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Saudi Arabia
August 2026

Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market Size, Share & Forecast, By Product Type, End User & Technology, 2026–2032

2032

Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market is valued at USD 3,108 Mn in 2025 and projected to reach USD 4,612 Mn by 2032, driven by poultry, livestock, aquaculture and specialized nutrition.

Report Details

Base Year

2025

Pages

96

Region

Saudi Arabia

Author

Ken Research

Product Code
KR-RPT-V02-02600

CHAPTER 1 - MARKET SUMMARY

Market Overview

The Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market connects grain procurement, feed milling, animal nutrition, distribution and livestock production. Demand is anchored by intensive poultry production, where national broiler output reached approximately 1.3 million tons in 2024, up 12.9% year over year. Large recurring feed requirements make formulation efficiency, feed conversion and supply reliability commercially important procurement criteria.

Riyadh Region is the leading domestic production cluster because it combines large poultry, dairy and livestock operations with feed manufacturing and national distribution. The region produced approximately 359.7 thousand tons of broiler chicken in 2024 and around 1.6 billion liters of raw milk, supporting high-capacity feed mills, shorter farm-delivery distances and concentrated technical-sales activity.

Market Value

USD 3,108 million

2025

Dominant Region

Riyadh Region

2025

Dominant Segment

Compound Feed

fastest growing commercial product segment, 2025

Total Number of Players

231

Future Outlook

The Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market is projected to expand from USD 3,108 million in 2025 to USD 4,612 million by 2032, representing a forecast CAGR of 5.80%. The 2031 market-size milestone is projected at USD 4,359 million. This follows an estimated historical CAGR of 5.30% during 2020-2025. Growth is expected to be supported by poultry localization, greater penetration of formulated livestock feed, expansion of aquaculture, more specialized nutrition and higher technical-feed intensity. Commercial feed volume is modeled to rise from 12.18 million tons in 2025 to approximately 16.25 million tons by 2032.

Value growth is expected to outpace tonnage growth as compound feeds, performance formulations, premixes, enzymes, amino acids, probiotics, toxin binders and species-specific products capture a larger portion of expenditure. The blended average selling price is modeled to increase from USD 255.2 per ton in 2025 to about USD 283.9 per ton in 2032. Larger suppliers with grain-storage infrastructure, long-term procurement capabilities, automated formulation and technical farm support should gain relative advantages, while commodity-focused operators will remain exposed to international corn, barley, soybean meal and freight movements.

5.80%

Forecast CAGR

$4,612 Mn

2030 Projection

Base Year

2025

Historical Period

2020-2025

Forecast Period

2025-2032

Historical CAGR

5.30%

CHAPTER 2 - SCOPE OF REPORT

Scope of the Market

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CHAPTER 3 - Key Stakeholders

Key Target Audience

Key stakeholders who can leverage from this market analysis for investment, strategy, and operational planning.

Investors

CAGR, capacity utilization, margins, commodity exposure, consolidation risk

Corporates

procurement cost, conversion efficiency, formulation, distribution, customer retention

Government

food security, compliance, water efficiency, imports, supply resilience

Operators

mill utilization, inventory, formulation, logistics, quality assurance

Financial institutions

project finance, covenants, commodity risk, demand stability

What You'll Gain

  • Market sizing and trajectory
  • Policy and compliance mapping
  • Trade exposure indicators
  • Segment structure and levers
  • Competitive landscape shortlist
  • CEO-grade risk priorities

80+

Pages of insights

CHAPTER 4 - Market Size & Growth

Market Size, Growth Forecast and Trends

This section evaluates the historical market size, analyzes year-over-year growth dynamics, and presents forecast projections supported by market performance indicators and demand-side drivers.

Historical & Projected Market Size ($ Million)

Year-over-Year Growth Rate (%)

Market Value vs Volume Growth (%)

Historical Market Performance (2020-2025)

Historical expansion reflected higher commercial poultry output, recovery in livestock activity and a gradual shift toward manufactured nutrition. Commercial feed volume is modeled to have increased from approximately 10.11 million tons in 2020 to 12.18 million tons in 2025. The strongest structural inflection occurred as broiler production accelerated, reaching 1.3 million tons in 2024, while 22.1 million sheep, 7.3 million goats and 2.24 million camels sustained substantial ruminant feed demand. Greater premix and formulation intensity supported value growth above tonnage growth.

