June 4, 2024

Top 10 pig slaughterhouses in Germany makes up for more than 80% of country's pig slaughtering

German pig producers' association ISN has published the ranking of Germany's leading slaughterhouses in 2023.

After the already significant reduction in the number of slaughtering in 2022, German slaughterhouses again had to adjust to significantly lower figures last year. The top 10 pig slaughterhouses slaughtered 6.2% less than in the previous year.

The decline was even greater for the remaining companies at 9.9%. As a result of these developments, the top 10 slaughterhouses now account for 82.5% of Germany's slaughtering.

Tönnies remains the undisputed leader in the ranking of the leading pig slaughterhouses in Germany, with 13.99 million pigs slaughtered in 2023.

In second place is cooperative company Westfleisch, which was largely able to counteract the trend of a sharp fall in the overall market in 2023 (6.50 million pigs slaughtered).

The Vion slaughterhouse still holds third place.

- ISN