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Kerecis

Logo: kerecis.com4

Icelandic medical technology company

Kerecis is an Icelandic company that develops wound care and tissue regeneration products derived from the decellularized skin of the Atlantic cod. The company is headquartered in Ísafjörður, in the Westfjords of northwest Iceland, and has subsidiaries in Switzerland and the United States.2 It employed 630 people in 2025.1 Its revenue was €25.5 million in 2021.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2009Founded1
  • HeadquartersÍsafjörður1
  • Websitewww.kerecis.com
  • Legal formlimited company1
  • LEI984500D85A45CTF9C4083
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressSundstræti 38, 400 Ísafjörður, Iceland3
  • Registered withDirectorate of Internal Revenu, 65100706203

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Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Kerecis is an Icelandic company that develops wound care and tissue regeneration products derived from the decellularized skin of the Atlantic cod. The company is headquartered in Ísafjörður, in the Westfjords of northwest Iceland, and has subsidiaries in Switzerland and the United States.2

Products and brands

  • wound care

Listed on Wikidata.1

Employees over time

Kerecis employees by year1630 in 2025+968% since 2018
02004006008002018: 595920182021: 1961962021+232%2025: 6306302025+221%
  • 20256301
  • 20211961
  • 2018591

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Kerecis revenue by year125.5M EUR in 2021+642% since 2018
010.0M EUR20.0M EUR30.0M EUR2018: 3.4M EUR3.4M EUR20182021: 25.5M EUR25.5M EUR2021+642%
  • 202125.5M EUR1
  • 20183.4M EUR1

Timeline

  1. 2009Founded Founded1

Sources

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