Forecast Market Outlook (2025-2032)

The forecast assumes a 5.80% value CAGR against approximately 4.20% annual commercial-volume expansion, reflecting higher value density rather than commodity inflation alone. Commercial feed volume is projected to reach about 16.25 million tons by 2032, while the blended ASP increases to roughly USD 283.9 per ton. Processed-feed penetration is expected to rise materially as complete rations, precision formulation, extruded aquafeed and specialty additives replace part of direct-fed grain consumption. Poultry localization and aquaculture investment provide the strongest structural demand catalysts.

CHAPTER 5 - Market Data

Market Breakdown

The market is transitioning from bulk grain-led feeding toward increasingly formulated nutrition, with volume expansion complemented by improvements in product mix. For CEOs and investors, the principal value-creation levers are feed throughput, blended price realization and penetration of processed or technical feed products.

Market Breakdown

Historical Data (2020-2024) • Base Data (2025) • Forecast Data (2026-2032)

Year
Market Size (USD Mn)
YoY Growth (%)
Feed Volume (Mn Tons)
Blended ASP (USD/Ton)
Processed Feed Share (%)
Period
2020$2,401 Mn+-10.11237.5
$#%
Forecast
2021$2,528 Mn+5.29%10.49240.9
$#%
Forecast
2022$2,662 Mn+5.30%10.89244.4
$#%
Forecast
2023$2,803 Mn+5.30%11.30248.0
$#%
Forecast
2024$2,952 Mn+5.32%11.73251.5
$#%
Forecast
2025$3,108 Mn+5.28%12.18255.2
$#%
Forecast
2026$3,288 Mn+5.79%12.69259.1
$#%
Forecast
2027$3,479 Mn+5.81%13.22263.1
$#%
Forecast
2028$3,681 Mn+5.81%13.78267.1
$#%
Forecast
2029$3,894 Mn+5.79%14.36271.2
$#%
Forecast
2030$4,120 Mn+5.80%14.96275.4
$#%
Forecast
2031$4,359 Mn+5.80%15.59279.6
$#%
Forecast
2032$4,612 Mn+5.80%16.25283.9
$#%
Forecast

Feed Volume

12.18 million tons, 2025, Saudi Arabia. Scale rewards grain procurement, port storage and mill utilization. Broiler chicken production reached approximately 1.3 million tons in 2024, reinforcing recurring feed throughput requirements.

Blended ASP

USD 255.2 per ton, 2025, Saudi Arabia. Product-mix improvement can support pricing even when grain prices normalize. Feed accounts for approximately 70% of broiler production costs, making performance-based formulation economically material to farms.

Processed Feed Share

48%, 2025, Saudi Arabia. Higher formulated-feed penetration increases technical differentiation and customer retention. Feed-product availability reached approximately 5,022 registered products in H1 2025, 60% above H1 2024.

CHAPTER 6 - Segmentation

Market Segmentation Framework

Comprehensive analysis across key dimensions providing insights into market structure, consumer preferences, and distribution patterns.

No of Segments

7

Dominant Segment

Product Type

Fastest Growing Segment

Technology

Product Type

Compound Feed
$%
Feed Grains
$%
Forage and Fibers
$%
Feed Additives
$%

Application

Growth and Finishing
$%
Lactation and Milk Yield
$%
Breeding and Reproduction
$%
Health and Performance
$%

End User

Poultry Farms
$%
Dairy and Cattle Farms
$%
Sheep, Goat and Camel Farms
$%
Aquaculture Farms
$%

Technology

Pelleting and Crumbling
$%
Extrusion
$%
Mash and Meal Processing
$%
Precision Formulation
$%

Price Tier

Economy Feed
$%
Standard Commercial Feed
$%
Performance Feed
$%
Specialty Therapeutic Feed
$%

Distribution Channel

Direct Mill Contracts
$%
Agricultural Distributors
$%
Cooperative and Feed Markets
$%
Digital and Farm-Delivery
$%

Geography

Riyadh Region
$%
Qassim and Hail
$%
Western Region
$%
Eastern and Southern Regions
$%

Key Segmentation Takeaways

Comprehensive analysis across all extracted segmentation dimensions providing insights into market structure, consumer preferences, and distribution patterns.

