Top U.S. egg producer Ranking of 2022

Published on July 14, 2022

Top U.S. egg producer Ranking of 2022

WATTPoultry have published the 2022 Top U.S. egg producing companies. We have listed the top 40 egg U.S. egg producing companies for you.

The total number of laying hens housed in the U.S. at the end of 2021 was virtually unchanged from the end of 2020. The transition from cages to cage-free does not seem to lower the U.S. layer population. the 2021 Top Egg Company Survey estimates that the 67 largest U.S. egg producers had 344.72 million hens housed on December 31, 2021.

When looking at the 10 largest U.S. egg producers, they are responsible for 52.6% of the total U.S. table egg production. Over 70% of the U.S. eggs are produced by the top 20 U.S. egg producers

rank Company Number ofhens (millions)
1 Cal-Maine Foods 46,78
2 Rose Acre Farms 27,59
3 Hillandale Farms 20
4 Versova Holdings LLP 19,95
5 Daybreak Foods 14,48
6 Michael Foods 11,91
7 Center Fresh Group 11,5
8 MPS Egg Farms 11,1
9 Prairie Star Farms 9,3
10 Gemperle Family Farms 8,6
11 Opal Foods 8,39
12 Herbruck's Poultry Ranch 8,3
13 Weaver Brothers 8
14 Sauder's Eggs 6,6
15 Rembrandt Enterprises 6,25
16 Kreider Farms 6,1
17 Hickman's Egg Ranch 6
18 Mid-States Specialty Eggs 6
19 Hidden Villa Ranch 5,5
20 Sparboe Farms 5,48
21 Fremont Farms of Iowa 5,3
22 S&R Egg Farm 4,78
23 Wabash Valley Produce 4,7
24 ISE America 4,56
25 Sunrise Farms Inc. 4,5
26 Cooper Farms 4,33
27 Minnich Poultry 3,94
28 Ritewood/Oakdell Egg Farms 3,68
29 Konos Inc. 3,4
30 Creighton Brothers 3,2
31 Forsman Farms 3,1
32 Esbenshade Farms 2,8
33 Berne Hi-Way Hatchery Inc. 2,4
34 Sunrise AcresEgg Farms 2,38
35 Central Valley Eggs 2,3
36 Giroux's Poultry Farm 2,3
37 Pearl Valley Eggs 2,23
38 Kreher's Eggs 2,2
39 Hamilton Eggs LLC 2
40 Schipper Eggs LLC 1,82
Discover the Full 2022 Report on U.S. Egg producers from WATTPoultry here

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