Moy Park is aiming to “crash through the next glass ceiling” and become Northern Ireland’s first £2bn company, Ulster Business can reveal.

It comes as the poultry giant returned to the number one position in this year’s Ulster Business Top 100 Northern Ireland Companies, in association with KPMG.

“Undoubtedly… our ambition is still around growth,” Justin Coleman, director, Moy Park told Ulster Business.

“And from a growth standpoint given that we operate in a in a category that’s got those key elements around affordability, health, versatility from a consumer standpoint.

“And so there’s absolutely no reason we shouldn’t crash through the next glass ceiling.”

The firm posted sales of £1.88bn for the last published set of accounts, with pre-tax profits of £18.7m.

Moy Park dropped off the top spot in last year’s Ulster Business Top 100 Northern Ireland Companies, in association with KPMG – coming in at the number two spot, overtaken by W&R Barnett.

Looking ahead, Mr Coleman says the firm will return with stronger numbers again in the recent past trading period.

“It’s out the back of a number of very difficult years… starting with the pandemic,” Justin said.

Read the full interview in the Top 100 Northern Ireland Companies 2024 edition, in association with KPMG, which is out now.