Grupo Avicola Quinones, S.a. De C.v.

What Grupo Avicola Quinones, S.a. De C.v. does

Grupo Avícola Quiñones (DBA: GAQ) is a privately held Mexican protein producer founded in 1977 and headquartered in Zapopan, Jalisco. The company operates a vertically integrated poultry and pork value chain comprising its own balanced feed plant (Planta de Alimentos) using sorgo, maize (~70%), soybean meal (~20%), vitamins, minerals, and amino acids; breeder flocks, incubators, and fattening operations for live chicken reaching ~3.2 kg at 52 days; pork production using PIC 410 boar genetics with a 2,300-sow herd producing ~1,000 pigs per week at 120-125 kg market weight; and a pollinaza (poultry manure) byproduct sold as ruminant feed. Weekly production capacity has scaled from 1,500 chickens at founding to 400,000 birds per week across facilities in Ciudad Guzmán, Tesistán, Acatlán, and Guanajuato.

The company's go-to-market is a direct B2B sales model: trained sales managers (Ventas) guide business customers through the purchase of live chicken (pollo vivo) and live pigs (cerdo en pie) for resale or further processing, with company-owned transport and specialized drivers. No retail or intermediary channels, public pricing, or named customer logos are disclosed. The company supplements its sales efforts with an educational content platform (Verdad o Mentira) and active Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube channels to build consumer trust in central and western Mexico.

Structurally, GAQ is a family-held S.A. de C.V. with 501-1,000 employees, no external institutional investors, no public listing, and no disclosed subsidiaries or M&A activity. Its competitive position rests on multi-decade operating history (40 years), vertical integration into feed, and multi-state production scale rather than technology differentiation. Revenue figures, funding rounds, and audited financial disclosures are not present in the source material.

Name

Grupo Avicola Quinones, S.a. De C.v.

Legal name

Grupo Avícola Quiñones S. A. de C. V.

Website

https://gaq.com.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Grupo Avícola Quiñones (GAQ) is a privately held, vertically integrated Mexican poultry and pork producer founded in 1977, selling live chicken and live pigs to business resellers in central and western Mexico through direct sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Poultry and Pork Production

NAICS

Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production (112320), Poultry and Egg Production (1123), Animal Production and Aquaculture (112)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

Broiler (Meat Chicken) Feed (AFADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grower Feed (Poultry Grow-out) (AFADACAI), Breeder Feed (Broiler Breeders & Layer Breeders) (AFADACAD)

Keywords

• Live poultry production
• Swine production
• Animal feed manufacturing
• Integrated protein production
• Meat protein supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Zapopan

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Grupo Avícola Quiñones is an integrated poultry and pork protein producer that operates its own feed manufacturing plant, breeding and incubation facilities, and fattening operations to deliver live chicken and live pigs to business customers. Its product line includes live chicken (pollo vivo), live hogs (cerdo en pie), pollinaza (poultry manure by-product for ruminant feed), and the internally consumed balanced animal feed produced at its on-site plant.

Product overview

Grupo Avícola Quiñones operates as an integrated poultry and pork protein producer with four core offerings: a proprietary feed manufacturing plant that supplies balanced nutrition across all production stages; live chicken production via breeder operations, incubation, and fattening reaching 3.2 kg at 52 days; live hog production using PIC 410 genetics progressing from artificial insemination through fattening to 120-125 kg market weight; and pollinaza, a poultry manure by-product utilized as ruminant feed. The company serves the central and western regions of Mexico with weekly production capacity of 400,000 birds and 1,000 hogs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pollo Vivo (Live Chicken) Live chicken produced through an integrated breeding, laying, incubation, and fattening cycle, reaching an average market weight of 3.2 kg at 52 days, with sex-differentiated fattening (males 3.4 kg, females 3 kg). Sold to business customers (resellers, distributors) in central and western Mexico.
• Cerdo en Pie (Live Pig) Live hogs produced using PIC 410 genetics through a controlled cycle of artificial insemination, gestation, farrowing, weaning, and fattening, reaching a market weight of 120–125 kg. Sold to business customers for further processing or resale.
• Pollinaza (Poultry Manure By-Product)

Quantifiable outcome

• 400,000 birds/week production capacity
• +3 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Tyson Foods México: U.S. protein giant with Mexican poultry and pork operations; comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same B2B and foodservice protein buyers in Mexico, with much deeper processing and brand infrastructure.
• Sigma Alimentos: Mexican food company with significant processed meat and poultry operations under brands such as FUD; comparable as a downstream buyer of Mexican live protein and as a competitor for branded shelf space that GAQ does not yet access.
• JBS México: Brazilian multinational with poultry and pork operations in Mexico; comparable as a large-scale protein incumbent competing for the same wholesale and processor buyers that GAQ serves in central/western Mexico.
• Pilgrim's México: Mexico operations of Pilgrim's Pride, a major poultry and pork producer; comparable as a vertically integrated chicken/pork player operating in Mexico with feed, hatchery, and processing capabilities that dwarf GAQ's live-bird model.

Direct peers

• Industrias Bachoco: Mexico's largest poultry company, producing live and processed chicken, eggs, and feed; directly comparable to GAQ as a vertically integrated Mexican broiler producer serving similar B2B channels, though at materially larger scale.
• Grupo Porcícola Mexicano (Gramos): Mid-sized Mexican pork producer operating its own genetics and feed operations; comparable to GAQ's integrated pork model as a regional competitor with similar live-pig go-to-market.
• Grupo Porcícola Kekén: Large Mexican pork producer with integrated genetics, feed, and grow-out; directly comparable to GAQ's pork program (PIC genetics, 2,300-sow scale) and provides a benchmark for Mexican live-hog economics.

Regional players

• Avícola Los Norteños: Regional Mexican poultry producer focused on northern states; comparable as a similarly scaled integrated broiler business but geographically non-overlapping with GAQ's central/western footprint.

Emerging players

• Grupo ALPE: Mexican poultry and meat producer with integrated operations; comparable to GAQ as a similarly scaled vertically integrated player pursuing B2B live-bird and value-added channels in Mexico.

Others

• Cargill Animal Nutrition México: Animal feed manufacturer and protein integrator operating in Mexico; comparable not as a direct competitor in live birds/pigs but as an adjacent feed supplier that could either compete with or supply GAQ's feed operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCY9zPPXcrwp7JwPjQyamxGg
• Facebookfacebook.com/GAQMX
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gaqmx

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 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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