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Top 25 Meat slaughtering companies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 305 meat slaughtering companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 14,631 professional contacts across them, including 1,504 with verified work emails. Chicago is the largest hub.
This list covers meat slaughtering companies headquartered in the United States, 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 20, 2026.
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The 25 largest meat slaughtering companies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8,129 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Smithfield Foods is an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,196 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “National Beef Packing Company, LLC, is America’s Premier Beef Company® Since National Beef® opened the doors to our first processing plant in 1992, we have forged alliances and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 249 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Central Valley Meat Co Inc is a full line beef harvesting operation, processing over 1500 beef cattle a day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 211 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 201 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1935, Standard Meat Company has offered custom cut, carefully crafted products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 187 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thomas Foods International USA is a leading importer of globally sourced protein products and a leader in providing the highest quality protein products throughout North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 180 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Prestage Foods of Iowa, a square foot state-of-the-art pork processing operation located in Eagle Grove, Iowa, is the newest addition to the Prestage Farms family of companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 147 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1945, Godshall’s has been dedicated to producing premium smoked meats for family tables.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 133 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Jensen Meat Company, founded in 1958 by Reggie Jensen, is a leading processor of quality ground beef products for the food service distribution, restaurant, retail and school…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 121 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “EDDY Foods has been delivering BIG TEXAS TASTE in every bite of our high-quality beef, pork, poultry and smoked sausage to leading retailers, foodservice operators and private…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our roots run deep, first taking hold in Chicago's fabled meatpacking district in 1860.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Catelli Brothers Family of Foods is the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Located in Chicago’s historic Stockyards, Chicago Meat Authority, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Brown Packing Co, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Purveyor of Fine Quality Meat and Poultry Products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For more than seven decades, Dearborn Sausage Company management has invested continually to expand and update its facilities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Downs Food Group enjoys a strong reputation in the meat industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The processing plant in Brawley, CA was built in 2001 by various cattle feeders of the Imperial Valley.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Premier food manufacturer and distributor of beef, poultry, pork, veal and lamb.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “From our very modest beginnings in 1975, Three Sons Inc, DBA American Meat Companies has grown to become one of the largest meat purveyors in Southern California, with over one…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Devault Foods is a leading provider of portion-controlled meats.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Now in our fifth decade, Lorentz Meats has over 140 employees and we continue to grow in our capabilities to serve national niche meat brands, while maintaining our commitment to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Stevison Ham Company, established 1947, St.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For over 75 years, MacDonald Meat Company has been a supplier of high quality meat products to the wholesale food service industry, servicing the finest restaurants, hotels and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bobak’s is a Chicago based company, founded in 1967.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: meat slaughtering 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 meat slaughtering companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of meat slaughtering companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name meat slaughtering 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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Meat slaughtering companies based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 305 companies.
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 meat slaughtering 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “meat slaughtering 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 meat slaughtering 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 meat slaughtering companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- 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, 1,504 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 20, 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.
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 meat slaughtering 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 meat slaughtering companies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 305 meat slaughtering companies headquartered in the United States 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?
Smithfield Foods, headquartered in Smithfield, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most meat slaughtering companies?
Chicago leads with 17 headquartered companies, followed by Decatur (3) and Detroit (3).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,504 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 305 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
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.
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