Food DistributionAmerican Samoa

StarKist Samoa, Inc.

Food Distribution · Pago Pago, AS

American Samoa's remaining tuna cannery and largest private employer, with roughly 1,700-2,000 workers as of 2026; StarKist purchased the former Samoa Tuna Processors Atu'u plant outright in January 2026, consolidating both of the territory's canneries under one operator.

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American Samoa

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About American Samoa

American Samoa is the only U.S. territory south of the equator, and its economy is anchored by one real, massive industrial fact most Americans have never heard of: StarKist has operated a tuna cannery in Pago Pago for decades, historically one of the territory's largest private employers. A single-industry American economy, genuinely overlooked because of where it sits on the map.

Region Stats

Total firms 8

VC / investors 0

Companies 7

Schools 1

Known For

Tuna Canning

The Only US Territory in the Southern Hemisphere