Who owns Tyson?
Tyson is owned by Tyson Foods (the United States, NYSE: TSN).[1]
Evidence: Tyson Foods, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-10, SEC EDGAR, 10 November 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Tyson Foods, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Springdale, Arkansas
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Springdale, Arkansas
- Founded
- 1935
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fresh meat & poultry
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: TSN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Tyson
The company's flagship brand covers fresh chicken, breaded strips, nuggets and prepared chicken products. It became a consumer brand rather than a commodity supplier in the 1980s, when Tyson moved from selling whole birds to value-added products with far higher margins.
Ownership timeline of Tyson
- Current owner Tyson Foods [1] verified
Where Tyson sits in Tyson Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Tyson Foods
Tyson Foods controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
- Aidells (1983)
- Ball Park (1957)
- Hillshire Farm (1934)
- Jimmy Dean (1969)
- Raised & Rooted (2019)
- State Fair (1958)
- Wright Brand (1922)
Other brands in fresh meat & poultry, and who owns them
The 56 brands in fresh meat & poultry on Brandtree belong to 27 owners. The largest is LDC, with 6.
About the owner: Tyson Foods
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.
🇺🇸 Tyson and other American brands
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; Tyson is not one of them.
Official recalls involving Tyson products
1 recall notice from government regulators matched to Tyson. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- 29-oz. Plastic bag packages containing “Tyson FULLY COOKED FUN NUGGETS BREADED SHAPED CHICKEN PATTIES” with a Best If Used By date of SEP 04, 2024, and lot… — USDA FSIS, · High - Class I
Reason given: Product Contamination
Recalling firm: Tyson Foods Inc.
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tyson?
The parent company of Tyson is Tyson Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Tyson American?
Yes. Tyson originated in the United States in 1935 and its owner, Tyson Foods, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Tyson still owned by Tyson Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Tyson is still owned by Tyson Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Tyson Foods, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-10 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 10 November 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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