Top 5 broiler producers dominate US production: The country’s top five largest broiler companies account for more than half of national production.

In the United States, the top five largest poultry companies produce the majority of the country’s broilers. 

Five broiler companies—Tyson Foods Inc., Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Sanderson Farms Inc., Perdue Farms Inc. and Koch Foods Inc.—produced about 60 percent of the U.S.’ ready-to-cook (RTC) chicken last year, according to WATT Global Media’s Top Poultry Companies database. Between them, they produced about 493.21 million pounds weekly.

Three companies—Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride and Sanderson—produce approximately half of the nation’s chicken.

Source: WATT Global Media

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The top five broiler producers in the U.S. account for more than half of the country’s broiler production, and earned a collective $28.1 billion in revenue last year.

Top 5 US broiler producers 2015 by weekly ready-to-cook chicken production

Rank	Company	RTC per week (lbs million)	2015 revenue ($ billion)	Company profile
1	Tyson Foods Inc.	175.6	11.4	http://goo.gl/uNHXwB
2	Pilgrim's Pride Corp.	141.67	7.1	http://goo.gl/lHG7gY
3	Sanderson Farms Inc.	66.2	2.8	http://goo.gl/B68qP1
4	Perdue Foods	61.74	3.9	http://goo.gl/Kybk2o
5	Koch Foods Inc.	48	3