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Case Study · Market Assessment
Sizing demand for alternative protein manufacturing.
A sustainability consulting firm wanted to know how much manufacturing capacity the alternative protein sector will need, and who will need it. We mapped the ecosystem and spoke with the companies behind it to size demand.
The Client
The client is a sustainability consulting firm that wanted to understand the alternative protein ecosystem and its infrastructure needs. It needed to know which brands and manufacturers are likely to build or expand production in the US.
The Challenge
Map the sector.
Size the demand.
Prescouter was asked to map the companies making up the alternative protein ecosystem and to estimate their demand for new manufacturing infrastructure.
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Ecosystem
Who makes what
Brands, contract manufacturers and suppliers.
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Demand
Capacity needs
Which companies plan to build or expand.
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Targets
Qualified leads
Companies with the scale to invest.
Our Approach
Sizing demand through data, surveys, and interviews.
Survey outreach
50+surveys sent
Ask the sector
We ran 6 questionnaires and sent more than 125 interview invitations.
Expert interviews
12interviews held
Hear it directly
We spoke with company leaders about production plans and capacity needs.
The Outcome
A qualified list of likely buyers of capacity.
Prescouter identified 81 brands and 17 contract manufacturers in the US with revenue or funding above $10M. The client gained a clear view of which companies are most likely to need new manufacturing infrastructure, and a focused list for business development.
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Brands
81 qualified brands
US companies with revenue or funding above $10M.
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Manufacturers
17 contract makers
Partners that could add capacity.
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Strategy
Focused outreach
A target list for business development.
Demand for new protein plants is hard to see from the outside. Asking the companies themselves turns guesses into a clear target list.
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