By The Numbers
California Floral Leads the Way
California is the top flower-producing state in the country. It’s growers account for most of all domestically grown cut flowers in the United States. Below are statistics that profile the floral industry in California.
- Number of cut-flower and foliage growers in California, 250.
- Number of employees of cut-flower growers, wholesalers and retailers, 14,580.
- Percent of all cut-flowers sold in the United States that are grown in California, 20.
- Percent of all domestically grown flowers sold in this country grown in California, 75.
- Percent of flowers sold to wholesalers and retailers outside the state, 50.
- Annual impact on the state’s economy, $10.3 billion.
- Combined assets of growers, wholesalers and retailers in the sate, $2.6 billion.
- Sales in 2007 of California flowers and foliage, $330 million.
(Source: The Flower Factor, Dec. 10, 2008, Center for the Study of Small Business, California State University-Sacramento. Study funded by the California Cut Flower Commission. Most data from 2007.)
