SIC 0181 Ornamental Floriculture and Nursery Products

SIC 0181

This category includes establishments primarily engaged in the production of ornamental plants and other nursery products, such as bedding plants, bulbs, florists' greens, flowers, shrubbery, potted plants, flower and vegetable seeds and plants, and sod. These products may be grown outdoors, or under cover of a greenhouse, frame, cloth house, or lath house.

NAICS CODE(S)

111422

Floriculture Production

111421

Nursery and Tree Production

The floriculture market continued to grow steadily during the mid-2000s, with $5.36 billion for 2005 and $5.28 billion for 2004 at wholesale for all growers with $100,000 or more in sales. While comprising 42 percent of all growers, operations with $100,000 or more in sales accounted for 95 percent of the total value of floriculture crops. The two largest state producers of U.S. floriculture—California at $962 million and Florida at $877 million—combined for 38 percent of production in 2005. Adding the next three largest-producing states, Michigan, Texas, and New York, the top five states accounted for $2.86 billion, or 53 percent of the total value of the industry in 2005.

With a wholesale value of $2.61 billion in 2005, bedding and...