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AKVA group ASA
AKVA group makes and sells the technology and equipment that fish farms use to raise salmon and other fish, from cages and feeding systems to software and services.
AKVA group is the equipment supplier for the fish-farming industry. If you have ever seen a salmon farm in a Norwegian fjord — those big circular rings floating in the water — that is roughly the kind of operation AKVA outfits. It designs and builds the cages, the feeding systems, the nets, and the software that fish farmers use to keep millions of fish alive and growing.
Fish farming is a tricky business. Fish get sick, they escape, and they need to be fed at exactly the right times without wasting expensive feed. AKVA's products solve those problems: its feeding systems control how much food goes into each cage, often remotely from a control room on shore. Its software tracks the fish, the feed, and the equipment. It also sells underwater cameras and sensors so farmers can watch the fish without diving in. The company splits its business into two broad parts. The biggest by revenue is the cage-based, "open" farming side — the traditional sea pens that dominate salmon production in Norway, Chile, and elsewhere. The second is land-based farming: giant indoor tanks where fish are raised on shore. Land-based salmon farming has attracted lots of hype and big investments, and AKVA sells the equipment for those facilities too.
The customers are salmon-farming companies, and they are a picky bunch. AKVA's biggest rivals are other Norwegian equipment suppliers, and since the company sells to farmers everywhere from Norway to Chile to Scotland, its sales can swing with fish prices and the health of the industry. Farming cycles are unpredictable, and the land-based segment in particular has had a rough patch as several high-profile projects ran into trouble. Still, AKVA sits at a useful spot on the value chain: it gets paid for the gear whether the fish farmers have a good season or not.
Saved answer · last researched 14 Nov 2026