Meat processing plants in Illinois
Illinois has 54 meat processors in EPA records, facilities that list codes for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The most are in Chicago, Elk Grove Village and South Holland. That is 3% of the 1,589 such facilities nationwide, and Illinois ranks #10 of 46 states.
- Product
- Meat processing plants
- Facilities
- 54
- State rank
- #10
- NAICS
- 311611 and 3 related codes
- Revised
- November 1, 2026
Facilities in Illinois
These are active facilities in EPA's ECHO database that list a code for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The 40 shown first are the ones with the most EPA program records, which usually means the larger sites.
| Facility | City | What EPA lists |
|---|---|---|
| C & F Packing | Lake Villa | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il | Hillsdale | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Darling Ingredients Inc | National Stock Yards | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Rantoul Foods | Rantoul | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Rochelle Foods LLC | Rochelle | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| North American Electroless Nickle Inc | Elk Grove Village | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Farmland Foods, Inc. | Monmouth | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Fontanini Foods LLC | Mccook | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Holten Meats | Sauget | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| JBS/swift Pork Co | Beardstown | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Koch Foods Berteau | Chicago | Poultry Processing |
| Land O'frost, Inc. | Lansing | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Millstadt Rendering Co | Belleville | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Momence Packing Co | Momence | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Rupari Food Services, Inc. | South Holland | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp | Saint Charles | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Ajs Lena Maid Meats Inc | Lena | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Ashland Sausage | Carol Stream | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Aurora Packing Co | North Aurora | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| B & B Pullman Properties | Chicago | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Belmont Sausage Co | Elk Grove Village | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Buddig Montgomery Facility | Montgomery | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Carl Buddig & Company | South Holland | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Carl Buddig & Company | Montgomery | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Conagra Foods | Downers Grove | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 | Morris | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Costco Wholesale - Morris | Morris | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Costco Wholesale Corp | Morris | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Darling Ingredients Inc | Mason City | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Ed Miniat Inc. | South Holland | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Edwardsville Frozen Foods | Edwardsville | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Eickmans Processing Co | Seward | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Gusto Packing | Montgomery | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Heinkel Packing Co Inc | Decatur | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| John Hofmeister & Son | Chicago | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Kaluzny Bros Inc | Joliet | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Kostelac Grease Service Inc | Belleville | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Kronos Foods | Glendale Heights | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Mendota Agri-Products Inc | Mendota | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Ncm LLC | Chicago | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
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
- Chicago: 8
- Elk Grove Village: 3
- South Holland: 3
- Montgomery: 3
- Morris: 3
- West Chicago: 3
By product code
- Meat Processed from Carcasses (NAICS 311612): 20 of those shown
- Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (NAICS 311611): 11 of those shown
- Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing (NAICS 311613): 8 of those shown
- Poultry Processing (NAICS 311615): 1 of those shown
All food manufacturing in Illinois: 479 facilities and Census job counts.