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Limagrain

Logo: Limagrain, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Agricultural co-operative group

Limagrain is an international agricultural co-operative group, specialized in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products. Founded and managed by French farmers, Limagrain is the 3rd largest seed company in the world through its holding Vilmorin & Cie, European leader for functional flours through Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients, 2nd largest French baker and 3rd largest French pastry maker through Jacquet-Brossard.2 It employed 9,000 people in 2021.1 Its revenue was €2 billion in 2021.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1965Founded1
  • Industryagriculture, cultivation of cereals (except rice), legumes and oilseeds, food industry, seed1
  • HeadquartersSaint-Beauzire, France1
  • Websitewww.limagrain.com
  • Legal formagricultural cooperative1
  • Kind of organizationCooperative1
  • LEI969500C0B8YR7HT3OM143
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressRUE HENRI MONDOR, 63360 Saint-Beauzire, France3
  • Registered withNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 7756333573

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Limagrain
Photo: Sylenius, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons8

Limagrain is an international agricultural co-operative group, specialized in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products. Founded and managed by French farmers, Limagrain is the 3rd largest seed company in the world through its holding Vilmorin & Cie, European leader for functional flours through Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients, 2nd largest French baker and 3rd largest French pastry maker through Jacquet-Brossard.2

Corporate structure

Limagrain sits at the top of its group. 19 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Limagrain Saint-Beauzire, France
    • GROUPE LIMAGRAIN HOLDING Saint-Beauzire, France
      • JACQUET BROSSARD Subsidiary · Paris, France
        • JACQUET BROSSARD DISTRIBUTION Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • LIMAGRAIN INGREDIENTS Subsidiary · Saint-Ignat, France
      • SOREALIM Subsidiary · Saint-Beauzire, France
    • HaZera seeds Subsidiary
    • Vilmorin Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • Hazera Seeds B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Made, Netherlands
      • HM.CLAUSE Subsidiary · Portes-Les-Valence, France
      • LFS USA CORP. Subsidiary · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
      • LIMAGRAIN EUROPE Subsidiary · Saint-Beauzire, France
      • LIMAGRAIN VEGETABLE SEEDS Subsidiary · Saint-Beauzire, France
        • VILMORIN USA CORP. Subsidiary · Westfield, Indiana, United States
      • VILMORIN JARDIN Subsidiary · Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, France
      • VILMORIN-MIKADO Subsidiary · La Menitre, France
    • LIMAGRAIN PARTICIPATIONS Subsidiary · Saint-Beauzire, France
    • SELIA Subsidiary · Saint-Beauzire, France
    • TARDIF TIVAGRAIN Subsidiary · Chambaron Sur Morge, France

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Limagrain reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

  • seed

Listed on Wikidata.1

Field Seeds

Field Seeds have always been very much part of Limagrain's historical core business. The Field Seeds activity has been part of Vilmorin & Cie since 2006, and is organized according to two main markets. In Europe, Limagrain Europe is the leading player. In North America, AgReliant, a joint venture with the German seeds company KWS, holds 3rd position on the corn seed market for the United States.

Vegetable Seeds and Garden Products

Now part of Vilmorin & Cie, the Vegetable Seeds activity has been a major business for Limagrain since 1975. It targets the professional markets of growers and canners. Vilmorin & Cie provides them with vegetable seeds with high added value, and is the second largest company in the world on this market.

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Dedicated to amateur gardeners, the Garden Products activity proposes seeds of different flower and vegetable varieties, and also bulbs and products for the health and beauty of plants. Vilmorin & Cie is active on the main European gardening markets with a portfolio of well-known brands.

Bakery and Cereal Ingredients

For Limagrain, the cereal products activity, including cereal ingredients and bakery products, constitutes a fundamental asset for valorizing the agricultural production of its members. Created in 2002, today Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients is a leader in functional flours. With Jacquet, integrated in 1995, Limagrain is the first industrial bakery pastry in France.

From Wikipedia’s article on Groupe Limagrain, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

Subsidiaries (GLEIF)

Also consolidated

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Employees over time

  • 20219,0001

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 20212.0B EUR1

Timeline

  1. 1965Founded Founded1

Sources

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