Meat processing plants in South Carolina
South Carolina has 17 meat processors in EPA records, facilities that list codes for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The most are in Ward, Gaffney and Batesburg. That is 1% of the 1,589 such facilities nationwide, and South Carolina ranks #26 of 46 states.
- Product
- Meat processing plants
- Facilities
- 17
- State rank
- #26
- NAICS
- 311611 and 3 related codes
- Revised
- November 1, 2026
Facilities in South Carolina
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Kist Sumter Processing Plant | Sumter | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Valley Proteins - Ward Facility | Ward | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Devro Inc | Swansea | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Greenwood Packing Plant - Eddy Carolina Pride LLC | Greenwood | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Sopakco Inc | Bennettsville | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Brown Packaging Company | Gaffney | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Columbia Farms:greenville | Greenville | Poultry Processing |
| Kraft Heinz Foods Company | Newberry | Poultry Processing |
| Sc Pet Food Solutions, LLC | Ward | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Amick Farms | Batesburg | Poultry Processing |
| Cargill Meat Solutions Corp - West Columbia | West Columbia | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Ed&f Man Feed Ingredients LLC | Gaffney | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Perdue Farms Incorporated Dillon Sc Processing Plant | Dillon | Poultry Processing |
| Amick Farms LLC - Batesburg Facility | Batesburg | Poultry Processing |
| Columbia Farms:sunset Blvd | West Columbia | Poultry Processing |
| House Of Raeford Farms, Inc. | Nesmith | Poultry Processing |
| Tyson Prepared Foods, Columbia Sc | Columbia | 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.
Where they are
- Ward: 2
- Gaffney: 2
- Batesburg: 2
- West Columbia: 2
- Sumter: 1
- Swansea: 1
By product code
- Poultry Processing (NAICS 311615): 7
- Meat Processed from Carcasses (NAICS 311612): 4
- Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (NAICS 311611): 3
- Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing (NAICS 311613): 3
All food manufacturing in South Carolina: 90 facilities and Census job counts.