List of Chicken Farmers in the UK

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 1,904 chicken farmers in the UK, one in every 4,641 UK companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 36 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in five of all chicken farmers are based in Northern Ireland, West Midlands, South West, East of England and East Midlands. Below you find the largest chicken farmers in the UK, the regions where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our UK company database or through the Companies House API.

1,904 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies1,9041 in4,641 UK companiesRegions12Largest regionNorthern Ireland 354Sole traders13%Employees1-4 (78%)Revenue$100-500K (53%)Email10%Phone40%Website26%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Moy Park LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Craigavon	The Food Park	Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon	BT63 5QE	moypark.*****	1961	$2,454,218,407	9,014	Corporation	1203	NI004842
2	2 Agriculture Growing LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bampton	Cote	Oxfordshire	OX18 2EG	pdhook.*****	2006	$1,251,860,256	1,018	Corporation	144	05969169
3	Aviagen LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Newbridge	11 Lochend Road	City of Edinburgh	EH28 8SZ	eu.*****	1982	$402,971,907	514	Corporation	365	01610943
4	Sun Valley Foods LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	7th Floor	London	EC4R 9AT	cargill.*****	1960	$392,675,607	323	Corporation	1751	00678294
5	Crown Chicken LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Quidenham	Green Farm	Norfolk	NR16 2DR	crownchicken.*****	2003	$352,719,563	344	Corporation	58	04760487
6	Bernard Matthews Foods LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Norwich	North Site Canteen	Norfolk	NR9 5QD	bernardmatthews.*****	2016	$304,929,496	1,056	Corporation	144	10036286
7	P.d.hook(hatcheries)limited	Unitedkingdom	Bampton	Cote	Oxfordshire	OX18 2EG	pdhook.*****	1963	$271,600,174	343	Corporation	10	00777937
8	Stonegate Farmers LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Chippenham	The Old Sidings	Wiltshire	SN15 2LZ	stonegate.*****	1962	$242,977,450	558	Corporation	15	00740635
9	L.J. Fairburn And Son LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Alford	Office Ivy House Farm	Lincolnshire	LN13 9PL	ljfairburnpoultry.*****	1974	$157,044,430	262	Corporation	3	01182857
10	Aviagen UK LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Hurlford	Barnton Farm	East Ayrshire	KA13 7RH	N/A	1978	$156,991,472	375	Corporation	365	SC065463
11	P.D. Hook (breeders) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Carterton	Cote	Oxfordshire	OX18 2EG	pdhook.*****	1993	$139,402,302	435	Corporation	10	02854836
12	Glenrath Farms LTD.	Unitedkingdom	West Linton	Glenrath (farms) Ltd	The Scottish Borders	EH46 7BD	glenrathfarms.*****	1960	$123,821,372	194	Corporation	3	SC042166
13	Llynclys Free Range LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Knockin Heath	The Mill	Shropshire	SY10 8BH	N/A	2016	$116,564,171	159	Corporation	88	10534866
14	Lloyds Free Range LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Knockin Heath	The Mill	Shropshire	SY10 8BH	N/A	2014	$107,314,233	3	Corporation	88	09318054
15	Green Label Poultry LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Burgh	Loomswood Farm	Suffolk	IP13 6JW	gressinghamduck.*****	2014	$94,143,771	208	Corporation	3	08891923
16	Clarence Court LTD	Unitedkingdom	Chippenham	Corsham Road Lacock Green	Wiltshire	SN15 2LZ	clarencecourt.*****	1970	$83,920,449	1	Corporation	15	01019356
17	Traditional Norfolk Poultry LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Attleborough	Garage Farm	Norfolk	NR17 1DS	tnpltd.*****	1990	$73,078,452	237	Corporation	2	04021155
18	P.D. Hook (rearing) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Carterton	P D Hook (hatcheries) Ltd	Oxfordshire	OX18 2EG	pdhook.*****	1999	$55,107,923	77	Corporation	10	03863848
19	Capestone Organic Poultry LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Haverfordwest	Capeston Farm	Pembrokeshire	SA62 3DY	capestone.*****	1998	$54,059,921	190	Corporation	187	03693186
20	Potter Family Holdings LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Thirsk	Village Farm	North Yorkshire	YO7 4BZ	potterplanthire.*****	2016	$49,416,602	62	Corporation	N/A	09984032
21	Sunrise Poultry Farms LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Sileby	Seagrave Road	Leicestershire	LE12 7NJ	sunrise-eggs.*****	1973	$46,058,730	75	Corporation	10	01135442
22	Yorkshire Farmhouse Eggs LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Thirsk	Village Farm	North Yorkshire	YO7 4BZ	yorkshirefarmhouse.*****	2000	$44,718,143	54	Corporation	N/A	04098531
23	Brackley Farms LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Ross-on-wye	The Homme	County of Herefordshire	HR9 7TF	N/A	1985	$43,506,415	30	Corporation	4	01958147
24	Cobb Europe LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Highwoods	770 the Crescent	Essex	CO4 9YQ	cobbgenetics.*****	1962	$42,410,048	153	Corporation	880	01184194
25	Aviagen Turkeys LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Aldersley Green	Chowley Five	Cheshire West and Chester	CH3 9GA	aviagenturkeys.*****	1962	$41,627,020	216	Corporation	365	00723798

