$8.8bn
$XXX.Xm
18,400
247
$X.Xbn
The Poultry Processing industry has experienced mixed operating conditions in recent years. Despite increased poultry consumption, strong competition among major supermarkets has limited poultry price growth, influencing industry revenue and profitability. Domestic wheat feed price fluctuations have contributed to volatile costs, prompting processors to consolidate and restructure to improve productivity and profitability. Revenue in the Poultry Processing industry is expected to inch upwards an annualised 0.1% over the five years through 2023-24, to total $8.8 billion. There is a 3.7% decline in revenue anticipated for 2023-24, influenced by factors like poultry price changes. These challenges have prompted processors to streamline operations and seek opportunities to sustain their market competitiveness.
Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 0.1 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $8.8bn in 2024.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 |
---|---|---|
Inghams | 2,550.4 | |
Baiada Poultry | 1,907.9 | |
Turosi | 591.8 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Conventionally farmed chicken, Free-range and organic chicken and Other poultry. Conventionally farmed chicken is the largest segment of the Poultry Processing in Australia.
Revenue from conventionally farmed chicken is declining amid shifts toward sustainable practices
Poultry processors transform live poultry, like chickens, ducks and turkeys, into various cuts and value-added products. The process starts with acquiring live poultry, typically aged five to eight weeks. It encompasses abattoir operations, dressing, frozen poultry and poultry meat manufacturing and packing. Poultry processing concludes at the initial point of sale of these poultry products.
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ANZSIC 1112 - Poultry Processing in Australia
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The market size of the Poultry Processing industry in Australia is $8.8bn in 2024.
There are 247 businesses in the Poultry Processing industry in Australia, which has declined at a CAGR of 3.3 % between 2019 and 2024.
The market size of the Poultry Processing industry in Australia has been growing at a CAGR of 0.1 % between 2019 and 2024.
Over the next five years, the Poultry Processing industry in Australia is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Poultry Processing market in Australia are Inghams, Baiada Poultry and Turosi
Conventionally farmed chicken and Free-range and organic chicken are part of the Poultry Processing industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is Inghams.
The level of competition is moderate and increasing in the Poultry Processing industry in Australia.