$272.1bn
$X.Xbn
155k
4,689
$XX.Xbn
Grocery wholesalers act as a middleman between food producers and retailers. Improving per capita disposable income has allowed consumers to trade up to more expensive options at grocery stores or switch to dining out. Grocery wholesalers benefit either way as they distribute products to both markets. However, the growing trend of eliminating the middleman has pressured revenue expansion during the period. For this reason, grocery wholesalers' revenue shrunk at a CAGR of an estimated 0.2% to $272.2 billion over the past five years, including an anticipated 0.4% dip in 2024 alone.
Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 0.2 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $272.1bn in 2024.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 | Profit ($m)
2024 | Profit Margin (%)
2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sysco Corporation | 58,431.3 | 1,946.1 | 3.3 | |
Performance Food Group Co | 47,763.6 | 494.2 | 1.0 | |
Us Foods Holding Corp. | 36,301.4 | 706.5 | 1.9 |
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Grocery Wholesaling in the US
Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Fresh meat and meat products, Canned food and Frozen food. Fresh meat and meat products is the largest segment of the Grocery Wholesaling in the US.
Fresh meat and meat products maintain dominant shares of grocery wholesalers' revenue
Grocery wholesalers act as the middlemen between food producers and retailers. They do little to transform products and are intermediaries in merchandise distribution. Wholesalers sell and distribute all general-line grocery products, and industry establishments generally are not specialized. Distributed products usually include dry groceries, perishable food and nonfood products found in grocery stores.
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NAICS 42441 - Grocery Wholesaling in the US
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Rising purchase costs have pressured profit. Supply chain disruptions have increased purchase costs and limited profit growth over the past five years.
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The market size of the Grocery Wholesaling in the US industry in United States is $272.1bn in 2024.
There are 4,689 businesses in the Grocery Wholesaling in the US industry in United States, which has grown at a CAGR of 1.2 % between 2019 and 2024.
The market size of the Grocery Wholesaling in the US industry in United States has been declining at a CAGR of 0.2 % between 2019 and 2024.
Over the next five years, the Grocery Wholesaling in the US industry in United States is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Grocery Wholesaling market in United States are Sysco Corporation, Performance Food Group Co and Us Foods Holding Corp.
Canned food and Fresh meat and meat products are part of the Grocery Wholesaling in the US industry.
The company holding the most market share in United States is Sysco Corporation.
The level of competition is high and increasing in the Grocery Wholesaling in the US industry in United States.