Shifts in consumer spending habits and the rapid acceleration of e-commerce have driven online flower shops' revenue upward in recent years. Despite facing inflation-strained budgets among consumers, online stores retained growth through diverse offerings ranging from affordable cut flowers to premium gift baskets. This variety allowed them to cater to shifting discretionary budgets, maintaining appeal even as economic conditions fluctuated. Persistently high consumer interest in floral products for weddings and funerals contributed to revenue stability, even as some of these high-margin clients preferred shopping at brick-and-mortar competitors for special events. As a result of significant revenue leaps through the pandemic, revenue has been surging at a CAGR of 6.0% to an estimated $16.3 billion over the five years through 2024. Revenue is set to swell 2.5% in 2025 alone. Online flower shops are facing mounting competition amid the rapid influx in the number of online florists, which has nearly doubled since 2020. This heightened competition has pressured online florists to restrain prices and speed up delivery, driving down profit for major companies like 1-800-Flowers.com and FTD Companies. Despite strategic moves, including mergers and acquisitions, these companies have struggled to stay out of the red. The competitive landscape is intensifying as consumers easily compare prices and reviews, forcing florists to continually innovate to retain market share. Easing inflation is expected to boost consumer spending on discretionary products like flowers, benefitting online florists. As the Federal Reserve normalizes inflation and consumer confidence increases, more customers might favor high-cost premium bouquets and extravagant floral arrangements for special events, supporting revenue growth. Despite these challenges, online florists aim to differentiate themselves through unique value propositions like sustainability and personalization. Embracing cutting-edge strategies and building a loyal customer base through innovative marketing and subscription models will be crucial for navigating the market over the next five years. Revenue is set to climb at a CAGR of 2.8% to an estimated $18.7 billion through the end of 2030.

Revenue for Canadian florists has grown alongside strong economic expansion in recent years. Despite this, consumers are increasingly opting to purchase flowers from retailers that aren't included in the industry, like supermarkets, which offer convenience and lower prices, albeit with a trade-off in quality and customization. Growth in per capita disposable income and consumer spending has fuelled a jump in revenue, as consumer willingness to spend on discretionary goods has increased. As a result, revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 44% to $3.9 billion through the end of 2025. This comes despite a forecast 0.2% contraction in 2025 amid a tighter and more uncertain macroeconomic environment. This CAGR is also inflated somewhat as 2020 is the start of the period. Supermarkets and e-commerce stores benefit from lower per-unit overhead costs, enabling them to offer flowers at a lower price. Consumers can purchase flowers along with their groceries or from their computer, providing convenience compared with traditional florist shops. While florists typically offer superior floral arrangements, younger consumers prefer to purchase flowers on the basis of price and convenience, rather than quality. The growing level of competition has been the primary driver behind falling profitability levels, which have yet to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to reach 4.5% of revenue in 2025. Moving forward, revenue growth is expected to slow alongside a decrease in per capita disposable income and shrinking expansion in consumer spending. A more uncertain macroeconomic environment will deter consumers from making nonessential purchases, including for plants and flowers. Remain constrained amid the cloudy macroeconomic outlook, as slowing levels of consumer spending will suppress demand for floral products, such as arranged cut flowers. Revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.5% to $4.2 billion through the end of 2030.

Royal FloraHolland is a co-operative company founded in 2008 after a merger between FloraHolland and Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer. Today Royal FloraHolland is the largest international marketplace for the floriculture industry in the world, transporting thousands of different plant and flower varieties around the world through its global logistics systems.This statistic displays the number of cut flowers sold by Royal FloraHolland in 2020, by type (in millions). In 2020, the sales volume of roses and tulips exceeded sales of other cut flowers. Over *** billion roses were sold in 2020, whereas lilies came at the bottom of the top five, with roughly *** million lilium (lily) flowers sold.

In August 2021, roughly *** million cut flowers were sold at auctions in the Netherlands. This was in increase of roughly ** million flowers compared to the month before. The coronavirus pandemic played a siginifant role in the decrease of flower sales in the Netherlands in the spring of 2020. As of spring 2021 however, flower sales appear to have recovered.

The Netherlands Flower Industry Report is Segmented by Type of Flower Into Roses, Tulipa, Chrysanthemums, Gerbera, Freesia, Lily, Orchids, Nursery Stocks, and Other Types of Flowers. The Report Offers Market Estimation and Forecasts in Value (USD) and Volume (Metric Tons) for the Above-Mentioned Segments.

In 2022, florist sales in the United States amounted to approximately *** billion U.S. dollars. This was an increase of over *** million dollars from the previous year. Sales peaked in the year 2000, but have generally fallen since then.

The market size of the plant and flower growing sector in the United States fluctuated from 2012 to 2022. In 2022, the sector's market size reached **** billion U.S. dollars, up from the previous year's total of ***** billion U.S. dollars.