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Where in the UK?

Northern Ireland has the most chicken farmers in the UK (354), ahead of West Midlands (232), South West (218), East of England (214) and East Midlands (160). Together the five hold three in five of them. Relative to their size, Northern Ireland, Wales and West Midlands have the most: 1.6 to 8.4 times the national share.

Regions by number of firms

12 UK regions have at least one chicken farmer; 12 have ten or more; 0 have exactly one. Click a region to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Chicken farmers per 100 companies, in regions with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.02. Northern Ireland has 8.4 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

How many chicken farmers are there in the UK?

Chicken farmers in the UK

1,904

21 October 2026

There are 1,904 chicken farmers in the UK in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 4,641 UK companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (63 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 1,753 92%
Head offices: 68
Branch offices: 83

Classification

Our platform filter is the national code 01470.

1,321 of the 1,904 are Ltd and PLC (69%); 251 are sole traders. They come from Companies House and our UK register data, through the Companies House API.

Chicken farmers in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland has 354 chicken farmers, 0.2% of all 196,093 Northern Ireland companies and 738% above the national share. Nearly all Northern Ireland firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 15 new firms were entered in 2026, 15 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 327 · 93%
5-9: 21 · 6%
10-19: 0 · 0%
20-49: 4 · 1%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 17 · 5%
Partnerships: 4 · 1%
Ltd and PLC: 326 · 92%
Other or none: 7 · 2%

Of the UK total: 18.6%
Of all Northern Ireland companies: 0.2%
Against the national share: 8.4×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 15
Entered 2025: 24
Of UK's 2026 entries: 23.8%

Old

Before 1990: 15 · 4%
1990 or later: 339 · 96%
Of UK's pre-1990 firms: 4.7%

Reachable

Email: 13 · 4%
Phone: 68 · 19%
Website: 28 · 8%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 49 · 14%
$100K-$500K: 257 · 73%
$500K-$1M: 35 · 10%
$1M and more: 10 · 3%

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Firm sizes in the UK

Of the 1,836 UK chicken farmers with a known headcount, 1,431 (78%) have one to four people, 224 have five to nine, 145 have ten to 49 and 36 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (959, 53%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all UK companies

Micro under 101,655 90%
Small 10 to 49145 8%
Medium 50 to 24931 2%
Large 250+5 0.3%

Grey line: the share among all UK companies (93% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 58 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest chicken farmers in the UK

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Northern Ireland. Click a name for the record.

Bernard Matthews Foods is the largest chicken farmer in the UK by headcount. 36 firms employ 50 people or more; 20 employ 100 or more.

