PROMARISCO S.A. (GRUPO PESCANOVA)

Name

PROMARISCO S.A. (GRUPO PESCANOVA)

Legal name

GRUPO NUEVA PESCANOVA

Website

https://promarisco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Production and Distribution

NAICS

Aquaculture (1125), Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries (112511), Shellfish Farming (112512), Finfish Fishing (114111), Shellfish Fishing (114112)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092), Fishing, Hunting And Trapping (900), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Aquaculture Harvest, Processing & Packing (Farmed Finfish/Shellfish; On-Farm Plants) (AFANADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Finfish Farming (e.g., salmon, tilapia, catfish) (AFAEAAAA), Shellfish Processing (Shrimp, Crab, Lobster, Mollusks) (AFANADAC), Finfish Processing (Filleting, Portioning, Trimming) (AFANADAB)

Keywords

• Farmed seafood production
• Wild-caught fishing operations
• Aquaculture farming
• Seafood processing
• Frozen seafood distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Chapela (Redondela)

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Seafood Product Sales: Primary revenue from fishing, farming, processing, and commercializing over 70 species of fish and seafood products globally to retail, food service, and wholesale customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

PROMARISCO S.A., as the core operating subsidiary of Grupo Nueva Pescanova, produces, processes, and exports farmed shrimp (langostino) and turbot (rodaballo), as well as a broad portfolio of fresh and frozen wild-caught and farmed seafood products (70+ species). Operations span capture via an own fleet of 53 vessels in Southern Hemisphere fishing grounds, aquaculture on 7,000+ hectares of farms, and processing through 17 plants across 10 countries, with global commercialization reaching 80 countries.

Product overview

Nueva Pescanova es una multinacional líder en el sector de productos del mar con un modelo de negocio integrado que abarca toda la cadena de valor: pesca, cultivo, elaboración y comercialización. La empresa opera con 53 buques propios en los mejores caladeros del Hemisferio Sur, gestiona más de 7,000 hectáreas de granjas de acuicultura para rodaballo y langostino, procesa productos en 17 plantas分布 en 10 países, y comercializa más de 70 especies de pescados y mariscos en 80 países. Su portafolio se estructura en cuatro líneas de negocio interconectadas que permiten control completo desde la captura/cultivo hasta la mesa del consumidor.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pesca (Fishing Operations) Capture of more than 70 species of fish and seafood via a fleet of 53 own vessels operating in the best fishing grounds of the Southern Hemisphere, supplying raw material for processing and commercialization.
• Cultivo (Aquaculture) Production on more than 7,000 hectares of farms dedicated to turbot (rodaballo) and shrimp (langostino) farming, with control of the full aquaculture value chain from reproduction to harvest.
• Elaboración (Processing) Transformation of seafood products in 17 processing plants located in 10 countries, producing a variety of elaborated and frozen seafood products for retail and food service customers.
• Comercialización (Commercialization) Distribution and sale of fresh, frozen, and elaborated seafood products in 80 countries via retail chains, food service operators, and wholesale distributors, under the Pescanova brand and private labels.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Thai Union Group: Thai-based global seafood multinational with a similarly vertically integrated model across tuna and shrimp processing, aquaculture, and branded distribution to retail and food service worldwide — comparable in scale, value-chain positioning, and customer mix.
• Mowi ASA: World's largest Atlantic salmon farmer with integrated processing and global sales; directly comparable as a large aquaculture-led seafood multinational with strong retail and food-service distribution.
• Trident Seafoods: US private seafood company with owned fleet, processing plants, and distribution to retail/food service — directly comparable vertically integrated model and customer mix.
• Royal Greenland: Greenlandic seafood company combining wild-catch fisheries with processing and global distribution across multiple species — similar vertically integrated, multi-species seafood model headquartered in the North Atlantic.
• Nissui (Nippon Suisan Kaisha): Japanese seafood multinational operating across wild-capture fishing, aquaculture (salmon, trout), processing, and global food service/retail — same end-to-end value-chain footprint as Pescanova.
• Maruha Nichiro: Japanese seafood giant combining a large fishing fleet, aquaculture operations, processing plants, and global distribution — directly comparable vertical integration profile and multi-species portfolio.
• High Liner Foods: North American seafood processor and distributor supplying retail and food service with frozen and value-added seafood — comparable downstream side of the value chain with overlapping customer base.
• Bakkafrost: Faroese salmon farming and processing company with vertically integrated value chain from hatchery to finished product — directly comparable aquaculture-led operating model targeting premium markets.

Broad incumbents

• Stolt-Nielsen: Norwegian group combining one of the world's largest land-based aquaculture operations (Stolt Sea Farm, turbot sole) with a global seafood distribution arm — closely comparable on the turbot aquaculture side and on worldwide seafood distribution.
• Charoen Pokphand Foods: Thai food conglomerate with massive shrimp aquaculture operations and broader protein business — overlaps with Pescanova on farmed shrimp but operates at much larger scale and across many non-seafood protein lines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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