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According to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) livestock survey, there were 15,250 pig farms in Germany as of May 3, 2025, which represents a 2.6% decrease (-400 farms) compared to November 3, 2024. Compared to the previous year, the number of farms decreased by 3.3% (-520 farms). Compared to ten years ago, the number of farms decreased by 41% (-10,600 farms).
The number of pigs raised in Germany on May 3, 2025 was 20.9 million head. Compared to November 3, 2024, the pig herd has decreased by 1.8% (-375,000 head), and by 1.2% compared to the previous year (-256,900 head).
Over the last ten years, the pig herd has decreased significantly, by 25.6% (-7.2 million head), but to a lesser extent than the number of farms. Therefore, the trend towards larger farms continues. In 2015, a farm had an average of 1,100 pigs. Ten years later, this figure has increased to 1,400 head per farm.
By category, there were 9.4 million finishing pigs in Germany as of May 3, 2025, down 0.7%, or 64,500 head, from the previous year. The number of piglets and young pigs decreased by 1.6% or 164,500 head compared to May 2024 to 10.1 million. The number of breeding sows, at 1.4 million head, decreased by 1.3% (-18,200 head) compared to May 2024.
July 1, 2025/ Destatis/ Germany.
https://www.destatis.de/
