Ball Park is owned by Tyson Foods (the United States, NYSE: TSN), which acquired the brand on 28 August 2014 from Hillshire Brands, as part of a $8.55 billion deal that also included Hillshire Farm, State Fair and 2 others.[1][2] Before Tyson Foods, Ball Park was owned by Hillshire Brands from 2012 to 2014.[2]
Evidence: Tyson Foods, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-10, SEC EDGAR, 10 November 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Ball Park franks were created in 1957 for sale at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and the brand kept the ballpark association as it moved into supermarkets. Its advertising line about the franks plumping when cooked ran for decades. Tyson acquired it with Hillshire Brands in 2014.
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
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Tyson Foods controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
The 100 brands in processed & packaged meat on Brandtree belong to 42 owners. The largest is Atria, with 8; Tyson Foods has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 3-Stjernet | Atria | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Dalsjöfors | Danish Crown | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Fantino & Mondello | Maple Leaf Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Bar-S | Sigma Foods | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| KMOTR | AGROFERT | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Freybe | Premium Brands | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Abraham | Bell Food Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Família | Bonafarm | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
Tyson Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, United States, founded in 1935. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: TSN.
Tyson Foods began in 1935 when John W. Tyson started hauling chickens from Arkansas to Chicago during the Depression, and it grew into the largest meat processor in the United States. It handles roughly a fifth of American chicken, beef and pork, and the Tyson family retains voting control through Class B shares.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Ball Park is not one of them.
Tyson Foods won a bidding contest with Pilgrim's Pride for Hillshire Brands, paying $63 per share in cash. The auction began after Hillshire had itself agreed to buy Pinnacle Foods, an agreement it terminated to accept the Tyson offer.
The parent company of Ball Park is Tyson Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Ball Park originated in the United States in 1957 and its owner, Tyson Foods, is also headquartered in the United States.
Tyson Foods completed its acquisition of Ball Park on 28 August 2014, after announcing the deal on 1 July 2014. The deal, which also included Hillshire Farm and State Fair and 2 others, was valued at $8.55 billion (enterprise value).
Before Tyson Foods, Ball Park was owned by Hillshire Brands from 2012 until 2014.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Ball Park is still owned by Tyson Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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