About 10,000 are wholesale operations. The largest 2,000 farms produce 65 percent of total industry revenue.
Most producers are small, with growing operations attached to an on-premises retail store.
The low prices that big-box retailers charge for their limited selection of plants affect the prices of all plants at other retail outlets in an area. Smaller producers with less-efficient operations are therefore being forced into more specialized plants with better margins but smaller demand. Learn more about the Nursery industry's hot topics, trends, developments, threats, challenges, benchmarking, web site links, and more by ordering this Industry Profile . Inc. This data cannot be copied, sold or distributed in any manner without the written permission of First Research, Inc.