le gouessant-fr

What le gouessant-fr does

Le Gouessant is a French agricultural cooperative group founded in 1964 in Lamballe-Armor, Côtes-d'Armor, operating under the legal entity Coopérative Le Gouessant. It is owned and democratically governed by more than 4,300 farmer-members across Brittany and Grand Ouest, with 908 salaried employees as of 2025. The cooperative spans four primary business areas: animal nutrition and farming inputs (838,240 tonnes of feed commercialized in 2018, with brands including Synergie Prod and Picorette); cereal and oilseed collection (219,000 tonnes from 1,500 farmer-suppliers across 27 collection sites); aquaculture (Le Gouessant Aquaculture, including the Saint-Aaron plant, Aqualia in Landes, and the AquaBoost essential-oil product); and consumer food (Terres de Breizh brand, 541 million eggs marketed in 2025, 30,000 tonnes of potatoes, and the Légum'Party fresh-vegetable line). Le Gouessant is the national #1 producer of organic eggs, supplying 1 in 7 eggs purchased in French supermarkets, and has built a growing pet-nutrition export business through Newborn Animal Care and the acquired Vetinnov/Easypill brands (70%+ export revenue).

Revenue is generated primarily through transactional sales of feed, agro-supplies, cereals, eggs, aquaculture products, and consumer food to farmer-members and B2B customers, supplemented by net surpluses redistributed to cooperative members (€2.6M in 2018, approximately one-third of net result). Go-to-market combines a sales-led motion through 27 collection depots and 21 retail stores, a channel-partner motion via retailer relationships for Terres de Breizh products, and a community-led motion through the Fermes 4 soleils innovation club. Distribution is overwhelmingly domestic (Brittany/Grand Ouest) with growing international exposure in pet nutrition and aquaculture.

The technology stack is centered on the Aunéor digital suite (Grain, Végétal, Pondeuse, Volaille chair) for farm decision support, precision feeding systems (individual pig feeding with automatic weighing, 24-hour monitoring delivering 10% feed cost and 25% protein resource reductions and 40% nitrogen emission reductions), 40 connected weather stations integrated via partnership with Sencrop and Météo France, and the RID (Research, Innovation, Development) platform coordinating R&D across the group. The cooperative runs the €5.3M NINaqua consortium with INRA, Institut Pasteur, Ifremer, and industrial partners to develop micro-algae, insect, and yeast alternatives to fish meal. Recent M&A includes Vetinnov (January 2020, pet nutrition), Aqualia (aquaculture consolidation), Celtileg (vegetable processing), and the Agriplus agro-supplies merger; the fuel distribution activity was divested to Bolloré Energy in June 2026. Reported 2018 revenue was €538M with €11.3M net profit and €107M equity; more recent annual revenue is not disclosed in available sources.

Name

le gouessant-fr

Legal name

Coopérative Le Gouessant

Website

https://legouessant.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Animal Nutrition & Agricultural Supplies

NAICS

Animal Food Manufacturing (3111), Animal Food Manufacturing (31111), Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers (424440), Livestock Merchant Wholesalers (42452)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Food And Kindred Products (2000), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Livestock & Poultry Nutrition (Feed & Premixes) (HLAMAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty & Gourmet Foods Wholesale Distribution (CRAOAAAI), Poultry Wholesale (Whole Birds, Parts) (AFAIADAC)

Keywords

• Animal nutrition
• Agricultural cooperative
• Animal feed manufacturing
• Cereal collection trading
• Aquaculture feed

Headquarters

HQ city

Lamballe-Armor

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Animal Feed Manufacturing and Sales: Core business producing and selling animal feed (838,240 tonnes in 2018) for pig, ruminant, poultry, and aquaculture sectors. Revenue from feed manufacturing and distribution to farmer-members and external customers.
2. Agricultural Inputs and Supplies: Sale of agro-supplies including fertilizers, seeds, crop protection products, equipment through 21 retail stores and depots across territory.
3. Egg Trading and Marketing: Egg collection and commercialization service. 541 million eggs marketed in 2025. Leading national producer of organic eggs. Service provides market access and income security for producer-members.
4. Cereal Collection and Trading: Collection of 219,000 tonnes of cereals (wheat, barley, rapeseed, corn) from 1,500 farmer-suppliers through 27 sites. Marketing services including digital contracting platform Aunéor Grain.
5. Food Products and Consumer Brands: Terres de Breizh brand products including pork roasts, eggs, fresh vegetables. 17% revenue growth in 2018. Consumer food products sold through retail distribution.
6. Nutritional Supplements International: International sales through Newborn Animal Care subsidiary of nutritional supplements for livestock and pets under Raizup Nutrition Care and Easypill brands. 70% export revenue for acquired Vetinnov company.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Le Gouessant is a farmer-owned agricultural cooperative that manufactures and distributes animal feed (838,240 tonnes annually in 2018) for pig, ruminant, poultry and aquaculture sectors, collects and trades cereals from 1,500 farmer-suppliers through 27 depots, sells agro-supplies through 21 retail stores, markets 541 million eggs annually (national leader in organic eggs), and produces consumer food products under the Terres de Breizh brand alongside international pet and livestock nutritional supplements via the Newborn Animal Care subsidiary.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fermes 4 Soleils: Innovation and communication club for farmers
• Aunéor
• Physior
• NINAqua
• Agrifa
• Picorette
• Synergie Prod

Products and services

• Animal Feed (pig, ruminant, poultry)
• Aquaculture Feed (Le Gouessant Aquaculture)
• Cereal Collection and Trading Service
• Agro-Supplies (fertilizers, seeds, crop protection, equipment)
• Egg Marketing and Trading Service
• Terres de Breizh Consumer Food Brand
• Easypill Pet Nutritional Supplements
• Raizup Nutrition Care Supplements
• AquaBoost Aquaculture Health Product
• Potato and Vegetable Collection (30,000 tonnes)

Quantifiable outcome

• Feed cost reduction of 10% through precision feeding
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• VetinnovcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 30 January 2020Acquired company specializing in pet nutritional supplements. Easypill brand for palatable pet medication. 8 employees, 70% export revenue. Factory in Castelnaudary.
• Oniris (École Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes)coreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for in vitro testing of aquaculture health products. Oniris laboratory conducts testing on alternative treatments including AquaBoost against bacterial diseases in fish and shrimp.
• NINaqua Research Consortium (Inra, Institut Pasteur, Ifremer)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-partner R&D program (budget 5.3M€) developing alternative ingredients for aquaculture feeds. Partners include Fermentalg, Algae Natural Food, Lesaffre, Copalis. Labelled by 5 competitiveness clusters.
• GTO - Graines Tradition OuestcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation federating and developing lin, féverole, and lupin sectors. Partnership between collectors, processors, seed companies, chamber of agriculture, and producers for technical progress and fair value distribution.
• Baie de Saint-Brieuc WatershedminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal watershed management organization financing hedgerow cutting equipment and supporting sustainable agricultural practices in buckwheat cultivation areas.
• Ovale PerformanceminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerManagement consulting firm providing Operational Excellence training. Formed 12 Leaders of Operational Excellence (LEO) for continuous improvement implementation.
• FranceAgriMercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic funding body for Physior research project. Applied for 'Agriculture and Food of Tomorrow' call for projects to support alternative pig farming research.
• Valorial Competitiveness ClustercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional competitiveness cluster supporting Physior project. Provides networking and funding access for innovative agricultural projects.

Scale indicators20 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Market position

Competitive moat6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LeGouessant
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/legouessant
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/le-gouessant

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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