Product Type

Compound feed is commercially dominant because it combines recurring farm demand with measurable productivity outcomes, formulation differentiation and stronger supplier retention. Feed grains and forage remain major volume pools but carry greater commodity exposure. Feed additives provide higher value density through premixes, minerals, amino acids, enzymes and performance solutions, allowing manufacturers to compete beyond raw tonnage.

Technology

Precision formulation is expected to expand fastest as livestock and poultry producers focus on feed conversion, heat-stress resilience, animal health and predictable output. Species-specific nutrient balancing, enzymes, probiotics, toxin management and digital formulation increase technical differentiation. Extrusion also benefits from aquaculture expansion, where floating, sinking and species-specific feeds require greater processing capability than traditional mash formulations.

CHAPTER 7 - Regional Analysis

Regional Analysis

Saudi Arabia ranks first among the selected Gulf peer markets by modeled 2025 animal-feed value, supported by the largest poultry and ruminant production base in the comparison set. Domestic milling capacity, grain-import infrastructure and food-security investment reinforce the country's scale advantage. kenresearch.com

Focus Country Ranking

1st

Focus Country Market Size

USD 3,108 Mn

Saudi Arabia CAGR (2026-2032)

5.80%

Regional Analysis (Current Year)

Regional Analysis Comparison

MetricSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesOmanKuwaitQatar
Market Size (USD Mn, 2025)3,1082,720690420220
CAGR (%)5.80%2.50%5.00%8.50%6.80%
Poultry Meat Availability (kg/capita, 2024E)46.942.037.044.048.0
Commercial Feed Capacity (Mn tons/year, 2025E)12.02.01.00.50.3

Market Position

Saudi Arabia ranks 1st among selected Gulf peers at USD 3,108 million, supported by approximately 1.3 million tons of broiler output and more than 22 million sheep. kenresearch.com

Growth Advantage

Saudi Arabia's 5.80% forecast CAGR positions it above the modeled UAE rate of 2.50% and Oman's 5.00%, while smaller Gulf markets expand from substantially lower revenue bases. kenresearch.com

Competitive Strengths

Saudi Arabia combines large-scale feed production with ARASCO alone operating 4 million tons of annual compound-feed capacity and livestock-project financing exceeding USD 533 million in 2024.

CHAPTER 8 - INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

Growth Drivers, Challenges & Opportunities

Comprehensive analysis of key factors shaping the Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market, including growth catalysts, operational challenges, and emerging opportunities across production, distribution, and consumer segments.

Growth Drivers

Poultry Production Localization

  • Broiler production increased 12.9% year over year (2024, Saudi Arabia), expanding consumption of starter, grower and finisher feeds and increasing capacity requirements across integrated poultry supply chains.
  • Table-egg production exceeded 8.4 billion eggs (2024, Saudi Arabia), supporting sustained layer-feed demand for calcium, amino acids, enzymes, premixes and productivity-oriented nutrition products.
  • National poultry production is expected to exceed 1.5 million tons (2026, Saudi Arabia), with self-sufficiency above 76%, reinforcing demand for locally available and technically consistent feed.

Shift Toward Manufactured Complete Feed

  • The national sheep population exceeded 22 million head (2024, Saudi Arabia), creating a large addressable base for complete rations that reduce nutritional inconsistency and feed wastage.
  • Saudi Arabia recorded approximately 7.3 million goats and 2.24 million camels (2024, Saudi Arabia), supporting specialized ruminant products outside the intensive poultry segment.
  • Feed represents approximately 70% of broiler production cost (2024/25 benchmark, Saudi Arabia), increasing the economic value of formulations that improve conversion, mortality and growth consistency.

