There are two types of flocks in the Hungarian sheep industry. The breeding programmes are going on in the breeding/registered flocks and their results are also used on the commercial farms. The breeding flock of the sheep industry consist of 100 farms with more than 50,000 ewes belonging to twenty different breeds and some crossbreds. Almost 7,000 sheep flocks can be found in Hungary and the most important data of the studied 634 farms are evaluated. The infrastructure and the organizations of both types of farms along with the breeds, breeding programmes, flock sizes and status of properties, management, genetic improvement programmes and financing data are presented.