Karia

What Karia does

Karia Food OÜ is an Estonian B2B meat and seafood trading and distribution company, founded in 2011 as a subsidiary of Karia OÜ (established 1991), itself described as one of Estonia's largest foodservice and HoReCa operators. The company supplies frozen and chilled pork, beef, poultry, mutton, lamb, game meat, and seafood in multiple cuts and offals to foodservice, HoReCa, and wholesale buyers across European Union markets, with headquarters at Kesk tee 15, Jüri, Rae vald, Estonia.

The company's competitive layer is its physical cold-chain infrastructure: an own fleet of refrigerated trucks offering temperature-controlled transport across the EU with flexible full or partial load options, plus two modern warehouse terminals built in Jüri in 2016 and 2019 delivering combined capacity of 15,000 pallet spaces. Product portfolio, sourcing flexibility (direct from producers or cold storage facilities), and EU-wide delivery capability are positioned as core differentiators against generic wholesale competitors.

The business operates a sales-led B2B model with a small in-house team (~9 listed members) organized by geography — Estonia, Lithuania/Latvia, Finland/Sweden, and broader EU — running direct sales-and-purchase workflows rather than automated channels. Revenue is generated transactionally through meat/seafood sales on quote-based pricing; pricing is not publicly disclosed. A wholly-owned online marketplace sub-brand, KariaMarket (kariamarket.ee), runs alongside the core B2B foodservice operation. No external institutional funding, public listing, M&A activity, AI/technology platform, or third-party certifications were disclosed in the available data.

Name

Karia

Legal name

Karia Food OÜ

Website

https://karia.ee

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Karia Food OÜ is an Estonian B2B supplier of frozen and chilled meat and seafood, serving foodservice, HoReCa, and wholesale buyers across the EU via its own refrigerated truck fleet and 15,000-pallet cold-storage terminals in Jüri, Estonia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Foodservice Distribution (Meat & Seafood Wholesale)

NAICS

Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers (42444), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAIAHAF

Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Distribution & Wholesale/Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Wholesale

SECONDARYTLALABAC

Meat, Poultry & Seafood Refrigerated Warehousing

Transportation & Logistics/Warehousing & Storage (Cold Chain, Fulfillment, Depots)/Cold Chain Warehousing & Refrigerated Storage

Keywords

• Meat and seafood wholesale
• Foodservice distribution
• Temperature-controlled logistics
• Cold chain storage
• HoReCa supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Jüri

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Meat and Seafood Supply: Sale of frozen and chilled meat, seafood, and food products including pork, beef, poultry, mutton, lamb, game meat, and fish. Products sold in various cuts and formats to B2B customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Karia Food OÜ is a B2B foodservice supplier of frozen and chilled meat and seafood — pork, beef, poultry, mutton, lamb, game meat, and fish — sold in various cuts and offals. The offering is integrated with in-house cold chain capabilities: two warehouse terminals in Jüri, Estonia with 15,000 pallet spaces and an own fleet of frigo trucks enabling temperature-controlled transport and flexible full or partial load delivery across the EU.

Product overview

Karia is a foodservice and logistics company offering an integrated product portfolio centered around meat and seafood supply with supporting cold chain infrastructure. The core offering includes global meat and seafood supply (pork, beef, poultry, mutton, lamb, game meat, and seafood) with various cuts and offals, complemented by temperature-controlled logistics using the company's own fleet of frigo trucks, and cold storage services with 15,000 pallet spaces across two terminals. The subsidiary KariaMarket operates as a separate online marketplace platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KariaMarket: Online food market platform operating at kariamarket.ee

Products and services

• Meat and Seafood Supply Global supply of frozen and chilled meat and seafood — pork, beef, poultry, mutton, lamb, game meat, and fish — in various cuts and offals, sold to B2B foodservice, HoReCa, and wholesale buyers across the EU.
• Cold Storage Services Temperature-controlled warehouse storage service provided through two modern cold-store terminals located in Jüri, Estonia, with combined capacity of 15,000 pallet spaces. Used both for Karia's own stock and to support customer supply.
• Temperature Controlled Logistics (Transport) Temperature-controlled transport services across EU countries using Karia's own fleet of frigo trucks, with flexible delivery via full or partial loads direct from producers or from cold storage facilities.
• KariaMarket Online Food Marketplace Online food marketplace operated by Karia Food OÜ's wholly-owned subsidiary KariaMarket at kariamarket.ee, providing an online channel for purchasing food products.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Lineage Logistics: Global cold chain warehousing and logistics provider. Comparable via Karia's 15,000-pallet cold storage terminal and frigo fleet; Karia could be a customer or competitor for third-party cold storage in the Baltic region.

Direct peers

• Hilton Foods: UK-headquartered B2B meat and seafood packer and supplier to retailers and foodservice operators across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Comparable in protein sourcing, cold chain distribution, and B2B foodservice focus, though at substantially larger scale.
• 2 Sisters Food Group: UK-based B2B food manufacturer and supplier serving retail, foodservice, and convenience channels in Europe. Comparable on packaged meat and seafood supply to foodservice/Wholesale buyers, though much larger and more diversified.
• Bakkafrost: Faroe Islands-headquartered salmon farming and value-added seafood producer with significant European distribution. Comparable for Karia's seafood product line and cold chain logistics to HoReCa customers.
• Martin Braun: German-based B2B supplier of frozen and chilled ingredients (including meat, seafood, and baked goods) to foodservice and HoReCa customers across Europe. Directly comparable in product mix, cold chain logistics, and target customer base to Karia Food.
• Royal Greenland: One of the world's largest seafood companies, supplying frozen and chilled fish and seafood to retail, foodservice, and industrial customers across Europe. Comparable on the seafood supply and cold chain dimensions of Karia's business.

Broad incumbents

• Bidvest Foodservice: International foodservice distributor operating across multiple geographies with broad protein and ambient product ranges. Comparable via shared wholesale-to-HoReCa model and protein category exposure.
• METRO Cash & Carry (Foodservice): Global HoReCa-focused wholesale distributor with broad food and beverage assortment including meat and seafood. Karia competes with METRO's delivered wholesale arm for HoReCa accounts across Europe, though METRO operates at vastly larger scale.
• Charoen Pokphand Foods: Global integrated meat and seafood producer and distributor with European sales operations. Comparable as a multi-protein supplier to foodservice and wholesale channels, though at conglomerate scale.
• Cargill (Protein & Foodservice): Global food and agriculture conglomerate with meat, seafood, and foodservice distribution businesses across Europe. Karia competes with Cargill protein and foodservice units for HoReCa and wholesale contracts, though Cargill is far larger and more diversified.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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