List of Butchers in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 28,583 butchers in the USA, one in every 2,235 US companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 105 firms employ 50 people or more. One in twelve butchers is based in Brooklyn, Houston, Bronx, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. Below you find the largest butchers in the USA, the cities 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 US company database or through the Company Data API.

28,583 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies28,5831 in2,235 US companiesCities6,280Largest cityBrooklyn 768Sole traders9%Employees1-4 (87%)Revenue$100-500K (53%)Email25%Phone62%Website40%

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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	The Honey Baked Ham Company LLC	USA	Alpharetta	3875 Mansell Rd Ste 100	Fulton	30022-1531	honeybaked.*****	1973	$130,751,465	900	Corporation	195	J010205
2	American Seafoods Group LLC	USA	Seattle	2025 1st Ave Ste 900	King	98121-2154	americanseafoods.*****	2000	$77,874,124	1,000	Corporation	15	3160326
3	Asg Consolidated LLC	USA	Seattle	2025 1st Ave Ste 900	King	98121-3123	ami-ingredients.*****	2004	$77,874,124	1,000	Partnership of unknown type	15	N/A
4	American Seafoods, LP	USA	Seattle	2025 1st Ave Ste 900	King	98121	americanseafoods.*****	2007	$77,874,124	1,001	Partnership of unknown type	15	N/A
5	S&C Resale Company	USA	Greeley	1770 Promontory Cir	Weld	80634-9039	pilgrims.*****	2002	$60,579,113	151	Corporation	1203	3573653
6	Food Ventures North America, INC.	USA	Greeley	1770 Promontory Cir	Weld	80634-9039	N/A	2016	$49,929,007	4	Corporation	1203	6044913
7	West Coast Prime Meats LLC	USA	Brea	344 Cliffwood Park St	Orange	92821-4103	westcoastprimemeats.*****	2010	$49,583,926	120	Corporation	2	201034810022
8	Upside Foods, INC.	USA	Emeryville	6201 Shellmound St Ste 100	Alameda	94608-2119	upsidefoods.*****	2016	$29,385,922	83	Corporation	3	N/A
9	Walden Local, INC.	USA	North Billerica	18 Esquire Rd	Middlesex	01862-2502	waldenlocalmeat.*****	2013	$27,465,676	25	Corporation	5	001111117
10	Prime Meats, LLC	USA	Duluth	2825 Breckinridge Blvd Ste 100	Gwinnett	30096-4944	primemeatsusa.*****	2024	$25,393,482	215	Corporation	7	24055775
11	Hindquarters, INC.	USA	Irvine	29 Musick	Orange	92618-1638	shophoneybaked.*****	1973	$24,452,835	145	Corporation	19	0555104
12	Manda Packing CO., LLC	USA	Baton Rouge	2445 Sorrel Ave	East Baton Rouge	70802-4252	mandafinemeats.*****	1947	$24,365,270	225	Corporation	5	24704710D
13	D.L. Lee & Sons, LLC	USA	Alma	927 Ga Highway 32 E	Bacon	31510-3365	dllee.*****	2023	$24,024,988	280	Corporation	121	6503617
14	Creminelli Fine Meats, LLC	USA	Salt Lake City	310 N Wright Brothers Dr	Salt Lake	84116-2881	creminelli.*****	2020	$23,650,828	70	Corporation	5	6307705-0160
15	Dja & Four, LLC	USA	North Palm Beach	11239 Us Highway 1	Palm Beach	33408-3216	dorismarket.*****	2016	$21,015,731	92	Corporation	N/A	L14000065009
16	La Bonita Grocery And Meat Market INC	USA	Las Vegas	2405 E Ogden Ave	Clark	89101-4527	bonitamarkets.*****	1991	$19,232,304	70	Corporation	6	N/A
17	The Market Basket	USA	Franklin Lakes	813 Franklin Lake Rd	Bergen	07417-2113	marketbasket.*****	1960	$17,512,907	400	Corporation	2	221712895
18	Bluebonnet Foods, L.P.	USA	San Antonio	11122 Nacogdoches Rd	Bexar	78217-2314	goodheart.*****	1997	$14,481,241	370	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	0009565610
19	Stone Ridge Meat & Country Market, INC.	USA	Coloma	271 Industrial Dr	Waushara	54930-8845	stoneridgemarket.*****	2004	$13,475,499	215	Corporation	4	S 067812
20	We Are The Chompians LLC	USA	Naples	453 Bayfront Pl	Collier	34102-6454	chomps.*****	2012	$13,103,061	23	Corporation	N/A	L12000120440
21	Hempler Foods Group LLC	USA	Ferndale	5470 Nielsen Ave	Whatcom	98248-7820	hemplers.*****	1934	$12,869,158	50	Corporation	121	602564286
22	Meat At Von Hansons, INC.	USA	Apple Valley	7533 148th St W	Dakota	55124-7535	vonhansons.*****	1984	$10,443,844	100	Corporation	21	4U-655
23	Crafted Meats LLC	USA	Swedesboro	300 Heron Dr	Gloucester	08085	rastellifoodsgroup.*****	2025	$10,000,000	30	Corporation	N/A	N/A
24	Schmidt Family Enterprises INC.	USA	Johns Creek	3875 Mansell Rd	Fulton	30022-1532	myhoneybakedstore.*****	1960	$9,886,618	80	Corporation	22	800048890
25	The Ham Honeybaked Company	USA	Cincinnati	11935 Mason Montgomery Rd Ste 200	Hamilton	45249-3702	honeybaked.*****	1957	$9,859,672	400	Corporation	8	340973658

