Swift is owned by JBS (Brazil, B3: JBSS3), which acquired the brand on 11 July 2007 for $1.4 billion.[1][2] Swift was founded in 1855 in Chicago, Illinois and was independent until 2007.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: JBS S.A. Annual Report 2025, 26 March 2026. Last checked .
Swift was one of the great Chicago meatpacking houses, founded in 1855 and central to the industrialisation of American meat processing described in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. JBS acquired the business in 2007, its entry into the United States. That purchase began the Brazilian company's transformation into the largest meat processor in the world.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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JBS controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
The 56 brands in fresh meat & poultry on Brandtree belong to 27 owners. The largest is LDC, with 6; JBS has 3.
JBS is a publicly listed company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 1953. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as B3: JBSS3 and NYSE: JBS.
JBS was founded in 1953 as a small Brazilian slaughterhouse and is now the largest meat processing company in the world by revenue, operating in more than fifteen countries. It expanded into the United States by acquiring Swift and Pilgrim's Pride, and is controlled by the founding Batista family through J&F Investimentos.
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, Swift among them.
JBS acquired Swift & Company for about $1.4 billion, its entry into the United States. Swift was one of the great Chicago meatpacking houses, founded in 1855 and central to the industrialisation of American meat described in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
The parent company of Swift is JBS, a publicly listed company headquartered in Brazil.
Swift originated in the United States in 1855, but it is owned today by JBS, which is headquartered in Brazil. So Swift is an American-origin brand under Brazilian ownership.
JBS completed its acquisition of Swift on 11 July 2007, after announcing the deal on 29 May 2007. The deal was valued at $1.4 billion (enterprise value).
Swift was an independent company from its founding in 1855 in Chicago, Illinois until JBS acquired it in 2007.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Swift is still owned by JBS. 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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