The largest pig breeding companies in the world

Of the 50 mega-manufacturers, 24 are headquartered in CHINA. Twelve mega-manufacturers are headquartered in the US , 4 in Brazil, 3 in Spain and 3 in RUSSIA, 2 in Thailand, 1 in SOUTH KOREA and 1 in Chile.

The leading manufacturer on the list is Muyuan Foodstuff Co, Ltd. ( China ) with 2,815,000 sows. In 2022, the company produced 61.2 million pigs and 7.36 million were slaughtered. Wens Food Group Co., Ltd. (China) came second with 1,400,000 sows, up 300,000 sows from last year. Wens produced 17.91 million pigs in 2022.

The third largest mega-producer is the US-headquartered Smithfield Foods/WH Group. In 2022 they had 1,225,000 sows.