SIC 5431 Fruit and Vegetable Markets

SIC 5431

This category includes establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables. They are frequently found in public or municipal markets or as roadside stands. Establishments that grow fruits and vegetables and sell them at roadside stands, however, are classified in a range of agricultural crop production areas.

NAICS CODE(S)

445230

Fruit and Vegetable Markets

Retail fruit and vegetable markets were bolstered in the early 2000s by several positive trends. Consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables continued to grow more rapidly than that of processed fruits and vegetables, a trend that began during the last quarter of the twentieth century. Fresh vegetable per capita consumption grew at an annual average rate of 1.3 percent during that period, twice that for processed vegetables, while fresh fruit consumption increased at an average annual rate of nearly 1 percent, three times that for processed fruits. Per capita consumption was 126.7 pounds for...