Regulatory Digitization and Product Expansion

  • Feed-product availability rose from 3,141 to 5,022 items (H1 2024-H1 2025, Saudi Arabia), enabling greater specialization by animal, life stage, performance objective and formulation.
  • Feed registrations have a 5-year certificate validity period (current regulation, Saudi Arabia), supporting lifecycle management and formal product traceability for compliant manufacturers and importers.
  • The official feed database covers products for poultry, cattle, dairy, sheep, goats, camels and other animals, broadening the addressable technical-nutrition portfolio across multiple regulated species categories (2026, Saudi Arabia).

Market Challenges

Imported Grain and Protein Exposure

  • Record corn imports reached approximately 5.0 million tons (MY 2023/24, Saudi Arabia), demonstrating the market's material exposure to ocean freight, exporter availability and global crop pricing.
  • Barley feed and residual consumption was estimated at approximately 3.0 million tons (MY 2024/25, Saudi Arabia), adding another globally sourced bulk commodity to producer procurement exposure.
  • Argentina, Brazil and the United States accounted for approximately 50%, 33% and 17% of early MY 2024/25 corn imports, concentrating sourcing dependence among three major corridors.

Commodity Volatility and Working-Capital Intensity

  • Commercial processors historically increase corn inclusion by up to 40% when prices reach USD 230-240 per ton, showing how formulation economics respond directly to commodity spreads.
  • Corn CFR prices reached approximately USD 340 per ton (MY 2022/23, Saudi Arabia), encouraging substitution toward wheat bran, alfalfa and soy hulls and increasing formulation complexity.
  • Nutrition can represent around 70% of broiler production cost (industry benchmark, Saudi Arabia), limiting farms' ability to absorb rapid feed-price increases and increasing supplier pressure on working capital.

Water Constraints and Domestic Feed-Grain Limits

  • Domestic corn occupied approximately 31 thousand hectares (MY 2024/25, Saudi Arabia), illustrating the limited domestic base relative to multi-million-ton feed requirements.
  • Average corn yield was approximately 4.4 tons per hectare (MY 2024/25, Saudi Arabia), but national policy discourages expansion of water-intensive feed crops, limiting conventional import substitution.
  • Only approximately 36.5 thousand tons of yellow corn (MY 2023/24, Saudi Arabia) was identified for animal-feed use, reinforcing the strategic importance of resilient external grain procurement.

Market Opportunities

Premiumization Through Precision Nutrition

  • Suppliers can monetize higher-value premixes, amino acids, enzymes and mineral products as feed choice expanded 60% year over year (H1 2025, Saudi Arabia), reducing dependence on commodity tonnage margins.
  • Farm customers benefit because feed represents approximately 70% of broiler production costs, allowing measurable feed-conversion improvement to produce meaningful operating-cost savings.
  • Commercialization requires compliant product development and registration, including renewal after the 5-year registration period (current, Saudi Arabia), favoring suppliers with regulatory and technical infrastructure.

Integrated Grain Procurement and Storage

  • Processors with port storage can monetize procurement scale across corn, barley and protein meals; ARASCO reports approximately 5 million tons of raw-material handling capacity.
  • Feed manufacturers gain resilience from diversified sourcing because the three leading corn origins accounted for essentially 100% of reported early MY 2024/25 imports.
  • Realizing the opportunity requires stronger hedging, inventory finance and procurement analytics, particularly where major processors maintain at least three months of corn inventory to manage disruption risk.

Aquafeed and Specialized Marine Nutrition

  • Investment initiatives equivalent to approximately USD 347 million target aquaculture infrastructure, supporting demand for extruded shrimp and fish feeds, hatchery nutrition and specialized additives.
  • Producers and investors benefit from approximately 2,600 km of coastline and stated aquaculture-development potential of several million tons, enabling coastal feed-processing clusters and export-oriented production.
  • Sector plans target up to 24 thousand jobs and 50% Saudization, while feed mills form part of the required infrastructure, supporting localized technical capability and aquafeed manufacturing.

