Hunts Point Cooperative Market

What Hunts Point Cooperative Market does

Hunts Point Cooperative Market, Inc. is a privately held cooperative that owns and operates the world's largest food distribution center, a 60+ acre, 7-building, nearly one-million-square-foot campus in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, New York, under a long-term lease with the City of New York. The facility houses 52 member companies that process and distribute meat and meat products — including beef, poultry, lamb, veal, kosher, Kobe/wagyu, exotic meats, and seafood — supported by USDA-inspected plants, full refrigerated and frozen storage capacity, and major equipment maintained 24/7/365 by NYC-licensed engineers on premises. Across these 32 listed tenant businesses, approximately 2,400 employees serve the customer base, which spans large chain supermarkets, top tri-state restaurants, hotels and country clubs, and large and small butcher shops up and down the East Coast.

The cooperative's revenue mechanics are membership- and lease-based: the 52 member stockholders collectively own the entity, occupy space in the facility, and pay for ongoing services, with 2,400 workers on site across the tenant network. The cooperative does not itself sell product downstream — it provides the shared physical and regulatory platform (cold chain, USDA inspection, security, engineering, brokerage) that makes B2B wholesale distribution efficient at NYC-metro scale. In December 2025, the cooperative, the City of New York, and NYCEDC announced a historic $405 million redevelopment backed by city, state, and federal funding plus an anticipated federal loan, with Aurora-Primus conditionally selected as the design-build firm; construction is expected to begin in late 2026 and will convert the campus into a state-of-the-art, all-electric intermodal food distribution facility, generate over 2,000 construction jobs, preserve existing jobs, and improve air quality for nearly 13,000 Bronx residents.

From a positioning standpoint, Hunts Point Cooperative Market is functionally a regulated, public-lease-backed industrial utility for the East Coast meat supply chain rather than a technology or branded consumer business. There is no public pricing, no disclosed revenue, no app, no API, and no AI/ML capability indicated in the source data; the website functions as a directory and recruitment channel rather than a transactional platform. Competitive advantage is anchored in irreplaceable physical scale, the long-term NYC lease, USDA-inspected status, and the cooperative ecosystem of 52 tenants — advantages that the 2026 redevelopment is designed to entrench for the next asset cycle.

Name

Hunts Point Cooperative Market

Legal name

Hunts Point Cooperative Market, Inc.

Website

https://huntspointcoopmkt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Hunts Point Cooperative Market, Inc. is a Bronx-based cooperative-owned facility — the world's largest food distribution center — where 52 member companies process and distribute meat, poultry, seafood, and specialty foods to chain supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, country clubs, and butcher shops across the East Coast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Food Distribution

NAICS

Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (42447), Meat Processed from Carcasses (311612), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (424460)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140), Meat Packing Plants (2011)

akta.pro primary industry

Refrigerated Meat & Charcuterie Wholesale (AFAIAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Meat, Poultry & Seafood Refrigerated Warehousing (TLALABAC), Foodservice / Restaurant Supply Distribution Centers (TLALAEAJ)

Keywords

• Wholesale meat distribution
• Food distribution center
• Meat processing services
• Refrigerated storage services
• Cooperative food market

Headquarters

HQ city

Bronx

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Cooperative Membership and Facility Lease: The Hunts Point Cooperative Market Inc. operates as a cooperative owned by its member stockholders. The company operates and maintains a facility under a long-term lease with the City of New York. Member tenants pay for space and services within the facility. The cooperative consists of 52 companies that process and distribute meat and meat products in approximately one million square feet of space.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Hunts Point Cooperative Market operates a cooperative-owned meat and food distribution facility in the Bronx under a long-term lease with the City of New York. The facility spans over 60 acres with 7 buildings and nearly one million square feet, housing 52 member companies that process and distribute meat, poultry, seafood, and specialty products. All meat plants are USDA inspected, and major equipment is maintained 24/7 by NYC licensed engineers.

