Combino Group

What Combino Group does

Combino Group is a privately held Danish logistics company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Toftlund, Denmark, with a regional headquarters in San Ginés, Spain. The group specializes in temperature-controlled transport and international freight forwarding, offering less-than-truckload (LTL), part-truckload (PTL), and full-truckload (FTL) services for frozen, chilled, and industrial goods across Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain. Customers include food-industry shippers and general freight clients served under NSAB 2000 Nordic freight forwarding conditions.

The company's operating assets are a heterogeneous, specialized fleet: refrigerated trailers, double-compartment units, double-deck trailers, huckepack road-rail intermodal trailers, meat-hanger trailers, curtain trailers, and courier vans. Combino also runs a courier/express service and a fleet-management offering, with GPS tracking integrated via third-party telematics platforms (TrackUnit, LinkItAll, Cargobull Telematics). The asset mix reflects multi-decade investment in cold-chain capability rather than generalized trucking capacity.

Commercially, Combino operates a direct B2B sales model with no disclosed digital marketing or e-commerce channel. Combino España SL, a wholly owned subsidiary established around 2014, doubled its staff over a two-year period. In 2022, sister company Cool Penquin was launched to pursue direct-to-consumer chilled and frozen food delivery, representing the group's first material move into consumer-facing retail. The group is family-owned under CEO Mikael K. Olesen (who acquired the company in 2005), with no external funding disclosed.

Name

Combino Group

Legal name

Combino Spedition ApS

Website

https://combino.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Combino Group is a privately held Danish logistics company specializing in temperature-controlled transport and international freight forwarding across five European countries, serving food-industry and general freight clients via a specialized multi-temperature fleet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Temperature-Controlled Freight Logistics

NAICS

Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance (484230), General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance (48412), Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510)

SIC

Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210), Trucking (No Local) (4213), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Chilled / Fresh Transport (Refrigerated) (TLADAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical Specimens & Diagnostics Cold Delivery (TLAAAJAF), Cold-Chain Reverse Logistics (Returns, Recalls, Waste) (TLAAAJAL)

Keywords

• Temperature-controlled transport
• International freight forwarding
• Refrigerated logistics services
• Courier express delivery
• Frozen goods distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Toftlund

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. International Freight Transport: International transport services for frozen, chilled, and industrial goods as part loads (LTL), part loads, and full loads (FTL) across Europe
2. Courier and Express Delivery: Courier and express transport services including NON-STOP solutions for urgent deliveries across Europe
3. Fleet Management Services: Fleet management and tracking services for logistics operations

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Combino Group provides international freight transport services across Europe specializing in temperature-controlled cargo (frozen and chilled goods) as well as industrial freight. The company operates its own fleet with GPS tracking and also offers courier and express delivery services, serving the meat industry, food industry, and industrial sectors through offices in Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Product overview

Combino Group is a Danish transportation and logistics company offering a unified service portfolio centered on international freight transport. The core offering consists of international transport services for frozen, cooled, and industrial goods (LTL, part loads, and FTL), supplemented by courier and express delivery solutions with NON-STOP options, and fleet management with GPS tracking via TrackUnit, LinkItAll, and Cargobull Telematics. The company operates a diverse fleet of specialized trailers including refrigerated trailers (33 pallets), double compartment trailers, double deck trailers, huckepack/train trailers, curtain trailers, and refrigerated courier vans (2-8 pallets). A sister company, Cool Penguin (launched 2022), handles direct-to-consumer food delivery. The equipment portfolio supports various transport modes including road-only and intermodal road-rail operations, and temperature configurations ranging from single-temperature to multi-temperature compartments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• International Temperature-Controlled Transport Cross-border road transport of frozen, chilled, and industrial freight across Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands, serving meat industry, food industry, and industrial customers.
• Courier and Express Delivery Time-sensitive courier and express parcel delivery service for business customers requiring fast, direct point-to-point shipments.
• Fleet Management with GPS Tracking Continuous GPS-based tracking and fleet management service that gives customers visibility over the location and status of their shipments in transit.
• Cool Penguin Direct-to-Consumer Food Delivery Sister-company brand offering direct-to-consumer food delivery to private households, extending Combino Group's last-mile and cold-chain capabilities to the consumer market.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stef: European refrigerated and temperature-controlled transport specialist. Directly comparable to Combino on cold-chain road freight, multi-temperature capability, and food-industry customer focus across multiple European countries.
• Coli Shipping: European refrigerated and frozen transport specialist active in the same temperature-controlled road freight niche. Comparable to Combino on multi-temperature trailers and food-industry customer base.
• Prime Cargo: Danish-headquartered logistics provider offering European refrigerated transport and freight forwarding. Directly comparable to Combino on Nordic origin, cold-chain road freight, and European cross-border corridors.

Broad incumbents

• DSV: Global transport and logistics incumbent with significant European road freight and cold-chain capability. Competes with Combino on European refrigerated LTL/FTL lanes but operates at vastly larger scale across many product types.
• DHL Freight: European road freight network of DHL, including temperature-controlled services. Overlaps with Combino's international road freight and refrigerated transport offerings across Europe.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Global freight forwarder with a dedicated perishables / cold-chain product line. Comparable to Combino on temperature-controlled food logistics across Europe, though at very different scale and breadth.
• Dachser: European road freight and contract logistics provider with temperature-controlled food logistics expertise. Comparable on European FTL/LTL and food-industry refrigerated transport.
• DB Schenker: European land transport and logistics incumbent with refrigerated and intermodal capability. Overlaps with Combino on cross-border European freight and road-rail intermodal options.
• GXO Logistics: Large contract logistics provider with European cold-chain warehousing and transport presence. Comparable on temperature-controlled food supply chain execution though with a much broader service portfolio.

Emerging players

• Nordic Cold Chain Solutions: Specialised Nordic-region cold-chain logistics provider. Closely comparable to Combino on temperature-controlled transport and food vertical focus in the same Scandinavian geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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