Privatais Mezs Sia

What Privatais Mezs Sia does

Privātais Mežs SIA is a Latvian private limited liability company (SIA) headquartered in Riga that provides full-service forestry and land management for private forest and agricultural landowners. Founded around 2012 as part of the Skovest Grupp conglomerate, the company positions itself as the only Latvian provider offering the complete value chain — consultations, forest management plans, documentation, harvesting, seedling supply, planting, and maintenance — through dedicated specialists in forestry, real estate, and agriculture. Its core operations span forest property acquisition, harvesting rights purchase, and agricultural land acquisition across all Latvian regions, with sister entities extending the group's footprint into Estonia and the broader Baltic market.

The business operates on a transaction-and-services revenue model: revenue is generated from spreads and fees on forest and agricultural land acquisitions, harvesting rights transactions, and professional forestry services such as forest planting (priced from €1,500/ha). Scale comes from volume — the group reports annual harvesting throughput of 300,000–500,000 cubic meters, which secures favorable pricing from sawmills and harvesters and enables competitive offers to landowners. Underlying the operational business is a proprietary CO₂ calculator that uses methodological forest management approaches to help landowners manage carbon footprint. The company enforces a sustainability standard of planting five new trees for every tree harvested, with reforestation planning required before any harvesting agreement closes.

The customer base is highly distributed: more than 1,000 private landowners are served annually, with named cases involving individual SMB sellers transacting 3–8 hectare parcels. GTM is sales-led, supported by content marketing (forestry blog), an SEO-driven website with a price-request form, and direct outreach via three named specialists. Privātais Mežs is privately held by Skovest Grupp, has 11–50 employees, and shows no external institutional investors or disclosed funding rounds. Its strategic direction increasingly points toward adjacent verticals — voluntary carbon trading (GreenDeal) and forest investment products (Forest Foundation) — extending the firm's role from transactional land services toward a broader sustainable forestry platform.

Name

Privatais Mezs Sia

Legal name

SIA Privātais mežs

Website

https://privataismezs.lv

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Privātais Mežs SIA is a Riga-based full-service forestry and land management firm serving Latvian private forest and agricultural landowners with acquisition, harvesting, reforestation, and carbon management services, operating under Skovest Grupp.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forestry Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153), Timber Tract Operations (11311)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Forest Management & Silviculture Services (Cruising, Planning, Compliance) (IMAMAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Timber Tract Operations & Forest Ownership (Timberland) (IMAMAAAA), Silviculture & Reforestation Services (Nurseries, Planting, Tending) (IMAMAJAC)

Keywords

• Forest property acquisition
• Harvesting rights purchase
• Forest management planning
• Agricultural land acquisition
• Forestry consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Riga

HQ country

Latvia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Forest Property Acquisition: The company purchases forests with land across all Latvian regions. They also purchase forests in all Estonian counties. Revenue is generated from acquiring forest properties at favorable prices and potentially reselling or managing them.
2. Harvesting Rights Acquisition: Purchase of harvesting rights (ciršanas tiesības) from forest owners across Latvia. The company prepares price offers based on forest management plans, ortophotographs, or issued harvesting notices. They visit properties in person before transactions.
3. Agricultural Land Acquisition: Purchase of agricultural land across Latvia, including overgrown or unmanaged agricultural land for restoration and agricultural use. The company works with both livestock farmers and grain farmers, knowing which regions have heightened purchasing interest and better prices.
4. Forestry Services: Complete forestry services including consultations, forest management plans, documentation, harvesting, seedlings, planting, and maintenance. All services available in one place.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Privātais Mežs SIA purchases forest properties and harvesting rights from private forest owners across all regions of Latvia, while also acquiring agricultural land and providing complete forestry services. Offerings span forest management planning, documentation, harvesting, seedling supply, planting, and post-harvest maintenance, supported by on-site valuations and a CO2 calculator for sustainable forest management. The company operates as the Latvian member of the Skovest Grupp conglomerate, with sister operations in Estonia.

