List of Food Companies in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 1,103,047 food companies in the USA, one in every 58 US companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 23,466 firms employ 50 people or more. One in seventeen food firms is based in Brooklyn, Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Below you find the largest food firms 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.

1,103,047 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies1,103,0471 in58 US companiesCities9,999Largest cityBrooklyn 17,375Sole traders7%Employees1-4 (82%)Revenue< $100K (49%)Email22%Phone55%Website36%

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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 Kroger CO	USA	Cincinnati	1014 Vine St	Hamilton	45202-1100	*****.com	1883	$147,642,000,000	403,000	Corporation	3271	14931
2	Albertsons Companies, INC.	USA	Boise	250 E Parkcenter Blvd	Ada	83706-3999	*****.com	1860	$83,172,500,000	280,000	Corporation	2791	5763277
3	Sysco CORPORATION	USA	Houston	1390 Enclave Pkwy	Harris	77077-2099	*****.com	1970	$81,370,000,000	75,000	Corporation	773	712404
4	Archer-Daniels-Midland Company	USA	Chicago	77 W Wacker Dr Ste 4600	Cook	60601-1667	*****.com	1902	$80,269,000,000	41,496	Corporation	1365	152524
5	Performance Food Group Company	USA	Richmond	12500 West Creek Pkwy	Richmond City	23238-1110	*****.com	1885	$63,298,900,000	43,000	Corporation	308	3550956
6	Publix Super Markets, INC.	USA	Lakeland	3300 Publix Corporate Pkwy	Polk	33811-3311	*****.com	1921	$63,209,000,000	260,000	Corporation	1419	112252
7	Tyson Foods, INC.	USA	Springdale	2200 W Don Tyson Pkwy	Washington	72762-6901	*****.com	1935	$54,441,000,000	133,000	Corporation	862	2082418
8	The Coca-Cola Company	USA	Atlanta	1 Coca Cola Plz Nw	Fulton	30313-2499	*****.com	1886	$47,941,000,000	69,900	Corporation	2294	88529
9	Mars, Incorporated	USA	Mclean	6885 Elm St Ste 1	Fairfax County	22101	*****.com	1952	$42,838,770,604	28,746	Corporation	3179	456726
10	Us Foods Holding CORP.	USA	Rosemont	9399 W Higgins Rd Bldg 100	St. Clair	60018-4910	*****.com	2007	$39,424,000,000	30,000	Corporation	472	4357480
11	Mondelez International, INC.	USA	Chicago	905 W Fulton Market Ste 200	Cook	60607-1325	*****.com	2000	$38,537,000,000	91,000	Corporation	409	05501796
12	Safeway INC.	USA	Pleasanton	5918 Stoneridge Mall Rd	Alameda	94588-3229	*****.com	2015	$36,950,546,897	138,000	Corporation	2791	2096948
13	United Natural Foods, INC.	USA	Providence	15 Park Row W Ste 302	Providence	02903	*****.com	1976	$31,784,000,000	25,600	Corporation	738	2377138
14	The Heinz Kraft Company	USA	Pittsburgh	1 Ppg Pl Ste 3400	Allegheny	15222-5400	*****.com	1869	$24,942,000,000	35,000	Corporation	426	5286651
15	Dairy Farmers Of America, INC.	USA	Kansas City	1405 N 98th St	Wyandotte	66111-1865	*****.com	1968	$23,096,369,000	18,600	Corporation	572	0065037
16	Wakefern Food CORP.	USA	Keasbey	5000 Riverside Dr	Middlesex	08832-1209	*****.com	1946	$19,600,000,000	80,415	Corporation	167	9161901000
17	Pilgrim's Pride CORPORATION	USA	Greeley	1770 Promontory Cir	Weld	80634-9039	*****.com	1946	$18,497,553,000	61,000	Corporation	1205	2101254
18	Jbs Wisconsin Properties, LLC	USA	Greeley	1770 Promontory Cir	Weld	80634-9039	*****.com	2000	$18,497,553,000	63,000	Corporation	1205	C 049977
19	General Mills, INC.	USA	Minneapolis	1 General Mills Blvd	Hennepin	55426-1348	*****.com	1866	$18,424,600,000	33,000	Corporation	555	238427
20	Casey's General Stores, INC.	USA	Ankeny	1 Se Convenience Blvd	Polk	50021-9437	*****.com	1959	$17,561,101,000	49,272	Corporation	2374	7285
21	Keurig Dr Pepper INC.	USA	Frisco	6425 Hall of Fame Ln	Collin	75034-1954	*****.com	1885	$16,603,000,000	30,600	Corporation	569	4445682
22	Land O'lakes, INC.	USA	Arden Hills	4001 Lexington Ave N	Ramsey	55126-2998	*****.org	1921	$16,000,000,000	10,000	Corporation	461	COOP-84
23	Hy-Vee, INC.	USA	West Des Moines	5820 Westown Pkwy	Mahaska	50266-8290	*****.com	1930	$14,213,664,428	73,000	Corporation	475	19862
24	Smithfield Foods, INC.	USA	Smithfield	200 Commerce St	Radford	23430-1204	*****.com	2013	$14,142,000,000	34,000	Corporation	540	04884193
25	Kellanova	USA	Chicago	412 N Wells St	Cook	60654-2711	*****.com	2025	$12,749,000,000	24,000	Corporation	3179	144811

