Horizon Livestock & Poultry Supply

What Horizon Livestock & Poultry Supply does

Horizon Livestock & Poultry Supply is a privately held Canadian specialty retailer serving the livestock and poultry production sector. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Steinbach, Manitoba, the company is categorized as a for-profit business with an estimated 51-100 employees. Its positioning is narrow and trade-focused: per its own description, it is a retailer of farrowing equipment, sow handling products, and animal identification products — categories directly tied to swine breeding operations and livestock traceability.

The company's product offering is concentrated in physical hardware and consumables used on hog and poultry operations rather than in technology, software, or services. No proprietary technology stack, no digital platform, and no software components are disclosed in the source material. The brand domain (horizonhasit.ca) was accessible as a URL reference but the underlying website content returned only a verification/loading screen during data collection, so product-level detail, pricing, and supplier relationships cannot be confirmed from the public web presence captured here.

The revenue model is implicit retail/wholesale distribution of agricultural equipment to livestock and poultry producers. No pricing tiers, customer logos, channel mix, marketing activities, distribution strategy, or segment split were disclosed in the available data. The firm operates from a single identified location in Steinbach, with no confirmed satellite sites, subsidiaries, or parent company. Operating geographies, partnerships, awards, patents, regulatory actions, M&A history, and leadership details are all absent from the source material, leaving the investment-relevant picture limited to the firmographic envelope above.

Name

Horizon Livestock & Poultry Supply

Website

https://horizonhasit.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Horizon Livestock & Poultry Supply is a privately held Canadian specialty retailer, founded in 1996 in Steinbach, Manitoba, selling farrowing equipment, sow handling products, and animal ID supplies to hog and poultry producers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Livestock Equipment

SIC

Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523)

akta.pro primary industry

Livestock & Dairy Equipment (IMAHACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Livestock Performance Monitoring Services (Weighing Programs, BCS, Data Capture) (AFACAEAL)

Keywords

• Livestock equipment
• Poultry equipment
• Farrowing equipment
• Animal identification
• Farm supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Steinbach

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Horizon Livestock & Poultry Supply is a retailer that sells farrowing equipment, sow handling products, and animal identification products to livestock and poultry producers. The company supplies specialized physical equipment and ID solutions for swine farrowing operations and general animal management. It operates as a focused agricultural equipment retailer serving farm customers from Steinbach, Manitoba.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Farrowing Equipment Specialized physical equipment used in swine farrowing operations (the birthing and early care of piglets), sold to commercial hog producers and swine farm operators. Includes farrowing crates, panels, and related hardware used to manage sows and piglets during the farrowing process.
• Sow Handling Products Equipment and supplies used to handle, move, and manage breeding sows in swine operations, sold to commercial hog producers and farm operators. Used to safely move and contain sows during breeding, gestation, and farrowing-related activities.
• Animal ID Products Animal identification tags, markers, and related products used to identify and track individual livestock and poultry animals on farms. Sold to livestock and poultry producers for herd management, traceability, and regulatory compliance.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Expansion highlights1 record

Emerging players

• Gallagher Animal Management: Supplier of livestock identification, weighing, and monitoring solutions. Comparable because Horizon's animal ID products target the same traceability and on-farm data capture use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Big Dutchman: Global leader in livestock housing and feeding equipment for pigs, poultry, and cattle. Comparable because Horizon carries livestock equipment across species, but Big Dutchman operates at much greater scale and broader geographic footprint.
• UFA (United Farmers of Alberta): Large Western Canadian farm supply retailer and co-operative carrying livestock equipment, ID products, and supplies. Comparable retail-channel positioning but at materially larger scale and broader product assortment than Horizon.

Direct peers

• Crystal Spring Hog Equipment: Canadian-based manufacturer and supplier of swine equipment (farrowing, gestation, nursery). Strong peer given shared Canadian/Midwestern customer base and overlapping product lines with Horizon.
• PigTek Pig Equipment Group: Multi-brand swine equipment supplier covering farrowing, gestation, and finishing. Direct peer based on product category overlap with Horizon's farrowing and sow handling offering.
• Norbco Inc. Canadian manufacturer of livestock equipment with a focus on swine housing and handling. Comparable given shared Canadian market and overlapping swine equipment categories.
• Hog Slat: One of North America's largest suppliers of swine production equipment, including farrowing crates, sow handling, and barn infrastructure. Directly comparable as Horizon's primary competitive set in swine-specific hardware.
• Aco Funki: Danish-headquartered swine equipment manufacturer selling farrowing and sow housing systems globally. Comparable product portfolio focused on swine barn equipment to Horizon's customers.
• Allflex Livestock Intelligence: Global leader in livestock animal identification (visual and electronic ID tags, readers). Direct product overlap with Horizon's animal ID category and serves the same traceability-driven customer need.

Regional players

• Farmers Barn & Industrial Supply: Western Canadian farm and livestock supply retailer selling equipment, ID products, and barn supplies. Comparable channel-level retail model serving livestock producers, operating in an adjacent Canadian geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HorizonHasIt

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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