Meat processing plants in Kentucky

Kentucky has 20 meat processors in EPA records, facilities that list codes for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The most are in Grayson, Albany and Beaver Dam. That is 1% of the 1,589 such facilities nationwide, and Kentucky ranks #24 of 46 states.

Product: Meat processing plants
Facilities: 20
State rank: #24
NAICS: 311611 and 3 related codes
Revised: November 1, 2026

Facilities in Kentucky

These are active facilities in EPA's ECHO database that list a code for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing.

Facility	City	What EPA lists
Tyson Processing Services Inc	Bowling Green	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Darling Ingredients Inc.	Butler	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp	Grayson	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
F B Purnell Sausage Co	Simpsonville	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Pilgrims Pride Corp - Hickory	Hickory	Poultry Processing
Tyson Chicken Inc. Robards, Ky.	Robards	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Sara Lee Foods - Claryville Facility	Alexandria (Campbell)	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Swift & Co	Louisville	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Custom Food Products LLC	Owingsville	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Cook Family Foods	Grayson	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Equity Group-Kentucky Division LLC	Albany	Poultry Processing
Griffin Industries Inc	Russellville	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Land O'frost, Inc.	Madisonville	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Perdue Cromwell Processing Plant	Beaver Dam	Poultry Processing
The Hillshire Brands Company - Claryville Facility	Alexandria	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Specialty Foods Group, LLC	Owensboro	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Keystone Foods LLC	Albany	Poultry Processing
Perdue Farms Inc	Beaver Dam	Poultry Processing
Pilgrims Pride Corp	Mayfield	Poultry Processing
Smithfield Packing Co In	Middlesboro	Meat Processed from Carcasses

Industry codes are reported by facilities to EPA programs and are not checked here. A few listings may be repair shops, distributors or recyclers. How these records work.