

The global Meat market size is predicted to grow from US$ 403830 million in 2025 to US$ 494210 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.4% from 2025 to 2031.
Processed meat has been modified to either extend its shelf life or change the taste and the main methods are smoking, curing, or adding salt or preservatives. Processed meat includes bacon, sausages, hot dogs, salami, corned beef, beef jerky and ham as well as canned meat and meat-based sauces.
Currently, there are many producing companies in the world Meat industry, especially in North America and Europe. The top 3 market players are WH Group, JBS and Tyson Foods, with about 7% market shares.
Europe is the largest consumption of Meat, with a sales revenue market share nearly 25%. The second place is USA region; following Europe with the sales revenue market share over 22%. China is another important consumption market of Meat.
The “Meat Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Meat sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Meat sales for 2025 through 2031. With Meat sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Meat industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Meat landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyses the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Meat portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Meat market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Meat and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Distribution Channel, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Meat.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Meat market by product type, application, key players and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Pork
Beef
Poultry
Others
Segmentation by Distribution Channel:
Supermarkets/Hypermarkets
Convenience Stores
Independent Retailers
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analyzing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
WH Group
JBS
Tyson Foods
Kraft Heinz
Cargill
ConAgra Foods
BRF SA
OSI Group
Toennies
Charoen Pokphand Group
Hormel Foods
Danish Crown
Nippon Ham
Seaboard Corporation
Itoham Foods
New Hope Group
Jinluo
Cremonini
Yurun Group
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Meat Market Size (2020-2031)
2.1.2 Meat Market Size CAGR by Region (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Meat by Country/Region (2020, 2024 & 2031)
2.2 Meat Segment by Type
2.2.1 Pork
2.2.2 Beef
2.2.3 Poultry
2.2.4 Others
2.3 Meat Market Size by Type
2.3.1 Meat Market Size CAGR by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
2.3.2 Global Meat Market Size Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Meat Segment by Distribution Channel
2.4.1 Supermarkets/Hypermarkets
2.4.2 Convenience Stores
2.4.3 Independent Retailers
2.4.4 Others
2.5 Meat Market Size by Distribution Channel
2.5.1 Meat Market Size CAGR by Distribution Channel (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
2.5.2 Global Meat Market Size Market Share by Distribution Channel (2020-2025)
3 Meat Market Size by Player
3.1 Meat Market Size Market Share by Player
3.1.1 Global Meat Revenue by Player (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Meat Revenue Market Share by Player (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Meat Key Players Head office and Products Offered
3.3 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.3.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.3.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.4 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.5 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion
4 Meat by Region
4.1 Meat Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
4.2 Global Meat Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Meat Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
4.4 APAC Meat Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
4.5 Europe Meat Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
4.6 Middle East & Africa Meat Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Meat Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Meat Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Meat Market Size by Distribution Channel (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Meat Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Meat Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Meat Market Size by Distribution Channel (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Meat Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Meat Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Meat Market Size by Distribution Channel (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Meat by Region (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Meat Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Meat Market Size by Distribution Channel (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Global Meat Market Forecast
10.1 Global Meat Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.1.1 Global Meat Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.1.2 Americas Meat Forecast
10.1.3 APAC Meat Forecast
10.1.4 Europe Meat Forecast
10.1.5 Middle East & Africa Meat Forecast
10.2 Americas Meat Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.2.1 United States Market Meat Forecast
10.2.2 Canada Market Meat Forecast
10.2.3 Mexico Market Meat Forecast
10.2.4 Brazil Market Meat Forecast
10.3 APAC Meat Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.3.1 China Meat Market Forecast
10.3.2 Japan Market Meat Forecast