Product overview

Privataisms Mezs SIA is a full-service forestry management company offering comprehensive services for private forest landowners in Latvia. The company operates as part of Skovest Grupp and provides an integrated suite of services including forest property acquisition, harvesting rights purchase, agricultural land acquisition, consultations, and forest management planning. The portfolio is anchored by core service offerings for forest property transactions and management, supported by innovative tools like the CO₂ Calculator for carbon footprint management. The company emphasizes sustainable forestry practices, planting 5 new trees for every tree harvested, and offers end-to-end services from initial valuation through harvesting operations and reforestation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forest Property Acquisition (Meža īpašumu iegāde) Outright purchase of forest properties (with land) from private owners across all regions of Latvia, including forests in all Estonian counties, allowing owners who do not wish to continue managing their property to transfer it for professional management.
• Harvesting Rights Acquisition (Ciršanas tiesību iegāde) Purchase of logging/harvesting rights (ciršanas tiesības) from forest owners across Latvia. Initial price offers are prepared from forest management plans, ortophotographs, or issued harvesting notices, with on-site property visits conducted before each transaction.
• Agricultural Land Acquisition (Lauksaimniecības zemes iegāde) Purchase of agricultural land — including overgrown or unmanaged parcels for restoration — across Latvia, working with livestock and grain farmers to identify regions with heightened purchasing interest and better pricing for landowners.
• Forest Management Consulting (Konsultācijas) Expert consultation services for forest owners covering management planning, valuation, and sales strategy, delivered by dedicated specialists across forestry, real estate, and agriculture.
• Forest Management Plan (Meža apsaimniekošanas plāns) A 10-year forest resource and condition report containing a recommended management action plan and covering growing stock volume, main tree species, assortment, site type, and stand density. May only be prepared and approved by state-licensed forestry management companies.
• Harvesting, Replanting and Forest Care Services Complete operational forestry services including documentation preparation, harvesting operations, seedling supply, planting, and post-harvest maintenance, with quality-control progress reports sent to the property owner.
• CO2 Calculator (CO2 Kalkulators) An innovative CO2 calculator that applies methodological forest management approaches to help forest owners reduce their carbon footprint and manage their property in an environmentally positive way, integrated with the group's CO2 trading portal GreenDeal.

Quantifiable outcome

• Plants 5 new trees for every tree harvested – exceeds stated goal of 10 new trees per 10 harvested
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Skovest GruppcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company (koncerns) that SIA Privātais mežs belongs to. Skovest Grupp companies are engaged in sustainable forestry. The group includes SIA Privātais mežs (Latvia), Eesti Metsameister OÜ (Estonia), Eesti Metsameistri Taimekasvatus OÜ (nursery), Eesti Metsameistri Metsahaldus OÜ (forestry services), CO2 emissions company, GreenDeal (CO2 trading), and Forest Foundation (investment platform).
• Sawmills and Forestry PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe company has established cooperation agreements with sawmills and other partners to provide comprehensive services. Jointly defined priority directions and built efficient processes to save customers time and money. Large volumes of 300,000-500,000 cubic meters per year allow particularly favorable prices from both harvesters and sawmills.
• Eesti Metsameister OÜcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Skovest Grupp, this Estonian forestry company is the most chosen by land owners who want eco-friendly forest management. Led the most forest transactions per year in Estonia over the past 6 years. Taavi Lellep, co-founder of Privātais Mežs, also manages this company which has received Financial Times Europe FT1000 and triple Gaselle Company titles.
• Forest FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Skovest Grupp ecosystem. Offers investment opportunities in forest properties in Baltic states combined with full-cycle management services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stora Enso: Global forestry-bioeconomy group with significant Baltic operations, owning and managing forestlands across the region. Relevant as a broad incumbent in Baltic timberland and sustainable forestry, though its core business is industrial rather than retail landowner services.
• Latvijas Finieris: Latvia's largest privately held forestry and wood products company, with operations across birch plywood, forestry, and timberland ownership. Comparable as a broad Latvian forestry incumbent with overlapping forest ownership and management scope, though focused on manufacturing rather than landowner services.
• UPM-Kymmene: Finnish forestry and biomaterials group with European timberland holdings and a growing presence in sustainable forestry services. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating in Baltic-adjacent timberland and reforestation, though at much larger scale and with industrial focus.
• Smurfit Kappa: European paper-based packaging group with sustainable forestry operations and forestland management across multiple European geographies. Comparable as a broad incumbent in European sustainable forestry, though with downstream paper/packaging orientation.
• Holmen: Swedish forest industry group with significant forestland ownership and sustainable forestry management. Comparable as a broad incumbent in Northern European forestry, including the Baltic Sea region, with emphasis on sustainability similar to Privātais Mežs's positioning.
• SCA (Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget): Swedish forestry group managing extensive European timberlands with sustainability-focused forest management practices. Comparable as a broad incumbent in sustainable forestry and reforestation across Northern Europe, though operating at vastly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Eesti Metsameister OÜ: Estonian sister company within Skovest Grupp offering the same full-service forestry model for private forest owners in Estonia. Direct peer by virtue of identical service stack, co-founder leadership (Taavi Lellep), and group-level operational integration.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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