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Top 25 Ready-to-eat meat manufacturers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 393 ready-to-eat meat manufacturers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 24,691 professional contacts across them, including 4,673 with verified work emails. Chicago is the largest hub.

This list covers ready-to-eat meat manufacturers 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 17, 2026.

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 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
393Companies
24,691Contacts tracked
4,673Verified emails
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The 25 largest ready-to-eat meat manufacturers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 393 ready-to-eat meat manufacturers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to ready-to-eat meat manufacturers: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceSmithfield, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+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 17, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSarasota, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,883 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since Boar's Head was founded in 1905, much has changed.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Indirect evidenceMemphis, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000977 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Monogram Foods is a trusted co-manufacturing partner and private label provider to the top food brands across the country.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Indirect evidenceWest Liberty, IA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000974 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“West Liberty Foods, headquartered in West Liberty, Iowa is a recognized leader in the food industry and one of North America’s top protein processors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Indirect evidenceBlue Ash, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000706 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Celebrating 60 years of success in the food manufacturing industry, SugarCreek is Headquartered in Blue Ash, Ohio.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Indirect evidenceMassillon, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000585 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Leading food service operations, restaurant chains, retailers, and other customers today demand innovative thinking and premium products from their suppliers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Indirect evidenceSouthlake, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000566 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, CTI is a culinary-driven company that offers a diverse range of custom food solutions to the food service, retail, industrial, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8Partial evidenceMunster, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are the largest privately held sliced deli meat brand in the country.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Indirect evidenceHomewood, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000468 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Carl Buddig and Company, based in Tinley Park, Illinois, has been feeding family traditions for over 75 years with the very best in taste, variety and convenience.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Partial evidenceVernon, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000239 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Golden West Food Group is a diversified food manufacturing company with meat processing and distribution of beef, chicken, pork, seafood, entrees, appetizers, dips, and many other…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Indirect evidenceGreeley, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000236 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Colorado Premium is the premier protein processor in the United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Indirect evidenceWoodburn, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000219 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 1949, BrucePac has been producing high quality protein products for retail, foodservice, and industrial customers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Indirect evidenceDetroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000211 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Partial evidenceFort Worth, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000201 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 1935, Standard Meat Company has offered custom cut, carefully crafted products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Indirect evidenceJamaica, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000201 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our products, which are made by hand using the finest ingredients and cooked in small batches, provide our customers with innovative solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500195 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Vienna® Beef was founded in 1893.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Indirect evidenceSouth Holland, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000193 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ed Miniat LLC, part of the Miniat Family of Companies, is located in South Holland, IL.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18Partial evidenceDenmark, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000191 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Salm Partners is a contract manufacturer of fully cooked, premium sausage and hot dog products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19Partial evidenceVernon, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000162 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Overhill Farms, is a leading custom manufacturer of high quality prepared frozen foods in the branded retail, private label and food services section.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20Indirect evidenceMemphis, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000152 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Empire Packing is a service company operating in the grocery industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21Partial evidenceSouderton, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000147 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 1945, Godshall’s has been dedicated to producing premium smoked meats for family tables.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22Strong evidenceNevada, IA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000143 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Burke Corporation is a leading manufacturer of fully cooked meats, supplying the highest quality products for the foodservice and prepared food industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23Partial evidenceBaltimore, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200141 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Holly Poultry is a further processor of poultry and wholesale distributor of meat, poultry, fish and other proteins.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24Indirect evidenceSheboygan, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500136 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ever since the small beginnings as Thielmann's, a small sausage shop in Sheboygan, WI back in 1942, Old Wisconsin has become synonymous with quality sausage.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25Strong evidenceLancaster, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000129 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Kunzler and Company Inc, is a marketer, manufacturer and distributor of natural hardwood smoked hams and bacon, hot dogs, sausages, scrapple, deli meats and specialty snack items.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Ready-to-eat meat manufacturers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
18.9%Verified-email coverage
62.8Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
3.3%Largest-city concentration · Chicago
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
114
11-50
125
51-200
75
201-500
34
501-1,000
23
1,001-5,000
16
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
2

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 393 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 ready-to-eat meat manufacturers, 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 “ready-to-eat meat manufacturers”. 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 ready-to-eat meat manufacturers), 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 ready-to-eat meat manufacturers, 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, 4,673 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 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 ready-to-eat meat manufacturers, 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 ready-to-eat meat manufacturers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 393 ready-to-eat meat manufacturers 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 ready-to-eat meat manufacturers?

Chicago leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Vernon (7) and Fort Worth (6).

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 4,673 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 393 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 17, 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.