10.3.3 Korea Market Meat Forecast
10.3.4 Southeast Asia Market Meat Forecast
10.3.5 India Market Meat Forecast
10.3.6 Australia Market Meat Forecast
10.4 Europe Meat Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.4.1 Germany Market Meat Forecast
10.4.2 France Market Meat Forecast
10.4.3 UK Market Meat Forecast
10.4.4 Italy Market Meat Forecast
10.4.5 Russia Market Meat Forecast
10.5 Middle East & Africa Meat Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.5.1 Egypt Market Meat Forecast
10.5.2 South Africa Market Meat Forecast
10.5.3 Israel Market Meat Forecast
10.5.4 Turkey Market Meat Forecast
10.6 Global Meat Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
10.7 Global Meat Forecast by Distribution Channel (2026-2031)
10.7.1 GCC Countries Market Meat Forecast
11 Key Players Analysis
11.1 WH Group
11.1.1 WH Group Company Information
11.1.2 WH Group Meat Product Offered
11.1.3 WH Group Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.1.4 WH Group Main Business Overview
11.1.5 WH Group Latest Developments
11.2 JBS
11.2.1 JBS Company Information
11.2.2 JBS Meat Product Offered
11.2.3 JBS Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.2.4 JBS Main Business Overview
11.2.5 JBS Latest Developments
11.3 Tyson Foods
11.3.1 Tyson Foods Company Information
11.3.2 Tyson Foods Meat Product Offered
11.3.3 Tyson Foods Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.3.4 Tyson Foods Main Business Overview
11.3.5 Tyson Foods Latest Developments
11.4 Kraft Heinz
11.4.1 Kraft Heinz Company Information
11.4.2 Kraft Heinz Meat Product Offered
11.4.3 Kraft Heinz Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.4.4 Kraft Heinz Main Business Overview
11.4.5 Kraft Heinz Latest Developments
11.5 Cargill
11.5.1 Cargill Company Information
11.5.2 Cargill Meat Product Offered
11.5.3 Cargill Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.5.4 Cargill Main Business Overview
11.5.5 Cargill Latest Developments
11.6 ConAgra Foods
11.6.1 ConAgra Foods Company Information
11.6.2 ConAgra Foods Meat Product Offered
11.6.3 ConAgra Foods Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.6.4 ConAgra Foods Main Business Overview
11.6.5 ConAgra Foods Latest Developments
11.7 BRF SA
11.7.1 BRF SA Company Information
11.7.2 BRF SA Meat Product Offered
11.7.3 BRF SA Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.7.4 BRF SA Main Business Overview
11.7.5 BRF SA Latest Developments
11.8 OSI Group
11.8.1 OSI Group Company Information
11.8.2 OSI Group Meat Product Offered
11.8.3 OSI Group Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.8.4 OSI Group Main Business Overview
11.8.5 OSI Group Latest Developments
11.9 Toennies
11.9.1 Toennies Company Information
11.9.2 Toennies Meat Product Offered
11.9.3 Toennies Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.9.4 Toennies Main Business Overview
11.9.5 Toennies Latest Developments
11.10 Charoen Pokphand Group
11.10.1 Charoen Pokphand Group Company Information
11.10.2 Charoen Pokphand Group Meat Product Offered
11.10.3 Charoen Pokphand Group Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.10.4 Charoen Pokphand Group Main Business Overview
11.10.5 Charoen Pokphand Group Latest Developments
11.11 Hormel Foods
11.11.1 Hormel Foods Company Information
11.11.2 Hormel Foods Meat Product Offered
11.11.3 Hormel Foods Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.11.4 Hormel Foods Main Business Overview
11.11.5 Hormel Foods Latest Developments
11.12 Danish Crown
11.12.1 Danish Crown Company Information
11.12.2 Danish Crown Meat Product Offered
11.12.3 Danish Crown Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.12.4 Danish Crown Main Business Overview
11.12.5 Danish Crown Latest Developments
11.13 Nippon Ham
11.13.1 Nippon Ham Company Information
11.13.2 Nippon Ham Meat Product Offered
11.13.3 Nippon Ham Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.13.4 Nippon Ham Main Business Overview
11.13.5 Nippon Ham Latest Developments
11.14 Seaboard Corporation
11.14.1 Seaboard Corporation Company Information
11.14.2 Seaboard Corporation Meat Product Offered
11.14.3 Seaboard Corporation Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.14.4 Seaboard Corporation Main Business Overview
11.14.5 Seaboard Corporation Latest Developments
11.15 Itoham Foods
11.15.1 Itoham Foods Company Information
11.15.2 Itoham Foods Meat Product Offered
11.15.3 Itoham Foods Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.15.4 Itoham Foods Main Business Overview
11.15.5 Itoham Foods Latest Developments
11.16 New Hope Group
11.16.1 New Hope Group Company Information
11.16.2 New Hope Group Meat Product Offered
11.16.3 New Hope Group Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.16.4 New Hope Group Main Business Overview
11.16.5 New Hope Group Latest Developments
11.17 Jinluo
11.17.1 Jinluo Company Information
11.17.2 Jinluo Meat Product Offered
11.17.3 Jinluo Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.17.4 Jinluo Main Business Overview
11.17.5 Jinluo Latest Developments
11.18 Cremonini
11.18.1 Cremonini Company Information
11.18.2 Cremonini Meat Product Offered
11.18.3 Cremonini Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.18.4 Cremonini Main Business Overview
11.18.5 Cremonini Latest Developments
11.19 Yurun Group
11.19.1 Yurun Group Company Information
11.19.2 Yurun Group Meat Product Offered
11.19.3 Yurun Group Meat Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.19.4 Yurun Group Main Business Overview
11.19.5 Yurun Group Latest Developments
12 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.