Product overview

Hunts Point Cooperative Market is a cooperative-owned food distribution facility, not a software product company. It operates the world's largest food distribution center—a single unified facility providing meat, poultry, seafood, and provisions processing and distribution services. The cooperative consists of 52 member companies occupying nearly one million square feet across 7 buildings on 60+ acres in the Bronx, New York. Products include beef (hamburgers, boneless cuts, boxed beef, dry aged prime/choice, portion control steaks), poultry (ice poultry, tray pack), lamb/specialty meats (lamb, pork, mutton, goat, Kobe beef, kosher, veal, offal, exotic meats), seafood (fish), frozen/refrigerated storage, deli items, provisions, and brokerage services. The facility maintains 24/7 operations with refrigerated storage and employs approximately 2,400 workers across 32 tenant businesses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Meat Processing and Distribution Facility Cooperative-owned facility operating under a long-term lease with the City of New York, providing meat and meat product processing and distribution services for the tri-state area. The facility spans over 60 acres with 7 buildings and nearly one million square feet, serving major chain supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, country clubs, and butcher shops along the East Coast.
• Beef Products Includes beef hamburgers, boneless beef cuts, boxed beef, dry aged prime and choice beef, portion control steaks, and specialty cuts. All meat plants are USDA inspected facilities.
• Poultry Products Includes ice poultry and tray pack poultry products distributed through the cooperative.
• Lamb and Specialty Meats Includes lamb and lamb products, fresh pigs, mutton, goat, exotic animal meat, Kobe beef, kosher products, veal and veal products, and offal and specialty cuts.
• Seafood Products Fish and seafood products distributed through the cooperative network.
• Frozen and Refrigerated Storage Refrigerated and frozen food storage services provided at the facility, with all major equipment operated and maintained by NYC licensed engineers on premises 24 hours, 365 days per year.
• Deli Items and Provisions Deli items, provisions, groceries, food service products, and brokerage/trading services for cooperative members.

Quantifiable outcome

• Redevelopment project will generate over 2,000 construction jobs and preserve existing jobs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• City of New York / NYCEDCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 December 2025Historic agreement between Mayor Eric Adams, NYCEDC, and the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Cooperative Association to redevelop the Hunts Point Produce Market. Backed by $405 million in city, state, and federal funding plus an anticipated federal loan. The project will create a new state-of-the-art, all-electric intermodal food distribution facility.
• Aurora-Primus (Joint Venture of Aurora Contractors, LLC and Primus Builders, Inc.)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 30 December 2025Aurora-Primus, a joint venture of Aurora Contractors, LLC and Primus Builders, Inc., was conditionally selected as the design-build firm for the $405 million Hunts Point Produce Market redevelopment project. Construction expected to begin in late 2026.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Chef's Warehouse: Specialty foodservice distributor focused on center-of-the-plate proteins and specialty items to upscale independent restaurants. Highly comparable on protein-heavy, premium/specialty mix for restaurants, hotels, and country clubs — overlapping with key HPCM customer segments.
• Ben E. Keith: Privately held regional broadline foodservice distributor serving the Southwest. Comparable as a multi-category foodservice distributor with a strong meat and protein focus, but operating across multiple regional DCs rather than a single NYC mega-hub.
• Baldor Specialty Foods: A major NYC-based specialty food distributor serving restaurants, hotels, and retailers. Highly comparable as a wholesale food distributor concentrated in the same NYC metro market with overlapping protein and specialty product offerings.
• Shamrock Foods Company: Privately held foodservice distributor and dairy/processor serving the Western U.S. Comparable on integrated distribution and protein processing, but concentrated in a different geography (Arizona/California) than Hunts Point's East Coast focus.
• DOT Foods: Largest food industry redistributor in North America, supplying a broad catalog to distributors and operators. Comparable on broadline redistribution model and B2B customer mix, though operates as a multi-category redistributor rather than a single meat-focused hub.

Broad incumbents

• Sysco: The largest U.S. broadline foodservice distributor. Comparable as a large-scale meat and foodservice distributor, though operating a national network of distribution centers rather than a single concentrated hub.
• US Foods: One of the largest U.S. broadline foodservice distributors with deep meat and protein product lines. Overlaps as a major protein and foodservice distributor, but at national scale across multiple DCs rather than one mega-hub.
• MBM (McLane Foodservice): A major broadline foodservice distributor (part of McLane Group) serving national restaurant chains. Comparable on broadline foodservice distribution scale and protein offerings, but operates as a multi-customer national distributor rather than a single meat cooperative hub.
• Performance Food Group: Major U.S. foodservice and convenience distributor. Overlaps as a large-scale foodservice distributor with significant protein offerings, though structured as a multi-segment public company rather than a single cooperative hub.
• Gordon Food Service: Large North American broadline foodservice distributor serving restaurants, schools, and healthcare. Comparable on broadline distribution scale and meat-heavy product mix, but operates decentralized distribution centers across geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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