Tyson Foods: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, United States that owns 8 consumer brands, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1][2]
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.
What Tyson Foods's annual report says about its business
Read from Tyson Foods's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
Segments the filing names
Beef, Pork, Chicken, Prepared Foods: We operate in four reportable segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken and Prepared Foods.
Acquisitions and disposals named in the filing
Acquired: Valmac Industries (1984). Valmac Industries was acquired by the Company in 1984.
Acquired: Williams Sausage Company (third quarter of 2023). Sales volume increased primarily due to the acquisition of Williams Sausage Company in the third quarter of 2023.
Sold or exited: Vienna, Georgia facility (fiscal 2024). Proceeds from sale of business related to the sale of our Vienna, Georgia facility in fiscal 2024.
Tyson Foods in numbers
Tyson Foods owns 8 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 8 brands.[1]
1 recorded acquisitions; disclosed US-dollar deal values total $8.55 billion.
Tyson Foods financial history
Headline figures from Tyson Foods's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2020–2025.
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Who owns the shares of Tyson Foods
Holders of more than 5% of the voting shares, as listed in Tyson Foods's proxy statement filed 17 December 2025. Shareholdings change daily; this is the position the filing reports.
Holder
Shares
Share of class
Tyson Limited Partnership
70,000,000
99.99%
The Vanguard Group
35,581,300
12.57%
BlackRock, Inc.
25,033,123
8.84%
Everything Tyson Foods owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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 Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
1 recall notice from government regulators matched to Tyson Foods.
Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
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
What brands does Tyson Foods own?
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Tyson Foods owns 8 consumer brands tracked here, including Tyson, Hillshire Farm, Wright Brand, Ball Park, Jimmy Dean and Raised & Rooted.
Is Tyson Foods an American company?
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Yes. Tyson Foods is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, United States and was founded in 1935.
Who owns Tyson Foods?
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Tyson Foods is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as TSN on the NYSE.
What was Tyson Foods' most recent acquisition?
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The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, State Fair, Aidells and Wright Brand on 28 August 2014.
Sources (3) & 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.
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