The total number of active livestock and poultry slaughterhouses in Georgia in the I quarter of 2026 was 111, of which 21.6% were located in Kakheti region, 17.1% in Imereti region, 16.2% in Shida Kartli region, 16.2 percent in Kvemo Kartli region, 8.1% in Samegrelo Zemo Svaneti region, 7.2% in Mtskheta-Mtianeti region and the remaining 13.5 — in other regions, - according to the preliminary data from the National Statistics office of Georgia (Geostat).
According to the survey, 113.9 thousand heads of livestock were slaughtered in slaughterhouses in the I quarter of 2026, of which 29.5 percent were cattle, 64.0 percent – pigs and 3.4 percent – sheep and goats. The share of other livestock (excluding poultry) slaughtered was 3.1 percent.
In addition, the number of poultry slaughtered in slaughterhouses during the reporting period amounted to 2 332.2 thousand.
In total 13.5 thousand tons of meet (i.e. slaughtered weight, including poultry meat) was produced by slaughterhouses during the I quarter of 2026, of which 30.1 percent was beef, 28.6 percent – poultry, 40.8 percent – pork, 0.4 percent – mutton and goat meat, while the share of other meet was negligible.
The service was provided to 7.8 thousand persons, 53.6 percent of which were households. Average monthly number of persons employed in slaughterhouses equaled 1 027 persons. The average prices of the slaughter services were: 42.9 GEL per cattle, 34.0 GEL per pig, and 13.4 GEL per sheep or goat.
