England Abattoir Numbers
| SIZE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH PIG ABATTOIRS IN 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size Group | Abattoir | Total | Average | Throughput |
| Numbers | Throughput | Throughput | Share | |
| head | head | head | % | |
| 1-10,000 | 77 | 225,411 | 2,927 | 2.5 |
| 10,001-30,000 | 19 | 332,262 | 17,487 | 3.7 |
| 30,001-100,000 | 7 | 326,469 | 46,638 | 3.6 |
| 100,001-500,000 | 5 | 1,017,441 | 203,488 | 11.3 |
| >500,001 | 8 | 7,065,070 | 883,134 | 78.8 |
| Total | 116 | 8,966,653 | 77,299 | 100.0 |
| ABATTOIRS IN ENGLAND | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Red meat abattoirs | |||||||||
| All red meat abattoirs | 218 | 210 | 209 | 202 | 198 | 195 | 193 | 186 | 192 |
| Pig abattoirs | |||||||||
| Total pig abattoirs | 140 | 131 | 128 | 124 | 125 | 121 | 119 | 115 | 116 |
| Pig slaughterings (000 head) | 7,386 | 7,367 | 7,130 | 7,345 | 7,769 | 8,224 | 8,326 | 8,517 | 8,967 |
| Average throughput (000 head) | 52.8 | 56.2 | 55.7 | 59.2 | 62.2 | 68.0 | 70.0 | 74.1 | 77.3 |
| Specialist pig abattoirs* | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| * Included in total pig abattoirs | |||||||||
| Source: AHDB Pork | |||||||||
| Last updated: 17 May 2016 | |||||||||