1Norfolk1,056 staff
2North Lincolnshire619 staff
3Wiltshire558 staff
4City of Edinburgh514 staff
5Oxfordshire435 staff
6Norfolk344 staff
7London323 staff
8Suffolk300 staff
9Suffolk300 staff
10Lincolnshire262 staff

By employee size · 1,836 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	1,431	78%
5-9	224	12%
10-19	90	5%
20-49	55	3%
50-99	16	0.9%
100-199	4	0.2%
200-499	11	0.6%
500-999	3	0.2%
1,000+	2	0.1%

78% have 1 to 4 people; 55 have 20 to 49; 36 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	425	23%
$100K-$500K	959	53%
$500K-$1M	191	10%
$1M-$5M	166	9%
$5M-$10M	21	1%
$10M-$50M	40	2%
$50M-$100M	4	0.2%
$100M-$500M	12	0.7%
$500M+	2	0.1%

53% between $100,000 and $500,000; 166 between $1M and $5M; 79 above $5M.

How reachable are they?

Chicken farmers are easier to reach than the average UK company: 40% list a phone number and 26% a website.

Email190 10%
Phone770 40%
Website489 26%

Grey line: all UK companies (email 15%, phone 30%, website 30%).

The full list with these fields is in our UK company database.

Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in eight UK chicken farmers work as sole traders, against 7% of all UK companies. Seven in ten are Ltd and PLC.

Sole traders25113%
Partnerships (partnerships and LLPs)1458%
Ltd and PLC1,32169%
No form on record or other18710%

Single-site: 92%
Head offices: 68
Branches: 83

All UK companies: 7% sole traders, 3% partnerships, 62% Ltd and PLC.

Newcomers in the UK in 2026

63 chicken farmers were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, about 2 a week, after 93 in 2025. The UK as a whole saw 534,395 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

472022
492023
562024
932025
632026 so far

63 of this year's 63 are Ltd and PLC.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Perth and Kinross3 staff
2Somerset3 staff
3Doncaster3 staff
4Somerset3 staff
5Somerset3 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 44 agriculture companies for every chicken farmer in the UK.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Agriculture Companies	83,375	25%	87%
Farmers	27,717	19%	90%
Pet Companies	7,140	89%	70%
Horse Farmers	2,721	21%	91%
Chicken Farmers	1,904	26%	75%
Nurserymen	1,840	61%	76%

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The oldest firms in the UK

Our data holds 0 UK chicken farmers from before 1900, 33 from before 1950 and 318 from before 1990.

1900
1. Suffolk
1901
1. Isle of Anglesey
1903
1. Cumbria
1907
1. Shropshire
1913
1. Essex
1914
1. Bradford

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UK chicken farmers date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many chicken farmers are there in the UK?

There are 1,904 chicken farmers in the UK in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 4,641 UK companies.

Which is the largest chicken farmer in the UK?

Bernard Matthews Foods in Norfolk, with 1,056 staff. By revenue Moy Park in Armagh leads with $2.5 billion a year.

Which UK region has the most chicken farmers?

Northern Ireland, with 354, ahead of West Midlands (232), South West (218), East of England (214) and East Midlands (160).

How many chicken farmers are there in Northern Ireland?

354, which is 0.2% of all 196,093 Northern Ireland companies and 738% above the national share.

How big is a typical chicken farmer?

Small. 78% of the 1,836 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 36 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are UK chicken farmers sole traders or companies?

One in eight (251) are sole traders, 8% are partnerships and 69% (1,321) are Ltd and PLC.

How many chicken farmers started in 2026?

63 were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, after 93 in 2025. 63 of them are Ltd and PLC.

What is the oldest chicken farmer in the UK?

Wash Farm in Suffolk, 1900, followed by Vion UK in Isle of Anglesey (1901) and R & E Norman & Sons in Cumbria (1903). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers chicken farmers?

Our platform filters them on the national code 01470.

Can I download the full list?

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