Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping consumer goods in Austin. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
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34 of 420 tracked companies have open roles.
89 of 420 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 140 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 26.4% of disclosed capital, while 78.8% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $41.16M | 18 | 16 |
| 2017 | $73.27M | 21 | 12 |
| 2018 | $95.84M | 20 | 13 |
| 2019 | $149.22M | 28 | 16 |
| 2020 | $38.94M | 20 | 7 |
| 2021 | $110.74M | 18 | 12 |
| 2022 | $46.25M | 21 | 9 |
| 2023 | $76.97M | 14 | 16 |
| 2024 | $105M | 2 | 15 |
| 2025 | $129.72M | 3 | 12 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
159 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in consumer goods company rounds since 2016.
Backed by .
Backed by Stripes.
Backed by Stride Consumer.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by CIC Partners and Morgan Stanley and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Main Post Partners.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Morgan Stanley.
Backed by Paine Schwartz Partners and Sequel Holdings and others.
Backed by Charles Street Investment Partners and Kings Of Leon and others.
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.
FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 2 reporting entities from 5 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not Austin market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
None of 2 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
FY2025 · 2 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hormel Foods ↗48465 | $12,106.2m | $478.2m | +4.0% | — | — |
| Vital Farms ↗1579733 | $759.4m | $66.3m | +8.7% | — | — |
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| Industry | Covered / eligible | Revenue total | Median revenue | Net profit / loss | Aggregate margin | Profitable share | Overlap |
|---|
Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.
Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.
The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.
Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.
How the Austin companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
8 of the 420 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (1.9%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 435,103 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| yeti coolersyeti.com | 3,993,595 | 74 | 72% |
| Made In Cookwaremadeincookware.com | 1,281,438 | 53 | 72% |
| Starforge Systemsstarforgesystems.com | 823,220 | 42 | 47.8% |
| Tiff\'s Treatscookiedelivery.com | 606,507 | 49 | 89.7% |
| Gratsigratsi.com | 263,699 | 34 | 94.6% |
| Sherri Hill Fashionsherrihill.com | 81,784 | 49 | 32.3% |
| Kettle And Firekettleandfire.com | 44,102 | 45 | 41.1% |
| Das Keyboarddaskeyboard.com | 40,659 | 44 | 22.4% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
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Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
5 companies hiring · $146.43M disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Hormel Foods is acquiring Kraft Heinz’s nut business, which includes the Planters brand, for $3.35 billion in cash.
The bell ringing will commemorate Virtuix’s listing on the Nasdaq, which began trading on January 27, 2026.
private equity player TSG re-entered the fray by buying Phlur
Anheuser-Busch InBev is paying up to $490 million for a majority stake in BeatBox Beverages in a deal that puts the Bud Light brewer on path to full ownership of the party punch maker popular with Generation Z.
Yeti has acquired the intellectual property of Southwest Florida-based shaker bottle company, Helimix.
Manna just announced a growth equity investment in Vital Farms, a company that specializes in the pasture raised egg market. Financial terms were not released.
Exo, a Silicon Valley-based medical imaging startup, is finalizing a funding round of up to $100 million to expand its AI-enhanced handheld ultrasound platform.
SG Credit Partners, through its consumer products division, welcomed Serenity Kids to its portfolio. SG provided a debt facility that will support Serenity Kids’ continued innovation and retail expansion.
MegaMex Foods L.L.C., a joint venture between Hormel Foods Corp. and Herdez Del Fuerte S.A. de C.V., is in the process of acquiring Don Miguel Foods Corp. from TSG4 L.P., a private equity fund.
Nestlé Waters North America Inc., Stamford, Conn., has signed an agreement to acquire the Austin-based Sweet Leaf Tea Co., which includes the Sweet Leaf and Tradewinds beverage brands.
Top 10 categories among 393 recorded events in the 24-month window.
