Table 3. Horticultural Specialty Operations and Sales by Kind of Business and Value of Sales: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
$2,500,000 
or more 
$1,000,000 
to $2,499,999 
$500,000 
to $999,999 
$250,000 
to $499,999 
$100,000 
to $249,999 
All horticultural specialty operations 
operations 
23,221 
968 
1,344 
1,582 
2,098 
3,729 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
13,789,048 
8,770,877 
2,082,590 
1,114,059 
733,822 
586,303 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
11,859,976 
8,209,694 
1,778,616 
867,792 
485,757 
317,201 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
1,929,073 
561,183 
303,974 
246,267 
248,065 
269,102 
Annual bedding/garden plants 
operations 
5,543 
190 
223 
326 
536 
962 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
2,757,978 
1,718,001 
342,620 
225,377 
188,104 
150,547 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
2,182,485 
1,624,986 
252,150 
144,159 
88,440 
45,917 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
575,493 
93,015 
90,470 
81,218 
99,665 
104,631 
Potted herbaceous perennial plants . 
operations 
913 
34 
37 
47 
73 
128 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
493,150 
334,398 
58,682 
32,971 
25,338 
20,697 
wholesale sales $1 ,000) 
431,950 
(D) 
50,941 
19,519 
16,241 
11,653 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
Potted flowering plants for indoor or patio 
61,200 
(D) 
7,741 
13,453 
9,097 
9,043 
use 
operations 
831 
52 
53 
88 
61 
167 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
747,332 
536,139 
84,411 
62,928 
22,306 
25,101 
wholesale sales ($1 ,000) 
699,844 
533,869 
78,448 
51,692 
13,851 
15,909 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
47,487 
2,269 
5,962 
11,235 
8,454 
9,192 
Foliage plants for indoor or patio use 
operations 
593 
28 
86 
59 
84 
85 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
672,245 
444,900 
130,702 
40,927 
31,782 
13,798 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
661,830 
(D) 
126,717 
(D) 
31,172 
12,554 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
10,414 
(D) 
3,985 
(D) 
610 
1,245 
Cut flowers and cut lei flowers 
operations 
1,011 
37 
46 
42 
47 
109 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
449,056 
291,030 
68,314 
30,216 
16,518 
16,162 
wholesale sales ($1 ,000) 
407,011 
(D) 
48,880 
27,923 
12,797 
12,651 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
42,045 
(D) 
19,433 
2,294 
3,721 
3,511 
Cut cultivated greens 
operations 
322 
9 
11 
17 
32 
53 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
90,431 
35,614 
15,035 
13,166 
11,288 
7,942 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
87,490 
35,614 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
7,513 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
2,940 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
429 
Nursery stock (see text) 
operations 
5,963 
320 
450 
513 
667 
1,058 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
4,382,591 
2,795,129 
701,203 
360,712 
235,992 
173,176 
wholesale sales $1 ,000) 
3,952,487 
2,642,301 
636,526 
312,594 
179,844 
114,358 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
Propagative horticultural materials, bareroot, and 
430,104 
152,828 
64,677 
48,118 
56,148 
58,818 
unfinished plants (see text) 
operations 
445 
61 
53 
50 
57 
70 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
591,344 
438,219 
78,871 
36,020 
19,573 
11,692 
wholesale sales ($1 ,000) 
563,539 
431,611 
73,988 
31,335 
14,003 
8,085 
Sod, sprigs, or plugs 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
27,804 
6,607 
4,883 
4,685 
5,570 
3,607 
sold (see text) 
operations 
1,200 
98 
192 
236 
225 
233 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
1,138,591 
539,231 
303,522 
168,791 
78,501 
37,885 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
860,058 
434,826 
231,405 
115,301 
49,556 
23,596 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
278,533 
104,405 
72,117 
53,490 
28,945 
14,289 
Dried bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers operations 
95 
9 
8 
5 
3 
9 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
73,944 
55,186 
10,410 
3,500 
1,098 
1,214 
wholesale sales ($1 ,000) 
64,846 
51,997 
8,370 
(D) 
(D) 
649 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
9,098 
3,189 
2,039 
(D) 
(D) 
565 
Food crops grown under protection .. 
operations 
1,603 
36 
60 
59 
66 
178 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
780,144 
556,331 
95,253 
43,902 
20,988 
27,493 
wholesale sales ($1 ,000 
594,967 
421,167 
86,808 
36,912 
14,194 
18,635 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
Transplants for commercial vegetable and 
185,177 
135,164 
8,445 
6,990 
6,794 
8,858 
strawberry production 
operations 
226 
28 
19 
12 
10 
37 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
370,912 
319,903 
30,309 
7,939 
3,668 
4,976 
wholesale sales ($1 ,000) 
338,890 
293,210 
30,309 
(D) 
2,121 
3,302 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
32,022 
26,694 
- 
(D) 
1,548 
1,674 
Vegetable seeds 
operations 
254 
6 
23 
25 
35 
55 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
134,642 
55,101 
37,787 
16,812 
11,769 
7,686 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
117,464 
(D) 
36,783 
12,944 
(D) 
7,365 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
17,178 
(D) 
1,005 
3,869 
(D) 
321 
Flower seeds 
operations 
56 
2 
4 
8 
10 
6 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
29,871 
(D) 
(D) 
4,738 
3,096 
1,032 
wholesale sales ($1 ,000) 
25,513 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
364 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
4,358 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
668 
Aquatic plants 
operations 
84 
1 
2 
4 
13 
12 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
17,734 
(D) 
(D) 
2,655 
4,260 
1,988 
wholesale sales ($1 ,000) 
15,782 
(D) 
(D) 
2,393 
(D) 
1,165 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
1,953 
262 
(D) 
822 
Cut Christmas trees 
operations 
2,893 
20 
27 
39 
90 
315 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
359,577 
142,927 
39,042 
28,531 
29,006 
46,375 
wholesale sales ($1,000) 
268,077 
139,486 
34,960 
25,047 
21,783 
22,018 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
91,500 
3,441 
4,082 
3,483 
7,222 
24,357 
Other (see text) 
operations 
1,189 
37 
50 
52 
89 
252 
all sales ($1 ,000) 
699,506 
490,508 
77,979 
34,873 
30,535 
38,539 
wholesale sales ($1 ,000) 
587,743 
477,807 
59,602 
21,602 
11,865 
11,467 
retail sales ($1 ,000) 
1 1 1 ,763 
12,701 
18,377 
13,271 
18,670 
27,073 
-continued 
4 2014 CHS - United States Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