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Butchers in Brooklyn

Brooklyn has 768 butchers, 0.1% of all 590,501 Brooklyn companies and 191% above the national share. Nine in ten Brooklyn firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 18 new firms were entered in 2026, 86 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 691 · 90%
5-9: 66 · 9%
10-19: 7 · 0.9%
20-49: 4 · 0.5%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 39 · 5%
Partnerships: 7 · 0.9%
Corporations and LLCs: 626 · 82%
Other or none: 96 · 13%

Of the US total: 2.7%
Of all Brooklyn companies: 0.1%
Against the national share: 2.9×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 18
Entered 2025: 41
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.4%

Old

Before 1990: 86 · 11%
1990 or later: 682 · 89%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 3.0%

Reachable

Email: 109 · 14%
Phone: 484 · 63%
Website: 255 · 33%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 289 · 38%
$100K-$500K: 439 · 58%
$500K-$1M: 25 · 3%
$1M and more: 4 · 0.5%

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Largest butchers in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Brooklyn, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

The Honey Baked Ham Company is the largest butcher in the USA by headcount. 105 firms employ 50 people or more; 23 employ 100 or more.

1Alpharetta900 staff
2Omaha600 staff
3Sheboygan400 staff
4Franklin Lakes400 staff
5San Antonio370 staff
6Bronx300 staff
7Alma280 staff
8Taylor275 staff
9Centennial275 staff
10Essexville220 staff

By employee size · 28,535 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	24,701	87%
5-9	2,877	10%
10-19	617	2%
20-49	235	0.8%
50-99	82	0.3%
100-199	12	<0.1%
200-499	10	<0.1%
500-999	1	<0.1%
1,000+	0	0%

87% have 1 to 4 people; 235 have 20 to 49; 105 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	11,480	42%
$100K-$500K	14,627	53%
$500K-$1M	884	3%
$1M-$5M	363	1%
$5M-$10M	20	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	17	<0.1%
$50M-$100M	4	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	1	<0.1%

53% between $100,000 and $500,000; 363 between $1M and $5M; 42 above $5M.

Where in the USA?

