European Cold Storage
Cold storage facilities across Europe and the UK, the public and private operators that run them, and the deals and brokerage figures behind them.
The market
European cold storage clusters around North Sea and Atlantic gateway ports (Rotterdam, Antwerp, Maasvlakte, Le Havre), agricultural production basins, and urban consumption corridors in the UK, France, Benelux, Germany, Iberia, Italy and Poland. Publicly traded operators (STEF, Lineage, Americold, Nichirei, DFDS) and PE-backed specialists (Constellation Cold Logistics, NewCold, Magnavale) run conventional and 40m+ automated high-bay warehouses.
Key facts
- Region: Europe and the United Kingdom, 22 countries
- Market: Cold storage & temperature-controlled logistics
- Where: Benelux gateway ports, UK Golden Triangle, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland & Nordics
- What you can read: Facilities, pallet & m³ capacity, public operator filings, brokerage benchmarks and M&A deals
What you can read
- Where European cold stores sit, how public and private operator capacity adds up, and multi-source brokerage triangulation.
- Recent stories on European cold storage, operators and temperature-controlled logistics, newest first.
- Cross-border cold chain M&A, sale-and-leasebacks and high-bay developments, with the parties named on the page.
- Search cold storage facilities by country, city, operator or automation specification.
- Who is buying and selling, ranked by sourced deals, with their latest deals.
- The market report, written from the live data: status, regions, operators and deals, each figure with its source.
- How complete this market is: sites mapped, sourced and linked to an operator, measured live.
Read the European Cold Storage market report
Live market figures (21 October 2026)
As of 21 October 2026, Real Assets tracks 91 Europe cold storage sites, 91 of them placed on a map. Building area is reported for 90 of 91 sites, adding up to 2.7 million sqm. United Kingdom has the most sites (18, 20% of those tracked).
Top countries
- United Kingdom: 18 sites
- Netherlands: 17 sites
- France: 15 sites
Top operators
- STEF SA: 23 sites
- Lineage Logistics: 18 sites
- Americold Realty Trust: 15 sites
- Nichirei Corporation: 9 sites
Frequently asked questions
Where does the data come from? From public pages: company and operator sites, filings, trade press, broker research and listings. Each figure keeps the page it was read from and the words that state it, so you can open the source behind any number in European Cold Storage.
How are the numbers sourced? A number is recorded only with the page and the words it was read from. We do not estimate a figure that a source does not state. Where a source does not name an operator or an owner, the page says "not recorded". Counts are the sites we have recorded, not a full census of the market.
How fresh is it? News is collected every day. Sites, figures and deals are added as new reports, filings and articles are read, and each public page shows the date its figures were last updated.
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