Who owns Bel'Mer?
Bel'Mer is owned by Colruyt Group (Belgium, Euronext Brussels: COLR).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Colruyt Group Annual Report with Sustainability Reporting 2025/2026, Colruyt Group NV, 12 June 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Colruyt Group NV reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Halle
- Origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Nieuwpoort
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fish & seafood
- Parent ticker
- Euronext Brussels: COLR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bel'Mer
Bel'Mer is Colruyt Group's brand for products from its own sea farm in the Belgian North Sea off the coast of Nieuwpoort. The first products are Belgian rope-grown mussels, sold in season at Colruyt, Okay and Spar; the company says the season traditionally runs from July to April. The group describes the farm as a way to build local, sustainable food production.
Ownership timeline of Bel'Mer
- Current owner Colruyt Group [1] reported
Where Bel'Mer sits in Colruyt Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Colruyt Group brand portfolio (13) →
Other brands owned by Colruyt Group
Colruyt Group controls 13 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in fish & seafood, and who owns them
The 38 brands in fish & seafood on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Bakkafrost, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Islands | Bakkafrost | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands |
| Fisher Boy | High Liner Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Isabel | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| La Monégasque | Unimer | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Ōra King | NZ King Salmon | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Mushroom | QL Resources | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Ducktrap River of Maine | Mowi | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Coln Valley Smokery | PRFoods | 🇪🇪 Estonia |
About the owner: Colruyt Group
Colruyt Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Halle, Belgium, founded in 1928. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as Euronext Brussels: COLR.
Belgian family retail group, listed on Euronext Brussels as COLR, whose annual report is dated Halle. It traces its start to 1928, when Franz Colruyt set up a wholesale business, and says it runs more than 40 store formulas, webshops and services. Spar stores are shown on its brand list but are not added here because the page does not say who owns the Spar brand. Brands it sold (Dreamland, Dreambaby, DATS 24, Colruyt Prix Qualité) are excluded.
Colruyt Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇧🇪 Bel'Mer and other Belgian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 53 brands that began in Belgium. 19 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Bel'Mer is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bel'Mer?
The parent company of Bel'Mer is Colruyt Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Belgium.
Is Bel'Mer Belgian?
Yes. Bel'Mer originated in Belgium and its owner, Colruyt Group, is also headquartered in Belgium.
Is Bel'Mer still owned by Colruyt Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Bel'Mer is still owned by Colruyt Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Colruyt Group Annual Report with Sustainability Reporting 2025/2026 — Colruyt Group NV, Annual report, published 12 June 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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