Danish Crown (company)

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Danish Crown A/S

Company type	Aktieselskab
Industry	Food processing
Founded	1887; 137 years ago (1887)
Headquarters	Randers , Denmark
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jais Valeur (CEO)
Products	Deli meat Pantry foods Sausages
Revenue	DKK 44.34 million (2007)
Operating income	DKK 60 billion (2021)
Net income	DKK 1.23 million (2007)
Number of employees	23,000 (2020)
Subsidiaries	Tulip Food Company
Website	www.danishcrown.com

Danish Crown is an internationally oriented Danish food company with butchery operations, processing and sales of primarily pork and beef. Through a number of subsidiaries, the group is widely represented within the food industry with various food products. The CEO is Jais Valeur and the headquarters are located in Randers.

The Danish Crown group is owned by 5,620 Danish farmers, and annually the group is part of 49 billion meals for consumers worldwide. The group has a turnover of approximately DKK 60 billion kroner and employs approximately 26,600 employees across 89 production sites, 40 warehouses and 38 offices across 30 countries.

The group is the world's largest pork exporter and Europe's largest producer of pork. The Danish Crown group is also Europe's largest meat processing company.

In the financial year 2020–21, Danish Crown's exports amounted to DKK 24 billion kroner. This corresponds to approximately 20% of Danish food exports and approximately 3% of Danish merchandise exports.