- CEO
- Patrick Waty
- Full Time Employees
- 800
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
- Address
- 4 Park Square Sheffield United Kingdom S35 2PH
- IPO Date
- Jun 19, 2018
- Business
- Benchmark Holdings plc is an aquaculture biotechnology company that provides specialized products and solutions in advanced nutrition and health to support sustainable food production for aquaculture producers worldwide. The company operates through two primary segments: Advanced Nutrition, encompassing INVE Aquaculture, which manufactures and supplies live feeds such as artemia, early-stage specialist diets, nutritional additives, probiotics, and environmental solutions for shrimp and marine fish hatcheries; and Health, which offers sea lice treatments including Ectosan Vet, CleanTreat medicinal bath purification systems, and Salmosan Vet for salmon farming. Benchmark serves key markets in shrimp and finfish aquaculture, with operations spanning Europe including the United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands; Asia including Vietnam, China, and India; the Americas including Chile, Ecuador, and Canada; and other international regions. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Sheffield, United Kingdom, the company recently completed the sale of its Genetics business to Novo Holdings in March 2025 for up to £260 million, enabling a strategic refocus on Advanced Nutrition and Health alongside a return of capital to shareholders via tender offer and subsequent delisting from AIM London and Euronext Growth Oslo in August 2025; it also pursued expansion through the acquisition of INVE Aquaculture Holding B.V. in 2025 to bolster its early-life stage nutrition portfolio.