akraborg

Name

akraborg

Legal name

Akraborg ehf

Website

https://akraborg.is

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Canned Seafood (Canned Cod Liver)

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171)

SIC

Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030)

akta.pro primary industry

Canned Meat, Poultry & Seafood Manufacturing (AFAKACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Smoked, Cured & Salted Seafood (Lox, Kippers, Bacalao) (AFANADAF)

Keywords

• Canned seafood products
• Private label manufacturing
• Cod liver canning
• Fish processing
• White label production

Headquarters

HQ city

Akranes

HQ country

Iceland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. White Label/Private Label Production: Collaborates with retail brands worldwide to develop and manufacture white label canned cod liver products tailored to partner specifications for taste, quality, packaging, and labeling.
2. Own Brand Products: Produces and markets company's own line of canned cod liver products including Smoked Cod Liver, Cod Liver Paté, and Cod Liver with Lemon.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Akraborg manufactures premium canned cod liver products from fresh, hand-trimmed Icelandic cod liver in two IFS-certified facilities (Akranes and Ólafsvík). The company sells three own-brand SKUs (Smoked Cod Liver, Cod Liver Paté, Cod Liver with Lemon) and offers custom private label/white label canned cod liver production for retail brands worldwide, tailored to specific taste, quality, packaging, and labeling requirements.

Product overview

Akraborg is a single-product food company specializing in premium canned cod liver products. The company produces three own-brand products: Smoked Cod Liver (hand-trimmed, beechwood-smoked), Cod Liver Paté (a spreadable blend with cod roe and spices), and Cod Liver with Lemon (hand-trimmed with lemon slice). Additionally, Akraborg operates a white-label production service for retail brands, developing custom private label canned cod liver tailored to specific market requirements. All products are manufactured in Iceland from high-quality raw materials rich in vitamins A and D and omega-3 fatty acids.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fang: White label brand under Akraborg for private label canned cod liver products.

Products and services

• Smoked Cod Liver

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Lysi Groupparent companyOthersAkraborg is part of Lysi Group, indicating a corporate parent-subsidiary relationship.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• King Oscar: Norwegian-owned premium canned seafood brand (part of Thai Union) that explicitly produces canned cod liver alongside sardines, mackerel, and tuna. It is the closest direct competitor in canned cod liver, serving the same European retailer/wholesale channel with similar premium-private-label positioning.
• Petit Navire: French heritage canned fish brand (Thai Union) selling tuna, sardines, and mackerel across European retail. Comparable as a branded canned seafood player with a similar B2B retail-channel model and overlapping private-label production infrastructure.
• Rio Mare: Italian premium canned tuna and seafood brand owned by Bolton Group. Comparable on premium canned seafood positioning, European retail/wholesale distribution, and operating as a sub-brand of a larger strategic parent, analogous to Akraborg's FANG brand under Lysi Group.
• Saupiquet: French canned fish brand (subsidiary of Bolton Group) producing tuna, sardines, and mackerel for European retail. Closely comparable in canned seafood category, retail-channel dependency, and corporate-parent (Bolton) structure mirroring Lysi.
• John West: UK and European canned seafood brand (Thai Union) with a broad portfolio of canned fish including salmon and tuna. Comparable on canned seafood manufacturing, European retail/wholesale channel, and private-label co-manufacturing capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Thai Union Group: Global canned seafood conglomerate that owns King Oscar, Petit Navire, John West, and Chicken of the Sea. Comparable as a larger incumbent in the same canned seafood manufacturing and private-label space, with broader product and geographic reach than Akraborg's focused cod liver niche.
• StarKist: Major US canned tuna and seafood brand (owned by Dongwon Industries). Comparable on canned seafood manufacturing at scale, retail private-label production, and sustainability certification programs, though focused on tuna rather than cod.
• Bumble Bee Seafoods: North American canned seafood company producing canned tuna, salmon, sardines, and other shelf-stable seafood. Comparable on canned seafood manufacturing, retail distribution, and branded-plus-private-label business model, though at much larger scale and broader product portfolio.

Regional players

• Royal Greenland: Greenland/Denmark-headquartered seafood company producing frozen, chilled, and processed seafood including cod products. Comparable as a North Atlantic seafood processor with similar cod raw material exposure, sustainability certifications, and B2B/wholesale go-to-market, though operating from a different national base than Akraborg's Iceland.
• Brim hf: One of Iceland's largest vertically integrated seafood companies, operating fishing vessels, processing, and value-added seafood production. Comparable on Icelandic raw material sourcing, seafood processing, and white-label/value-added capabilities, though far larger in scale and more diversified across species than Akraborg.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/akraborg

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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