinary trends while adapting to customer feedback. The combined retail and storage footprint is approximately 5,000 square metres, and both stores operate seven days per week.

The corporate group is structured as Groupe Ramaut and comprises two wholly-owned Belgian SPRL entities: Sprl Ramhoreca, which operates the Quaregnon location, and Sprl Mimram, which operates the Dottignies location. Beyond in-store retail, the company runs a regional delivery service covering the Hainaut province. There is no e-commerce platform, mobile application, API, or disclosed digital ordering infrastructure; marketing is limited to two Facebook pages (one per store) and an email newsletter. The company does not disclose headcount, pricing, or revenue.

Revenue is generated exclusively through in-store retail sales at the two locations and through the local Hainaut delivery service. The business is entirely bootstrapped and family-controlled, with no disclosed outside investment, private equity ownership, or institutional shareholders. The competitive narrative is built on heritage (125+ years), curated assortment breadth, supplier relationships, and convenient local access rather than on technology or scale economies, and the company has no disclosed AI/ML, data, or platform capabilities.

Name

Ramaut

Legal name

Groupe Ramaut (Sprl Ramhoreca et Sprl Mimram)

Website

https://ramaut.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1911

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Ramaut is a fifth-generation, family-owned Belgian food retailer operating two stores in Quaregnon and Dottignies, offering over 25,000 curated frozen, fresh, fine grocery, non-food, beverage, and pastry products to consumers in the Hainaut region of Wallonia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Quaregnon

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Retail Store Sales: Revenue generated through direct retail sales at two physical store locations in Quaregnon and Dottignies. Customers purchase products in-store from the company's carefully curated selection of frozen foods, fresh products, fine grocery, non-food items, beverages, and pastries.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Ramaut is a family-owned specialty food retailer that curates and sells frozen products, fresh products, fine groceries, non-food items, beverages, and pastries through two physical stores in Quaregnon and Dottignies, Belgium. All products are taste-tested and selected before being offered, with the assortment following current culinary trends and customer feedback. The company also provides delivery service throughout the Hainaut region.

Product overview

Ramaut operates as a food retail specialist offering a diversified product portfolio across multiple categories. The company operates two retail stores in Quaregnon and Dottignies, Belgium, with over 25,000 product references in stock. Their offering is built around frozen products (Produits Surgelés), fresh products (Produits Frais), fine groceries (Épicerie Fine), non-food items, beverages (Boissons), and pastries (Pâtisseries). All products are taste-tested and carefully selected, following current culinary trends while adapting to customer feedback.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Frozen Products (Produits Surgelés) A wide range of quality frozen food products taste-tested and curated by Ramaut, sold to individual consumers in-store at Quaregnon and Dottignies.
• Fresh Products (Produits Frais) Fresh food products selected for quality and taste, offered to consumers at Ramaut's two retail stores in Wallonia.
• Fine Groceries (Épicerie Fine) A curated selection of fine grocery items, dry goods, and specialty foods sold at Ramaut's physical stores.
• Non-Food Items Non-food household and lifestyle products sold alongside groceries at Ramaut's retail locations.
• Beverages (Boissons) A selection of drinks and beverages offered to consumers at the Quaregnon and Dottignies stores.
• Pastries (Pâtisseries) Fresh pastries available in-store at Ramaut's two Wallonia locations.
• Local Delivery Service Fast, reliable, and quality delivery service that brings Ramaut's products to customers throughout the Hainaut region.

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 indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Thiriet: Thiriet is a French frozen-food specialist retailer with stores and a strong direct-to-consumer offering. Comparable to Ramaut as a frozen-product-anchored specialty food retailer with curated, quality-focused assortment and multi-category extension into fine grocery.
• Picard Surgelés: Picard is a France-founded frozen-food specialist retailer now operating in Belgium with curated frozen ranges sold through own-brand stores. Closely comparable to Ramaut's frozen-products-led, curated-assortment specialty food retail model, though at significantly larger scale and with broader geographic reach.

Broad incumbents

• Carrefour Belgium: Carrefour operates hypermarkets, supermarkets (Carrefour Market), and proximity stores in Belgium. Comparable as a broad-line grocery incumbent competing across frozen, fresh, and grocery in the same Belgian geography, with a more developed omnichannel and Click & Collect offering.
• Lidl Belgium: Lidl is a German discount grocer with extensive Belgian footprint including locations near Ramaut's catchment. Comparable as a frozen-food-heavy discounter competing for price-sensitive and quality-curious shoppers across Hainaut.
• Colruyt Group: Colruyt is Belgium's largest discount grocery retailer operating Colruyt, OKay, Spar, and Bio-Planet banners. A broad incumbent competing with Ramaut across frozen, fresh, and grocery in the same Hainaut catchment, but at mass-market price points rather than curated specialty.
• Aldi Belgium: Aldi operates hard-discount supermarkets across Belgium. Comparable as a frozen and grocery competitor within the same Wallonian market, though with a much narrower curated/quality-led positioning than Ramaut.
• Ahold Delhaize Belgium: Ahold Delhaize operates Delhaize, Albert Heijn, and affiliated banners in Belgium. Comparable as a broad incumbent supermarket operator competing for the same Wallonian household grocery wallet, with significantly larger scale, private-label depth, and now an integrated e-commerce proposition.

Regional players

• Bio-Planet: Bio-Planet is a Belgian organic and natural-food retail chain (Colruyt Group) with locations across Belgium. Comparable to the fine-grocery and curated-specialty segment of Ramaut's assortment, though exclusively organic and at chain scale.
• Delitraiteur: Delitraiteur is a Belgian franchise network of small gourmet/traiteur food shops affiliated with Colruyt. Comparable to Ramaut on the curated fine-grocery and fresh-prepared dimension of the assortment, though operating as a franchise network rather than a family-owned two-store operation.

Emerging players

• Picnic Online Supermarket: Picnic is a Dutch-origin online-only supermarket operating with electric delivery vehicles across Belgian cities and regions. Comparable as an emerging grocery competitor within Ramaut's catchment, differentiated by a pure-play delivery model that bypasses physical retail entirely.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Ets.Ramaut
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ramaut

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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