CHAPTER 9 - Competitive Landscape

Competitive Landscape Overview

Competition combines large national feed processors, integrated agribusiness groups, specialist manufacturers and listed milling companies, with grain-procurement scale, formulation capability, quality systems, production efficiency and nationwide distribution forming the principal competitive barriers.

Market Share Distribution

Arabian Agricultural Services Company (ARASCO Feed)
Maram Feed Factory
United Feed Manufacturing Company
FEEDCO Investment Company

Top 5 Players

1
Arabian Agricultural Services Company (ARASCO Feed)
!$*
2
Maram Feed Factory
^&
3
United Feed Manufacturing Company
#@
4
FEEDCO Investment Company
$
5
Tanmiah Food Company
&@$
Combined Share$%

Market Dynamics

Local Players70%
Regional/Int'l30%

8 new entrants in the past 5 years, indicating strong market attractiveness and growth potential.

Company Profiles (Top 10 Players)
Company Name
Market Share
Headquarters
Founding Year
Core Market Focus
Arabian Agricultural Services Company (ARASCO Feed)
-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia1983Compound poultry, dairy, livestock and aquaculture feed
Maram Feed Factory
---Livestock, poultry and aquaculture feed manufacturing
United Feed Manufacturing Company
-Yanbu, Saudi Arabia2013Port-linked compound livestock feed manufacturing
FEEDCO Investment Company
-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia1983Feed milling and livestock nutrition solutions
Tanmiah Food Company
-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-Poultry feed, animal health and integrated agribusiness
Modern Mills for Food Products Company
-Jeddah, Saudi Arabia-Animal feed, bran and grain-based nutrition products
Fourth Milling Company
-Dammam, Saudi Arabia2017Animal feed, bran and grain milling products
Nafa Feeds
-Dammam, Saudi Arabia2009Livestock, poultry and bird-feed production
NAF Feed Company
-Al Rass, Saudi Arabia2015Prepared animal-feed manufacturing
Saudi Feed Premixes Company (Saudi Mix)
-Dammam, Saudi Arabia-Premixes, vitamins, minerals, concentrates and additives

Cross Comparison Parameters

The report provides detailed cross-comparison of key players across 10 performance parameters to identify competitive strengths and weaknesses.

1

Annual Feed Production Capacity

2

Feed Conversion Efficiency

3

Feed Revenue Growth

4

EBITDA Margin

Analysis Covered

Market Share Analysis:

Estimates relative positions using capacity, volume, contracts and distribution reach

Cross Comparison Matrix:

Benchmarks operating scale, efficiency, growth and profitability across leading competitors

SWOT Analysis:

Evaluates sourcing resilience, formulation capability, channels, compliance and execution risks

Pricing Strategy Analysis:

Compares commodity, performance, specialty and contract pricing across customer segments

Company Profiles:

Reviews ownership, facilities, product portfolios, geography and strategic market positioning

CHAPTER 10 - REPORT TOC

Table of Contents

96Pages
34Chapters
10Companies Profiled
7Segmentation Types

Phase 1
Market Assessment Phase

11

Chapters

Supply-side and competitive intelligence covering market sizing, segmentation, competitive dynamics, regulatory landscape, and future forecasts.

Phase 2
Go-To-Market Strategy Phase

15

Chapters

Entry strategy evaluation, execution roadmap, partner recommendations, and profitability outlook.

Complete Report Coverage

201+ detailed sections covering every aspect of the market

143

Assessment Sections

58

Strategy Sections

CHAPTER 11 - Our Approach

Research Methodology

Desk Research

  • Reviewed Saudi livestock production statistics
  • Analyzed feed-grain import balances
  • Mapped registered feed product categories
  • Benchmarked mill capacities and portfolios

Primary Research

  • Interviewed feed-mill general managers
  • Consulted animal nutrition directors
  • Engaged livestock feed procurement managers
  • Surveyed agricultural feed distributors

Validation and Triangulation

  • Validated findings across 290 respondents
  • Reconciled feed production and consumption
  • Cross-checked ingredient and product pricing
  • Tested capacity utilization assumptions

CHAPTER 12 - FAQ

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