The ten largest cattle slaughter companies in Germany
Imago / Panthermedia
Our ranking starts with Willms as the 10th ranked player. In 2018, the company slaughtered 73,000 head of cattle; in 2019, the processor increased by 300 head to 73,300 head of slaughter cattle.
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Brüninghoff Imagemovie Screenshot
The ninth-place finisher slaughtered 80,000 head of beef cattle, including calves - in both 2018 and 2019. Brüninghoff achieved this consistency.
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Attenberger Screenshot Website
8th place is Attenberger. In 2019, 90,000 slaughter cattle were processed here, compared to only 80,000 in 2018.
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Steinemann
The seventh place goes to the meat processor Steinemann. In 2018, only 75,000 slaughter cattle were processed here, which increased by 20,000 in 2019 to 95,000 animals.
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Hubert Bahlmann GmbH
Bahlmann secures sixth place with its cattle slaughterings including calves. 170,000 animals passed through the slaughter line here in 2019 and 2018.
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Danish Crown
5th place goes to Danish Crown Beef. The Danish company slaughtered 225,000 head of cattle in 2019 and 2018 – Husum and Teterow are estimated.
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Müller Gruppe
The fourth-place finisher slaughtered 310,000 head in 2019, down a few cattle from 316,000 in 2018. This is the Müller Group.
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Imago / Eibner
Third place went to Westfleisch. In 2019, the SCE processed 433,250 cattle for slaughter, while in 2018 it was slightly fewer animals - only 425,000 cattle.
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Tönnies
Tönnies takes second place among cattle slaughterers - the company is the undisputed leader in pig slaughtering. In 2019, the German company slaughtered including cutting 440,000 cattle, down from 444,000 in 2018.
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Tim Wegner
The ranking of cattle slaughterers is led by Vion Food Germany. In 2019, the processor slaughtered 725,000 animals; in 2018, 750,000 cattle passed through the slaughter line.