Meat processing plants in North Carolina
North Carolina has 67 meat processors in EPA records, facilities that list codes for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The most are in Rose Hill, Kinston and Saint Pauls. That is 4% of the 1,589 such facilities nationwide, and North Carolina ranks #8 of 46 states.
- Product
- Meat processing plants
- Facilities
- 67
- State rank
- #8
- NAICS
- 311611 and 3 related codes
- Revised
- November 1, 2026
Facilities in North Carolina
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Packing Company Incorporated - Tar Heel | Tar Heel | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Valley Proteins Inc - Fayetteville Facility | Fayetteville | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Darling Ingredients, Inc. - Rose Hill | Rose Hill | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| House Of Raeford Farms Inc Wallace Div | Wallace | Poultry Processing |
| Murphy-Brown, LLC - New Colony Mill | Creswell | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Tyson Farms, Inc. | Harmony | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Carolina Poultry Power Farmville | Farmville | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Case Farms, LLC - Shelby | Shelby | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Darling Ingredients Inc. - Lewiston | Lewiston-Woodville (Bertie,nc) | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Kansas City Sausage Co, LLC DBA Coastal Protein | Godwin | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Smithfield Packing Company, Inc. - Wilson Division | Wilson | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Darling Ingredients, Inc. - Wadesboro | Wadesboro | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| House Of Raeford Farms, Inc | Rose Hill | Poultry Processing |
| Smithfield Clinton Plant | Clinton | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Smithfield/farmland Packaged Food Group Kinston | Kinston | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Tyson Foods | Wilkesboro | Poultry Processing |
| W&w-Afco Steel LLC | Colfax | Poultry Processing |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC (Kinston Production Div-Feed Mill) | Kinston | Poultry Processing |
| Perdue Farms Concord Processing Plant | Concord | Poultry Processing |
| Valley Proteins Inc Gastonia Facility | Gastonia | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Butterball LLC Of Mount Olive | Mount Olive | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Darling Ingredients – Lewiston Div | Lewiston | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Pilgrims Pride Corp Marshville Facility | Marshville | Poultry Processing |
| Tyson Foods Monroe Processing Plant | Monroe | Poultry Processing |
| City Of Claremont | Claremont | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Conagra Foods Inc. | Garner | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Darling Ingredients - Rose Hill Wwtp | Rose Hill | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Perdue Farms Inc - Rockingham | Rockingham | Poultry Processing |
| Perdue Nashville Feed Mill | Nashville | Poultry Processing |
| Tyson Farms Inc | Wilkesboro | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Wayne Farms - Dobson Poultry | Dobson | Poultry Processing |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms - St. Pauls Wwtp | Saint Pauls | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Carolina Classics Catfish Incorporated | Greenville | Poultry Processing |
| Case Farms Of N C Incorporated | Morganton | Poultry Processing |
| Case Farms Of North Carolina | Dudley | Poultry Processing |
| Lewiston Mill | Lewiston Woodville | Poultry Processing |
| Mountaire Farms Inc Lumber Bridge | Lumber Bridge | Poultry Processing |
| Sanford Processing Plant | Sanford | Poultry Processing |
| Tyson Farms, Inc. - Monroe Processing, Feed Mill, & Hatchery | Monroe | Poultry Processing |
| American Skin Food Group, LLC | Burgaw | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
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
- Rose Hill: 4
- Kinston: 4
- Saint Pauls: 3
- Lewiston Woodville: 3
- Sanford: 3
- Wilson: 2
By product code
- Poultry Processing (NAICS 311615): 18 of those shown
- Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (NAICS 311611): 11 of those shown
- Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing (NAICS 311613): 8 of those shown
- Meat Processed from Carcasses (NAICS 311612): 3 of those shown
All food manufacturing in North Carolina: 273 facilities and Census job counts.