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Top 25 Food companies worldwide

Name: Food companies worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 21,999 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 21,999 food companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 1,944,313 professional contacts across them, including 350,624 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.

This list covers food companies worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for food companies follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest food companies worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 21,999 food companies worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to food companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Nestlé	Strong evidence	Vevey, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	133,066 contacts →
	Strong evidence “As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Pepsico	Indirect evidence	Purchase, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	99,834 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PepsiCo is a playground for curious people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Unilever	Indirect evidence	Blackfriars, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	98,911 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Every day, 3.4 billion people around the world enjoy our products - from ground-breaking brands like Hellmann's, Domestos, Dove and Rexona (to name just a few).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Cargill	Indirect evidence	Wayzata, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	57,955 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cargill is a family company committed to nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Mondelēz International	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	52,623 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mondelēz International, Inc.(NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately individuals around…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Danone	Strong evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	41,966 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Danone is a global leader in the food and beverage industry, operating in three fast-growing, health-focused categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based, Waters, and Specialized…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	JBS	Indirect evidence	Sao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	37,017 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Na JBS, a gente alimenta um futuro melhor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Pt. Mayora Indah TBK	Indirect evidence	West Jakarta, IndonesiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	26,713 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MAYORA Group has proven itself as a manufacturer of quality products that gain some recognition and awards such as “Top 100 Exporter Companies in Indonesia” from SWA magazine…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	SYSCO	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	26,405 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food and related products to customers who prepare meals away from home.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	General Mills	Strong evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	23,157 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We exist to make food the world loves.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Kraft Heinz	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	22,651 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Almarai - المراعي	Strong evidence	Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	21,987 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1977, Almarai Company is the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy company and the largest food and beverage manufacturing and distribution company in MENA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Grupo Bimbo	Indirect evidence	Mexico City, MexicoHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	18,078 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Grupo Bimbo es la empresa líder en panificación y un jugador relevante en snacks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	SEARA	Indirect evidence	São Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	15,562 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Presente há mais de 65 anos nos lares brasileiros, a Seara tem um dos portfólios mais diversificados do setor de alimentos - com opções que vão de proteína animal (frango e…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Frieslandcampina	Indirect evidence	Amersfoort, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	15,276 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FrieslandCampina is a large international dairy company with a cooperative history dating back more than 150 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Solar Coca-Cola	Indirect evidence	Fortaleza, BrazilHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	13,809 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Na Solar Coca-Cola, a paixão não é apenas um sentimento, é a força que impulsiona tudo o que fazemos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Lactalis Group	Indirect evidence	Laval Cedex 9, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	12,746 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “From family-owned company to dairy industry’s global leader Created in 1933 by André Besnier in Laval, Lactalis Group is a family-owned company settled in rural areas, which…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Kellogg Company	Indirect evidence	Battle Creek, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	11,973 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Kellanova, our vision is to be the world’s best performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	PT Smart TBK	Strong evidence	Jakarta, IndonesiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	11,147 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Di Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food, kami bertumbuh dengan tujuan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Frito-Lay	Indirect evidence	Plano, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	11,113 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We believe every consumer should have access to their favorite snack, everywhere.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Mccain Foods	Strong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	10,140 contacts →
	Strong evidence “At McCain, we believe food plays an important role in people’s lives, with the power to bring individuals, families, and communities together.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	The Hershey Company	Indirect evidence	Hershey, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	9,341 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Hershey Company is an industry-leading snacks company with a purpose to make more moments of goodness and a vision to lead next generation snacking.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Varun Beverages Limited	Indirect evidence	Gurugram, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	9,291 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Varun Beverages Limited (VBL) is one of the top FMCG players in the Indian Market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	SIGMA	Strong evidence	Curridabat, MexicoHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	8,478 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a global food company dedicated to bringing local favorite foods to communities everywhere.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Britannia Industries Limited	Indirect evidence	Bengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	8,183 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Britannia is a 100 year+ organization with presence in Biscuits, Breads, Cake, Rusk, Dairy and snacking.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: food companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names food companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of food companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name food companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Food companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

18.0%Verified-email coverage

88.4Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

1.3%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

5,987

11-50

7,134

51-200

4,357

201-500

2,177

501-1,000

966

1,001-5,000

894

5,001-10,000

158

10001+

177

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among food companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage: 64 countries, largest first: the United States, India, Brazil, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Türkiye, France, Canada, Germany and 54 more. Country and city lists for food companies are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “food companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names food companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among food companies, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 350,624 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Food companies by location

91 lists · largest first

Every Food companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names food companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many food companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 21,999 food companies worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Nestlé, headquartered in Vevey, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most food companies?

The United States leads with 2,807 companies, followed by India (2,394) and Brazil (2,275). Every food companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most food companies?

Sao Paulo leads with 276 headquartered companies, followed by Dubai (233) and London (195).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.