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Largest food firms 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.

Albertsons Companies is the largest food firm in the USA by headcount. 23,466 firms employ 50 people or more; 12,439 employ 100 or more.

1Boise280,000 staff
2Oakwood28,000 staff
3Raleigh15,140 staff
4Greensboro12,600 staff
5Chandler10,330 staff
6Seatac9,700 staff
7New York8,040 staff
8Commerce7,921 staff
9Wheeling7,600 staff
10Crofton6,809 staff

By employee size · 1,100,607 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	899,082	82%
5-9	122,845	11%
10-19	34,323	3%
20-49	20,891	2%
50-99	11,027	1%
100-199	7,482	0.7%
200-499	3,460	0.3%
500-999	1,067	<0.1%
1,000+	430	<0.1%

82% have 1 to 4 people; 20,891 have 20 to 49; 23,466 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	484,488	49%
$100K-$500K	444,694	45%
$500K-$1M	29,406	3%
$1M-$5M	20,389	2%
$5M-$10M	4,108	0.4%
$10M-$50M	4,358	0.4%
$50M-$100M	633	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	715	<0.1%
$500M+	331	<0.1%

49% under $100,000; 20,389 between $1M and $5M; 10,145 above $5M.

Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 1,100,607 US food firms with a known headcount, 899,082 (82%) have one to four people, 122,845 have five to nine, 55,214 have ten to 49 and 23,466 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (484,488, 49%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 101,021,927 93%
Small 10 to 4955,214 5%
Medium 50 to 24921,969 2%
Large 250+1,497 0.1%

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

10,145

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 6,037 more than $10 million.

47,309

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in the USA?

Brooklyn has the most food companies in the USA (17,375), ahead of Houston (14,092), New York (12,663), Philadelphia (10,923) and Los Angeles (10,091). Together the five hold one in seventeen of them. Relative to their size, Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island have the most: 1.7 to 2.9 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

9,999 US cities have at least one food firm; 8,133 have ten or more; 0 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Food firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 1.73. Bronx has 2.9 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 1,958 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	35,430	3%
Orange	19,380	2%
Maricopa	19,129	2%
Harris	18,840	2%
Kings	17,601	2%
Miami-Dade	17,150	2%
Cook	15,007	1%
Queens	13,058	1%
New York	12,740	1%
Jefferson	12,348	1%

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Food firms in Brooklyn

Brooklyn has 17,375 food companies and food firms, 2.9% of all 590,501 Brooklyn companies and 70% above the national share. Nine in ten Brooklyn firms have fewer than five people; 74 have 50 or more. 569 new firms were entered in 2026, 667 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 15,409 · 89%
5-9: 1,506 · 9%
10-19: 263 · 2%
20-49: 119 · 0.7%
50+: 74 · 0.4%