In recent years, online florists have gained a significant competitive advantage over traditional florists as consumers have increasingly switched to online for flower purchases, particularly during the COVID-19 outbreak. The growth of the online flower market has increasingly pushed bricks-and-mortar florists to the fringes of the market or forced them to adapt their own online presence. Revenue is expected to climb at a compound annual rate of 8.3% over the five years through 2024-25 to £536.2 million. This includes forecast growth of 6.6% in 2024-25. The consumer shift towards online retailing has been the main driver of growth in the industry during that period. The COVID-19 outbreak accelerated this shift and delivered exponential growth for online florists as bricks-and-mortar florists were forced to temporarily shut their doors for much of 2020-21. It pushed many consumers towards online channels to buy their flowers. Many bricks-and-mortar florists also launched their own online channels to compensate for the loss in revenue from walk-in customers. The online nature of the industry allows florists to benefit from higher profitability than their retail competitors because of lower operating costs. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, sales for online florists have returned to pre-pandemic levels with several major players facing severe losses due to over-expansion. High inflation and the cost of living in the two years through 2023-24, meant many people forwent buying the luxury item that is flowers. Competition from supermarkets that offer flowers at a cheaper price point remains a challenge. The average industry profit margin is expected to be 13% in 2024-25. Industry revenue is forecast to grow at a compound annual rate of 4.4% over the five years through 2029-30 to reach £666.3 million. Online florists are set to increase their hold on the EU online flower retailing industry by acquiring European counterparts, though this does not contribute to industry revenue. Profit margin growth is expected to remain strong as florists increase their supply chains' efficiency and embark on online marketing campaigns.

Russia's flower delivery market reached *** billion Russian rubles in 2020, up approximately ** percent from the previous year. To compare, in 2016, online flower sales were estimated at around *** billion Russian rubles.

The global packaged edible flower market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.5% and is anticipated to reach over USD 94 million by 2026.

Most pollinator policy initiatives are focused on habitat restoration and increasing the availability of floral resources, yet the choice of plant species is not always compatible with farming system cultivation and management needs. In this paper, we developed a framework for selecting plants to specifically meet stakeholder needs. We trialled 19 plant species and collected observational data on plant insect visitors, plant survival in the orchard environment and potential risks to crops and the environment. We used this framework to identify plants suitable to incorporate into blueberry cropping systems. Practical implication: Our framework ensured plant choice based on informed decisions and allowed selection of two plant species that aligned well with industry needs. Different plants may be optimal for different conservation aims, hence plants selected need ideally to be evaluated for their use by the flower-visiting taxa, as well as align with industry growing practices and needs. Methods The data set consists of observations of flower visitors to candidate flowering plant species incorporated into a blueberry production system with the aim to: 1) increase the activity of pollinators throughout the blueberry rows in polytunnels, and 2) support the health of managed honeybees and wild stingless bees. 19 plant species, attractive to pollinators, were establishment in the blueberry system in May 2019. The plants were first placed in blueberry blocks grown under polytunnels and thereafter transferred to open field blueberry blocks. For the 36 individual plants representing 11 plant species that survived in the blueberry system, and co-flowered with the blueberry plants, we conducted standardised observations of floral insect visitors. The aim of the standardised observations in field trials were to record the actual identity and number of visitors that visited the different plant species. The observations were conducted in polytunnels in March 2020, approximately 10 months after establishment and in open field blocks in March-May 2020. Individual plants were observed for five minutes, and all floral visitors were recorded, together with the number of open flowers. We conducted eight separate days of observations in the polytunnels and five days of observations in the open block. Statistics – We modelled the number of visitors to candidate plants using generalised linear mixed effect models with the glmmTMB package (Brooks et al., 2017) in R (R Core Team, 2017). Random effects reflected experimental design, with the effects of plant location nested within row, and the crossed effects of observation date. The natural logarithm of the mean number of flowers for each plant species was used as an offset. Models were specified with a negative binomial error distribution following model diagnostics implemented with the DHARMa package (Hartig & Hartig, 2017). Separate models were fitted for honeybees, stingless bees, and for all visitors combined. Due to low visitation to some plant species, only plant species receiving greater than one floral visit in aggregate were included in the models. Pairwise testing was performed using the emmeans package (Lenth & Lenth, 2018).

China Flower Courier, Artificial Flower, Green Plant Gardening: Taobao Online Sales: YoY: Volume data was reported at -3.880 % in Aug 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of -4.180 % for Jul 2020. China Flower Courier, Artificial Flower, Green Plant Gardening: Taobao Online Sales: YoY: Volume data is updated monthly, averaging -3.880 % from Jun 2019 (Median) to Aug 2020, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.220 % in Apr 2020 and a record low of -27.320 % in Feb 2020. China Flower Courier, Artificial Flower, Green Plant Gardening: Taobao Online Sales: YoY: Volume data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Moojing Market Intelligence. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Consumer Goods and Services – Table CN.HTB: Taobao and Tmall Online Sales: YoY: Others.