2 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · Nasdaq3 reports
IPO · New York Stock Exchange1 reports
27 tracked people moves
Appointment Enterprise-wide Chief Marketing Officer
Appointment SVP, CFO and Treasurer
Resignation Previously Chief Financial Officer
Appointment Vice President of Global Food Safety and Quality Management
Retirement Previously Vice President of Global Food Safety and Quality Management
Appointment Board of Directors
Appointment Managing Director of International Sales
Resignation Previously Managing Director of International Sales
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
AI‑driven supply chain platform
Functional beverage
1 recorded customer wins
Customer: general motorsAutomotive manufacturing
2 companies with reported reductions
73 rolescost reduction
250 rolesrestructuring
1 recorded events
approved
3 tracked suits
pork price and supply manipulation by processors through Agri Stats reportingClass Action · Ongoing
Potential violations of federal securities lawsClass Action · Ongoing
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 135 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hormel Foods→justin’s | Announced | 2026-05-18 | Not stated in snapshot |
| anheuser-busch inbev→BeatBox Beverages ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-23 | $490.0M |
| Hormel Foods→Kraft Heinz’s nut business | Announced | 2026-04-15 | $3.4B |
| No Sleep Beverage Inc.→Nine Banded Whiskey ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-09 | Not stated in snapshot |
| life-science innovations→Hormel Foods ↗ | Announced | 2026-02-23 | Not stated in snapshot |
| tsg→PHLUR ↗ | Announced | 2026-01-02 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
955 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 1,145-posting snapshot covers 45 employers.
32 tracked postings mention remote work.
250 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 1,145 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 45 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Hormel Foods ↗ | 20,000 |
| Tiff\'s Treats ↗ | 2,000 |
| yeti coolers ↗ | 922 |
| Tito\'s Handmade Vodka ↗ | 366 |
| Vital Farms ↗ | 213 |
| KOMPAN Inc Americas ↗ | 155 |
| Uplift Desk ↗ | 118 |
| Pinthouse ↗ | 113 |
182 founders and chief executives across 146 companies.
Siete Family Foods, ex-G7 Athletics, ex-Mobiledoc, The University of Texas School of Law, 2012
Founder Aspie Power, ex-OneTaste, Co-Founder Growin' Together Hands-On Afterschool, LifeWorks…
Broad Reach Consulting, ex- Co-Founder Sweet Leaf Tea. The University of Texas 1997
Founder Kate Farms.
Ex-JP Morgan, Katoen Natie. Rice Business MBA 2010, Ghent University 2006
Ex-29 Agency, Merrick Pet Care. Texas A&M University BSc 2001.
Ex-Brewery Ommegang, Diageo, JH Whitney, Marakon Associates. Princeton University BA 1997, The Wharton School MBA 2004
ex-Conde Nast Publications, Bon Appetit Magazine, Glamour Magazine, Lifetime Magazine. Parsons School of Design, Princeton University 1994
Ex- Red Hat, Recyclebank, Greenopolis. University of Houston BFA 2009
ex- Founder Hey Cupcake . St. Edward's University BBA 2006.
DeepIntent, ex-Propel Media, Future Ads, Local.com. University of Southern California BSc
Ex-Dubizzle.com, Big Media Group, Hibernia National Bank. Louisiana State University BSc 2003
12 profiles with education records.
6 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
22,811 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Consumer Goods coverage tagged Austin · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 4,737 |
| 2021Q3 | 5,879 |
| 2021Q4 | 4,504 |
| 2022Q1 | 6,086 |
| 2022Q2 | 6,877 |
| 2022Q3 | 4,894 |
| 2022Q4 | 5,443 |
| 2023Q1 | 6,955 |
| 2023Q2 | 6,851 |
| 2023Q3 | 5,726 |
| 2023Q4 | 6,797 |
| 2024Q1 | 7,309 |
| 2024Q2 | 7,352 |
| 2024Q3 | 6,668 |
| 2024Q4 | 7,692 |
| 2025Q1 | 9,990 |
| 2025Q2 | 6,549 |
| 2025Q3 | 8,648 |
| 2025Q4 | 5,630 |
| 2026Q1 | 6,014 |
| 2026Q2 | 2,519 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
716 recorded company events across 19 companies; percentages use that event total.
Consumer Goods coverage tagged Austin · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
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| ncaa updates | 6,817 | 12,639 | -46% |
| college football finals | 3,726 | 11,472 | -68% |
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32.4% critical · 44.2% positiveConsumer Goods coverage tagged Austin. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 3 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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