Brooklyn has the most butchers in the USA (768), ahead of Houston (530), Bronx (373), Los Angeles (360) and Philadelphia (309). Together the five hold one in twelve of them. Relative to their size, Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island have the most: 2.7 to 5.3 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

6,280 US cities have at least one butcher; 529 have ten or more; 2,749 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Butchers per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.04. Bronx has 5.3 times the national share.

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

By county 1,588 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	1,106	4%
Kings	776	3%
Harris	682	2%
Queens	545	2%
Cook	413	1%
Orange	391	1%
Miami-Dade	390	1%
Maricopa	385	1%
Bronx	376	1%
Jefferson	320	1%

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How many butchers are there in the USA?

Butchers in the USA

28,583

21 October 2026

There are 28,583 butchers in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 2,235 US companies. About 6 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,269 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 26,888 94%
Head offices: 537
Branch offices: 1,158

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 5421.

18,384 of the 28,583 are corporations and LLCs (64%); 2,646 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 28,535 US butchers with a known headcount, 24,701 (87%) have one to four people, 2,877 have five to nine, 852 have ten to 49 and 105 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (14,627, 53%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 1027,578 97%
Small 10 to 49852 3%
Medium 50 to 249104 0.4%
Large 250+1 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 22 more than $10 million.

1,269

firms were entered in 2026.

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 10 US butchers from before 1900, 190 from before 1950 and 2,855 from before 1990.

1860
1. Baltimore
1865
1. Mickleton
1869
1. Pleasanton
1869
1. Homestead
1873
1. Cincinnati
1875
1. Elizabethtown

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2,855

US butchers date from before 1990

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Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in eleven US butchers work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Two in three are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders2,6469%
Partnerships4942%
Corporations and LLCs18,38464%
No form on record or other7,05925%

Single-site: 94%
Head offices: 537
Branches: 1,158

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 59 restaurants for every butcher in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Restaurants	1,700,135	49%	57%
Food Companies	1,103,047	36%	82%
Grocery Wholesalers	47,886	21%	87%
Butchers	28,583	40%	86%
Greengrocer Shops	14,483	34%	86%
Fish Shops	1,276	68%	77%

In other countries

The USA has more butchers than France or Spain.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Brazil	99,835	3.5
Italy	41,350	5.9
The USA	28,583	0.4
France	20,471	1.4
Spain	15,098	2.8

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Newcomers in the USA in 2026

1,269 butchers were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 6 a working day, after 1,908 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

1,0492022
1,2042023
1,3892024
1,9082025
1,2692026 so far

1,256 of this year's 1,269 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

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

1Rockaway85 staff
2Troy63 staff
3Tampa2 staff
4Dallas2 staff
5Boerne2 staff

How reachable are they?

Butchers are easier to reach than the average US company: 62% list a phone number and 40% a website.

Email7,188 25%
Phone17,678 62%
Website11,560 40%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

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Frequently asked questions

How many butchers are there in the USA?

There are 28,583 butchers in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 2,235 US companies.

Which is the largest butcher in the USA?

The Honey Baked Ham Company in Alpharetta, with 900 staff.

Which US city has the most butchers?

Brooklyn, with 768, ahead of Houston (530), Bronx (373), Los Angeles (360) and Philadelphia (309). Relative to its size, Bronx has the most: 5.3 times the national share.

How many butchers are there in Brooklyn?

768, which is 0.1% of all 590,501 Brooklyn companies and 191% above the national share.

How big is a typical butcher?

Small. 87% of the 28,535 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 105 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are US butchers sole traders or companies?

One in eleven (2,646) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 64% (18,384) are corporations and LLCs.

How many butchers started in 2026?

1,269 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 1,908 in 2025. 1,256 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest butcher in the USA?

J. W. Treuth & Sons in Baltimore, 1860, followed by Haines Pork Shop in Mickleton (1865) and Bakers Thriftway in Pleasanton (1869). 10 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers butchers?

Our platform filters them on SIC 5421 (meat and fish, seafood markets, including freezer provisioners).

Can I download the full list?

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