Al Watania Poultry

What Al Watania Poultry does

Al Watania Poultry is a private Egyptian poultry production and processing company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Giza, Egypt. The company produces and processes a broad poultry product portfolio that includes fresh, frozen, chilled, marinated, and ready-to-eat chicken, as well as table eggs, indicating a vertically integrated operation spanning live production through value-added processing. With a reported headcount of 501-1000 employees, the company operates at mid-scale within the Egyptian poultry sector, where it serves domestic retail, foodservice, and household consumers.

The company's business model centers on commodity and semi-processed protein production; no pricing structure, distribution channel breakdown, customer segmentation, or revenue model details are disclosed in the available data. The product mix across multiple formats (fresh, frozen, chilled, marinated, ready-to-eat) suggests multi-channel distribution and some value-added positioning beyond raw commodity supply. However, the input source provides no information on production capacity, supply chain structure, certifications, branding, geographic footprint beyond Egypt, or ownership details. The company website returned only a verification/loading page during data collection, leaving a significant gap in confirmable first-party information. No technology stack, proprietary processes, digital capabilities, or AI/ML applications are referenced. Strategic moves beyond the founding event are not documented in the available material.

Name

Al Watania Poultry

Website

https://www.alwatania-egy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Al Watania Poultry is a private Egyptian poultry producer and processor founded in 2006 and headquartered in Giza, producing fresh, frozen, chilled, marinated, ready-to-eat chicken and table eggs for the Egyptian consumer market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Poultry Processing

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615), Poultry and Egg Production (1123)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Poultry Operations (Vertically Integrated Farms) (AFAEADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Poultry Processing & Packing (AFAKALAC), Poultry Wholesale (Whole Birds, Parts) (AFAIADAC), Broiler Processing (Whole Bird, Parts, Further Processing) (AFANACAI), Layer Hen Egg Production (Table Eggs) (AFAEADAB)

Keywords

• Poultry production
• Chicken processing
• Table eggs
• Ready-to-eat meals
• Frozen poultry

Headquarters

HQ city

Gîza

HQ country

Egypt

HQ region

Africa

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Al Watania Poultry (Egypt) produces and processes poultry, offering fresh, frozen, chilled, marinated, ready-to-eat chicken and table eggs. The company is a vertically integrated poultry operation based in Giza, Egypt, established in 2006, with a workforce of 501-1,000 employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fresh Chicken Freshly processed chicken products for retail consumers and food retailers in Egypt.
• Frozen Chicken Frozen chicken products packaged for longer shelf life, sold to consumers and food retailers.
• Chilled Chicken Refrigerated chilled chicken products for retail and household consumption.
• Marinated Chicken Pre-seasoned, marinated chicken products offering convenience for household cooking and foodservice preparation.
• Ready-to-Eat Chicken Fully cooked, ready-to-eat chicken products for convenient meal solutions targeted at consumers.
• Table Eggs Fresh table eggs sold to households and food retailers in Egypt.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Tanmiah Food Company: Saudi Arabian vertically integrated poultry producer offering fresh and processed chicken plus processed meats. Closely comparable as a MENA-based integrated poultry operator with similar product mix and target customer segments.
• Al Kabeer Group: MENA-based halal meat and poultry processor with frozen, chilled, and value-added chicken products. Operates in overlapping MENA markets and competes for similar foodservice and retail customers with comparable processed chicken formats.
• Arabian Food & Dairy Products (Oman Food): MENA-based integrated poultry and dairy producer serving regional retail and foodservice channels. Comparable in vertical integration (production through processing) and product portfolio overlap in fresh poultry.

Broad incumbents

• Tyson Foods: One of the world's largest vertically integrated poultry processors with fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products. While global rather than MENA-focused, the comparable product mix (whole birds, parts, prepared chicken) and integrated model make it a key industry benchmark.
• JBS: Global protein processor with a significant poultry division (Seara) offering fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products. Provides a reference point for international poultry processor economics and scale benchmarks relevant to Al Watania's product mix.
• BRF (Brasil Foods): Major global poultry and processed foods company with a wide range of fresh, frozen, marinated, and ready-to-eat chicken products. Comparable in product breadth (especially value-added formats) and processing capabilities, though operating at much larger scale internationally.
• 2 Sisters Food Group: European vertically integrated poultry processor supplying fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken to retail and foodservice. Comparable integrated model and product mix, useful as a benchmark for processing economics outside MENA.

Regional players

• Al Islami Foods: MENA-focused halal processed meat and poultry producer with frozen and value-added chicken offerings. Comparable product formats (marinated, ready-to-cook) and overlapping regional customer base, though focused primarily on Gulf markets.
• Egyptian Poultry Company (Egyptian Co. for Poultry): Domestic Egyptian poultry producer operating in the same local market as Al Watania. Most directly comparable in geography and end-market, competing for Egyptian retail and foodservice poultry demand.

Others

• Cargill Protein & Animal Nutrition: Global agribusiness with integrated poultry operations and significant feed input supply that affects industry economics. Relevant as a comparable integrated protein producer and as a feed supplier whose pricing dynamics shape MENA poultry economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/alwatania

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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