# Rijk Zwaan: vegetable seeds and variety breeding

> Rijk Zwaan vegetable seeds including Salanova, Sweet Palermo and Rugose Defense, with its breeding work and EUR 684 million in 2024/25 net sales.

Source: https://husfarm.com/agribusiness/rijk-zwaan/

Rijk Zwaan is a Dutch family-owned breeding company developing vegetable and fruit varieties and supplying seed to professional growers.
Netherlands · Privately held family company
Rijk Zwaan is a privately held family company headquartered in De Lier, the Netherlands. It focuses on variety traits that matter for production and for marketing the crop, and its 2024/25 announcement describes more than 2,000 varieties across over 30 crops. The company works with growers and supply chain partners, linking breeding with market requirements, and invested EUR 204 million in research and development in 2024/25.
A variety has to suit both the production environment and the customer who buys the harvest. Crop type, harvest timing, uniformity and market use all influence selection, in open-field and protected cultivation alike. Rijk Zwaan supplies the genetics rather than the harvested vegetables, so names such as Salanova lettuce or Sweet Palermo peppers identify variety concepts, not retail grower brands.

## Size of the business

Rijk Zwaan reported EUR 684 million in net sales in 2024/25 and invested EUR 204 million in research and development in the same year.

### Does Rijk Zwaan sell harvested vegetables?

No. Its core business is breeding and seed supply. A familiar vegetable name may identify a variety concept rather than a retail grower brand.

### Does resistance remove all disease risk?

No. Resistance is defined for a specified pathogen and an individual variety, and its effect depends on the actual production conditions.
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