Moy Park Holdings (Europe) Ltd reported a strong financial performance in 2025, with revenue increasing by 9% to £2.14bn (€2.51bn) and operating profit jumping by 31.4% to £128.9m (€151.6m).

The company, which is owned by Brazil’s JBS through its Pilgrim’s Pride division, has 12 production facilities across Northern Ireland, England, France and the Netherlands. While its primary focus is on chicken and egg production, it also produces beef products, vegetarian products and desserts.

The average number of employees during 2025 was 8,228, a considerable drop from the 9,320 employed in 2024. During the year the company continued a business restructuring, which sees production move from a seven-day to a five-day model. It said this change will help further reduce the wage bill going forward, but in the short-term redundancy payments have increased employee costs relative to headcount. Wages and salary payments to employees increased slightly to £286m (€336m) in 2025. Restructuring expenses, including employee terminations, were £5.5m (€6.5m).

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At the end of 2025 the group of companies had 2.6m hens for egg production and 26m chickens for consumption. Over the course of 2025, the group processed 249.3m birds, down from the 256.3m processed in 2024. The company noted in its report that it saw a 16% increase in inventories, which was “attributable largely to purchases from the Brazilian parent”.

The ultimate parent company and controlling party of Moy Park is JBS N.V., incorporated in the Netherlands, and listed on the New York stock exchange. The financial report from Moy Park states that “the Group is ultimately controlled by the Batista family, comprising Joesley Mendonça Batista and his brother Wesley Mendonça Batista”.

Moy Park Holdings (Europe) paid dividends of £143.5m (€168.7m) during the year.