Hormel

Also known as Hormel Foods Corporation, George A. Hormel & Company, Hormel Foods, Hormel Foods International

American food processing company

Key facts

Trade name: Hormel Foods
Formerly: George A. Hormel & Company (1891–1993)
Company type: Public
Traded as: NYSE : HRL S&P 500 component
Industry: Food processing
Founded: 1891 ; 135 years ago ( 1891 )
Founder: George A. Hormel
Headquarters: Austin, Minnesota , U.S.
Area served: Worldwide
Key people: Jeff Ettinger (interim CEO) Bill Newlands (chairman)
Products: Deli meat , ethnic foods, pantry foods, Spam
Brands: Applegate Arriba Chi-Chi's Columbus Craft Meats • Corn Nuts Dinty Moore Don Miguel Dona Maria El Torito Evolve Fontanini Happy Little Plants Herbox Herdez Hormel House of Tsang Jennie-O Justin's La Victoria Lloyd's Mary Kitchen Planters Skippy Spam Stagg Chili Wholly Guacamole
Revenue: US$ 12.1 billion (2025)
Operating income: US$719 million (2025)
Net income: US$478 million (2025)
Total assets: US$13.4 billion (2025)
Total equity: US$7.90 billion (2025)
Number of employees: 20,000 (2025)

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Company

HRL

Industry: Meat Packing Plants
Exchange: NYSE
State of incorporation: DE
Entity type: operating
Latest filing: 10-Q · 2026-05-28
Jurisdiction: US-DE
Headquarters: Austin, US

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Research organization · ROR

Type: Company, Funder
Founded: 1891
Location: Austin, United States
Also known as: George A. Hormel & Company, Hormel Foods Corporation
Status: Active

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GRID grid.467391.e · ISNI 0000 0000 8813 1451

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Wikidata facts

Revenue: 12458806000
Official website: www.hormel.com
Image: Hormel Corporate Headquarters, Austin, Minnesota.jpg

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Commons category: Hormel Foods
inception: 1891-01-01
social media followers: 10000
net profit: 999987000
operating income: 1312607000

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Hormel Foods Corporation, doing business as Hormel Foods or simply Hormel, is an American multinational food processing company founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company. The company originally focused on the packaging and selling of ham, sausage and other pork, chicken, beef and lamb products to consumers, adding Spam in 1937. By the 1980s, Hormel began offering a wider range of packaged and refrigerated foods. The company changed its name to Hormel Foods Corporation in 1993 and uses the Hormel brand on many of its products; the company's other brands include Planters, Columbus Craft Meats, Dinty Moore, Jennie-O, and Skippy. The company's products are available in over 80 countries.

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