HG Group
HG Group is a Cairo-based, privately held Egyptian agricultural company founded in 1981 that predominantly grows, markets, and sells broiler hens and hen feeds, employing 1,001 to 5,000 people.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1981
- HeadquartersCairo, Egypt
- Headcount1,001–5,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What HG Group does
HG Group is a privately held, for-profit Egyptian agricultural company headquartered in Cairo, founded in 1981. Per firmographic input, the company "predominantly grows, markets, and sells broiler hens and hen feeds," indicating vertical integration across the poultry value chain — owning production of day-old chicks or grow-out operations, broiler finishing, and a feed-milling line that supplies both its own flocks and presumably external livestock producers.
Operating in Egypt's domestic market with no documented international footprint in the supplied data, HG Group sits in the 1,001-5,000 employee band, placing it among the larger mid-market poultry/feed integrators in the country, though it is below the scale of Egypt's largest agribusiness conglomerates. The revenue model is inferred to be B2B and B2B-adjacent: wholesale sale of live broiler birds to processors, retailers, and HORECA customers, plus sales of compound animal feed to commercial poultry operations and dairy/meat producers.
The evidence base is materially thin: the only web source attached to this record (the company's own URL, https://hg-egypt.com) returned a verification/loading page with no company content during collection. Consequently, ownership structure, executive roster, customer logos, pricing, capacity figures, certifications, technology stack, and any AI/ML or automation capabilities cannot be verified from the input. Any analyst relying on this record should treat all non-firmographic fields as undisclosed and qualify subsequent conclusions accordingly.
HG Group firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- HG Group
- Website
- https://hg-egypt.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1981
- Headcount range
- 1,001–5,000 employees
- Short description
- HG Group is a Cairo-based, privately held Egyptian agricultural company founded in 1981 that predominantly grows, markets, and sells broiler hens and hen feeds, employing 1,001 to 5,000 people.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
HG Group industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Poultry Production
- NAICS
- Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production (112320), Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production (11232)
- SIC
- Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Broiler Chicken Production (Meat Birds) (AFAEADAA)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Broiler Processing (Whole Bird, Parts, Further Processing) (AFANACAI)
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Where HG Group is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Cairo
- HQ country
- Egypt
- HQ region
- Africa
Markets served
HG Group business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel
HG Group product offering
Product offeringCore offering
HG Group is an agricultural company that predominantly grows, markets, and sells broiler hens and hen feeds from its base in Cairo, Egypt. The firm operates with a workforce of 1,001-5,000 and combines livestock production with feed manufacturing as its primary commercial activities.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Broiler hens Broiler hens grown and marketed by HG Group as a commercial poultry product for buyers in Egypt.
- Hen feeds Hen feed products produced and sold by HG Group as animal nutrition products for the poultry industry.
Companies that use HG Group
Customer profileIdeal customer profiles1 record
HG Group technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
HG Group competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Pilgrim's Pride: One of the largest US and international poultry producers, vertically integrated from feed through processing. Comparable business model archetype to HG Group's broiler operation.
- Tyson Foods: Global integrated poultry and protein giant. Useful benchmark for what scaled vertical integration in broilers and feed looks like, though at vastly greater scale and US-centric.
- Juhayna Food Industries: Leading Egyptian dairy and juice producer that has also expanded into poultry and other protein categories. Broader food portfolio but operates in the same Egyptian protein market.
- Charoen Pokphand Foods: Thailand-based fully integrated poultry and feed conglomerate with emerging-market operations. Comparable as a vertically integrated broiler-and-feed operator serving price-sensitive protein markets.
Direct peers
- Wadi Group: Egyptian food and agribusiness group with major poultry and feed operations, including broiler production and feed milling. Closely comparable vertically integrated Egyptian poultry business.
- Cairo Poultry Group: One of Egypt's largest vertically integrated poultry producers, operating broiler farms, hatcheries, feed mills, and processing. Highly comparable to HG Group in product mix, geography, and business model.
- Al Waha for Poultry: Egyptian poultry producer focused on broiler chickens and related feed. Directly comparable as a domestic Egyptian broiler competitor with similar scope.
Others
- Cobb-Vantress: Primary global poultry breeding/genetics supplier. Comparable as an input supplier in the broiler value chain in which HG Group operates.
- Aviagen: Global poultry breeding company supplying broiler breeding stock. Comparable as a key supplier in the same broiler production ecosystem that HG Group depends on.
Regional players
- Edita Food Industries: Egyptian packaged food company listed on the EGX. Comparable as another Egypt-headquartered, food-sector peer; provides a public-market proxy for Egyptian consumer food business dynamics.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat1 record
Key risks4 records
Key highlights4 records
Customer concentration
HG Group financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
HG Group leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
HG Group funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
HG Group M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about HG Group
What does HG Group do?
HG Group is an agricultural company that predominantly grows, markets, and sells broiler hens and hen feeds from its base in Cairo, Egypt. The firm operates with a workforce of 1,001-5,000 and combines livestock production with feed manufacturing as its primary commercial activities.
When was HG Group founded?
HG Group was founded in 1981. It employs 1,001 to 5,000 people.
Where is HG Group based?
HG Group is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, in the Africa region.
Who are HG Group's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Pilgrim's Pride, Tyson Foods, Juhayna Food Industries and Charoen Pokphand Foods. Direct peers are Wadi Group, Cairo Poultry Group and Al Waha for Poultry. Others are Cobb-Vantress and Aviagen. Edita Food Industries is listed as a regional player.
Does HG Group have an API?
No public API is recorded for HG Group.
What industry is HG Group in?
HG Group's product category is Poultry Production. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFAEADAA, Broiler Chicken Production (Meat Birds), with a secondary code of AFANACAI, Broiler Processing (Whole Bird, Parts, Further Processing). Its NAICS code is 112320 and its SIC code is 200.