BelOrta

BelOrta is a cooperative of 1,300 Belgian and Dutch family-run agricultural companies that together grow more than 170 different varieties of fresh fruit and vegetables. As a producer organisation, we distinguish ourselves by offering an ideal mix of scale and room for individual entrepreneurship as a cooperative of, for and by growers. This allows us to always be close to the action in a market where speed is of the essence but we never lose sight of the bigger picture, a sustainable future for our growers.

The roots of our cooperative go back to 1905. From there, we steadily strengthened our position and became a leading fruit and vegetable cooperative throughout Europe.

Some figures:

• + 1,200 active member-cooperators
• € 626 million turnover in 2023
• + 770 million units of product sold in 2023
• 430 colleagues
• Present in more than 75 countries, with UK also being an important target market (+/- 6 of total sales are realised in the UK)
• Almost 8,600 ha of fruit and vegetables