Revenue is anticipated to grow at a compound annual rate of 1.2% over the five years through 2024-25 to £1.8 billion. Volatility within the flower and plant growing industry has been high because of unpredictable weather conditions, demand shocks and mounting pressure on pricing. In 2024-25, industry revenue is forecast to hike by 1.1%, when the average profit margin is slated to be 11.1%. This is the result of mild weather supporting higher production volumes and lessened inflationary pressures. Industry performance was also supported by a strong production output in 2023-24, owing to good weather, which allowed British flowers and plants to gain terrain in the domestic market. A turbulent climate during COVID-19 weighed heavily on revenue in 2020-21. However, revenue rebounded quickly as Britons took up gardening during lockdowns and flower and plant companies adapted to sell online. Despite the effects of pandemic subsiding, the trend of greenifying living spaces and offices and appreciating gardens has persisted since, boosting revenue for flower and plant growers. However, in 2022-23 difficult weather conditions hit production, denting industry revenue as flower and plant growers saw their crop yield decrease due to excessive rain. Low real household disposable incomes due to the cost-of-living crisis also weighed on discretionary spending on flowers and plants. Profit was also constrained due to the dominance of downstream supermarkets over the supply chain and import penetration from large worldwide producers of flowers and plants from countries like the Netherlands. Revenue is expected to climb at a compound annual rate of 1.7% over the five years through 2029-30 to £1.9 billion. Growth opportunities will thrive from Britons’ growing demand for locally grown flowers and plants, especially organic floricultural products, as well as genetically modified products. Still, import competition from countries like the Netherlands and Kenya will weigh on growth in the coming years. Profit will remain under pressure as supermarkets maintain their dominance over the industry's supply chain. Pricing competition in the supermarket industry will expand with the growth of discount stores.

China Flower Courier, Artificial Flower, Green Plant Gardening: Tmall Online Sales: Market Share data was reported at 0.280 % in Aug 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.260 % for Jul 2020. China Flower Courier, Artificial Flower, Green Plant Gardening: Tmall Online Sales: Market Share data is updated monthly, averaging 0.240 % from Jun 2019 (Median) to Aug 2020, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.400 % in Apr 2020 and a record low of 0.140 % in Jun 2020. China Flower Courier, Artificial Flower, Green Plant Gardening: Tmall Online Sales: Market Share data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Moojing Market Intelligence. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Consumer Goods and Services – Table CN.HTB: Taobao and Tmall Online Sales: Others.

In 2020, Japan served as the largest market for horticultural products such as live trees, plants, cut flowers, importing Indonesian horticultural products worth around **** million U.S. dollars.

Comercializadora Internacional Sunshine Bouquet Colombia S.A. was the leading flower exporting company in the South American country in 2020. Between January and November, the company headquartered in Bogotá exported roughly ***** million U.S. dollars worth of flowers. The Elite Flower S.A.S. C.I. ranked second, with exports adding up to *** million dollars.

Global Chamomile Flower Oil is segmented by Application (Aromatherapy, Skincare, Sleep aids, Anti-inflammatory products, Herbal medicine), Type (Roman chamomile oil, German chamomile oil, Organic essential oil, Diluted chamomile oil, Steam-distilled oil) and Geography(North America, LATAM, West Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Oceania, MEA)

The Kenya Floriculture Market report segments the industry into Types of Flowers (Cut Flowers, Cuttings, Other Types of Flowers). The report includes Production Analysis in Volume, Consumption Analysis by Volume and Value, Import Analysis by Value and Volume, Export Analysis by Value and Volume, and Price Trend Analysis. Get five years of historical data along with five-year market forecasts.

China Flower Courier, Artificial Flower, Green Plant Gardening: Taobao Online Sales: Market Share data was reported at 0.750 % in Aug 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.800 % for Jul 2020. China Flower Courier, Artificial Flower, Green Plant Gardening: Taobao Online Sales: Market Share data is updated monthly, averaging 0.770 % from Jun 2019 (Median) to Aug 2020, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.670 % in Mar 2020 and a record low of 0.630 % in Jun 2020. China Flower Courier, Artificial Flower, Green Plant Gardening: Taobao Online Sales: Market Share data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Moojing Market Intelligence. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Consumer Goods and Services – Table CN.HTB: Taobao and Tmall Online Sales: Others.

As of August 2021, the cut flowers auction sales value in the Netherlands amounted to approximately *** million euros. This was the highest August sales value since measurements started in 2010, and a revenue gain of more than ** million euros compared to the month before. As such, the flower auction industry appears to have recovered from a disaster-ridden 2020. Concerning the cut flower auction sales volume in August 2021, the total sales volume was roughly *** million. This was also an increase compared to the same month in the previous year, when the volume amounted to approximately *** million.

Price cut flowers highest in November

Regarding the average price of cut flowers sold in auctions in the Netherlands, May 2021 was the month with the highest average price of ** eurocent per flower. Cut flowers had the lowest value in April 2020 with an auction value of ** eurocents per flower. One of the best-known flower auctions in the Netherlands is Royal FloraHolland. The total revenue of Royal FloraHolland was roughly **** billion euros in 2020.

Flowers with highest sales value in action were roses

Examining the revenue of cut flower sales by type of Royal FloraHolland, roses were the leading cut flower in 2020 with a sales value of *** million euros. The chrysanthemum was sold for a total of *** million euros, whereas the tulip’s sales value amounted to approximately *** million euros.