Legal form

Sole traders: 471 · 3%
Partnerships: 43 · 0.2%
Corporations and LLCs: 14,660 · 84%
Other or none: 2,201 · 13%

Of the US total: 1.6%
Of all Brooklyn companies: 2.9%
Against the national share: 1.7×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 569
Entered 2025: 963
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.2%

Old

Before 1990: 667 · 4%
1990 or later: 16,708 · 96%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 1.1%

Reachable

Email: 2,107 · 12%
Phone: 8,829 · 51%
Website: 4,314 · 25%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 8,232 · 48%
$100K-$500K: 8,131 · 48%
$500K-$1M: 379 · 2%
$1M and more: 246 · 1%

Largest

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How many food companies are there in the USA?

Food companies and food firms in the USA

1,103,047

21 October 2026

There are 1,103,047 food companies and food firms in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 58 US companies. About 225 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (47,309 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 963,227 87%
Head offices: 27,888
Branch offices: 111,932

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC major group 20, major group 54, 5141, 5142 and 7 more.

684,453 of the 1,103,047 are corporations and LLCs (62%); 74,103 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 1,854 food firms for every one of the cocoa and coffee importers and traders in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Food Companies	1,103,047	36%	82%
Catering Companies	14,755	82%	64%
Cheese Shops	10,112	29%	86%
Candy Companies	2,716	51%	66%
Cereal Manufacturers	597	53%	53%
Cocoa and Coffee Importers and Traders	595	80%	69%

In other countries

The USA has more food firms than Italy or the UK.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Brazil	1,747,866	60.6
The USA	1,103,047	17.3
Italy	387,577	55.2
The UK	206,332	23.4
South Africa	188,543	24.5

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Newcomers in the USA in 2026

47,309 food firms were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 225 a working day, after 73,898 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 1.6% of the inflow.

48,8182022
61,7312023
67,3992024
73,8982025
47,3092026 so far

47,002 of this year's 47,309 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.

1Baton Rouge800 staff
2Bridgeview800 staff
3Irvine790 staff
4Mountville402 staff
5Denville278 staff

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in fifteen US food firms work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Three in five are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders74,1037%
Partnerships13,3721%
Corporations and LLCs684,45362%
No form on record or other331,11930%

Single-site: 87%
Head offices: 27,888
Branches: 111,932

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

How reachable are they?

Food firms are easier to reach than the average US company: 55% list a phone number and 36% a website.

Email243,372 22%
Phone610,808 55%
Website397,900 36%

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

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

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 302 US food firms from before 1900, 4,375 from before 1950 and 58,165 from before 1990.

1812
1. Bloomfield
1832
1. New Albany
1839
1. Washingtonville
1847
1. The Dalles
1847
1. Shakopee
1851
1. Port Allen

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58,165

US food firms date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many food companies are there in the USA?

There are 1,103,047 food companies and food firms in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 58 US companies.

Which is the largest food firm in the USA?

Albertsons Companies in Boise, with 280,000 staff. By revenue The Kroger Co in Cincinnati leads with $147.6 billion a year.

Which US city has the most food companies?

Brooklyn, with 17,375, ahead of Houston (14,092), New York (12,663), Philadelphia (10,923) and Los Angeles (10,091). Relative to its size, Bronx has the most: 2.9 times the national share.

How many food firms are there in Brooklyn?

17,375, which is 2.9% of all 590,501 Brooklyn companies and 70% above the national share.

How big is a typical food firm?

Small. 82% of the 1,100,607 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 23,466 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are US food companies sole traders or companies?

One in fifteen (74,103) are sole traders, 1% are partnerships and 62% (684,453) are corporations and LLCs.

How many food firms started in 2026?

47,309 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 73,898 in 2025. 47,002 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest food firm in the USA?

Blend Pak in Bloomfield, 1812, followed by Kaiser Wholesale in New Albany (1832) and Brotherhood, America's Oldest Winery in Washingtonville (1839). 302 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers food companies?

Our platform filters them on SIC major group 20 (food and kindred products), major group 54 (food stores), 5141 (groceries, general line) and 5142 (packaged frozen foods) and 7 more.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 1,103,047 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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