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Food Processing

Leader: Tyson Foods — 4.0% S1 · 10.5% CR3

S1
4.0%
leader
CR3
10.5%
top 3 combined
HHI
80
Unconcentrated
MARKET SIZE
$950B
US

How this is calculated

FORMULA
S1 = Tyson Foods shipment value / total shipment value = 4.0%
CR3 = Tyson Foods + Cargill + Nestle USA = 10.5%
HHI = Σ(share²) = 80 (Unconcentrated (HHI < 1,500))
DENOMINATOR
Shipment Value — $950B (US)
US food manufacturing shipment value (NAICS 311).
Size from: US Economic Census 2022 NAICS 311
TOP 3 PLAYERS
#1Tyson Foods4.0%
#2Cargilln/d
#3Nestle USA6.0%
— Individual #2/#3 shares not separately tracked at this granularity (only CR3 disclosed). See submit a correction if you have a source for them.
METHODOLOGY NOTE
Tyson Foods US revenue per 10-K divided by total US food manufacturing shipment value from 2022 Economic Census NAICS 311. Largest single manufacturing market in dataset ($950B). Validated against USDA ERS data.
SOURCES
Year: 2022
Geo: US
Firms: 20,000+
NAICS: 311

Labor economics

REV / EMPLOYEE (leader)
$0.4M
industry avg $0.3M
SG&A % (leader)
4%
of revenue

Tyson FY2025 SG&A 4.0% on $54.4B; capital heavy — scheduling/supply chain AI-augmentable

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Source Quality Hierarchy

Every market has a primary source plus 1–3 validation sources. Revenue numerators come from SEC 10-K filings; denominators validated against the Economic Census where available.

TIER 1Authoritative anchorsGovernment data + SEC filings
US Economic Census (data.census.gov) · SEC EDGAR / Company 10-Ks · BEA Industry Value-Added (FRED) · BLS QCEW · USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · EIA Refinery Capacity Report · FDA device listings
TIER 2Leading commercial trackersIndustry-standard paid trackers
IDC Semiannual Software Tracker · Gartner Market Share & Magic Quadrant · IBISWorld NAICS reports · StatCounter Global Stats · eMarketer / Insider Intelligence · Synergy Research Group
TIER 3Category specialistsBest-in-class niche authorities
SIPRI (aerospace & defense) · IQVIA (pharma) · TrendForce (semiconductors) · CIMdata (CAD/PLM) · Nilson Report (payments) · Am Law 100 (legal) · ENR Top 500 (A&E) · AM Best (insurance) · SIA (staffing) · Ad Age (agencies) · Barron's / Cerulli (wealth) · Evaluate MedTech · Nielsen Gauge (streaming) · Gridwise (ride-hail) · Bloomberg Second Measure (delivery) · RC Top 100 (roofing) · SDM Top 100 (fire/safety) · Big 4 annual reports · ALM Intelligence (consulting)

Data vintage: Q2 2025 research compilation. Labels updated 2026-Q2. Tier 1 sources refreshed from FY2025 SEC filings where available. For full methodology see the Methodology page.