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Top 25 Specialty cheese makers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 317 specialty cheese makers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 7,447 professional contacts across them, including 2,391 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty cheese makers 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 22, 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.

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The 25 largest specialty cheese makers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 317 specialty cheese makers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialty cheese makers: 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 evidencePlymouth, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,0001,189 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With 2,500 employees and net sales of $1.7 billion, Sargento is a family-owned, privately-held company that has been an innovator in cheese for more than 70 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Partial evidenceFond Du Lac, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000657 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In today’s marketplace, a company stands alone when it can purposefully make the connection between centuries-old traditions and the modern table…and do it with undeniable passion.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Partial evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000608 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Dietz and Watson was founded in 1939 by Gottlieb Dietz, a talented young German sausage maker.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Strong evidencePlymouth, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000380 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Sartori Company is an industry pioneer in premium specialty cheese.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Partial evidenceFairfield, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000268 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1945 with a goal of bringing the best Italian cheeses to the American market, today Schuman Cheese offers a host of expanded capabilities to complement its original…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500219 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Murray's Cheese was born in Greenwich Village in 1962, and the heart of our business still resides in New York City with many ways to experience Murray’s locally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Indirect evidenceGreen Bay, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000200 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Partial evidenceHayward, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000151 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In 1970 Ray and June Gaddis established Pacific Cheese Company, the West Coast's original broad line cheese supplier.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Partial evidenceEllsworth, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50088 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Located in the heart of Wisconsin’s Dairyland, Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery produces pounds of cheddar cheese curds daily.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50082 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Eli’s Cheesecake Company is a family owned business dedicated to baking the highest quality, natural dairy cheesecake and desserts, while supporting our community, local…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Partial evidenceMonroe, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50076 contacts →

Partial evidence

Makers of award-winning Odyssey Brand Feta and Greek Yogurt & Dips, and Buholzer Brothers Muenster, Brick, Gouda & Havarti.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Partial evidenceCleveland, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50068 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Miceli Dairy Products is a family owned and operated manufacturer of fine Italian cheeses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Partial evidenceBartlett, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50067 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 1998 Cheese Merchants has been an industry leader in the “Italian Style” hard cheese category.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Indirect evidenceCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20051 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Formaggio Kitchen has been an institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts for over 30 years - a gourmand's paradise doubling as a neighborhood grocer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20047 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Forever Cheese is the premier importer of exceptional cheeses and specialty foods from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, and Switzerland.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSpokane, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20045 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Commercial Creamery Company is a family owned business founded in 1908.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Partial evidenceGilman, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50044 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gilman Cheese has been deep rooted in central Wisconsin since 1948.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidencePreston, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20043 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re pioneering the British cheese revolution.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Strong evidenceArcata, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20039 contacts →

Strong evidence

Makers of award-winning cheeses including Humboldt Fog, the American artisanal classic.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Strong evidenceBlue Mounds, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20036 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Dairyfood USA is one of the largest specialty cheesemakers in North America, serving many different markets including gift-packing, transportation, snack, foodservice, club stores…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Indirect evidenceStevens, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,00036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“John F.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Partial evidenceMuscoda, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50036 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Family-owned and operated since founded by Joseph Meister more than 100 years ago, Meister Cheese is a model of award-winning cheesemaking in the heart of America’s…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Partial evidenceEdison, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20034 contacts →

Partial evidence

“As an importer of all types of hard aged cheese, Lotito Foods sources these products throughout the world, the greatest volume being imported from Italy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Partial evidenceSonoma, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20032 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Trailblazing award-winning artisan goat cheese since 1979.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Indirect evidencePetaluma, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20032 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We believe in organic dairy as a force for good.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Specialty cheese makers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
32.1%Verified-email coverage
23.5Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
2.8%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
146
11-50
101
51-200
38
201-500
17
501-1,000
6
1,001-5,000
5
5,001-10,000
1

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 317 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 specialty cheese makers, 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 “specialty cheese makers”. 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 specialty cheese makers), 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 specialty cheese makers, 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, 2,391 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 22, 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 specialty cheese makers, 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 specialty cheese makers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 317 specialty cheese makers 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?

Sargento, headquartered in Plymouth, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most specialty cheese makers?

New York leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by Seattle (5) and Chicago (4).

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 2,391 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 317 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 22, 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.