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Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Arielle Rose Arielle Rose New York, United States Last Updated: January 2024 NAICS 31142

Revenue

$49.5bn

2024

$49.5bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

77,341

Businesses

3,510

Wages

$X.Xbn

Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry analysis

Canned fruit and vegetable processors often perform countercyclically to the US economy, benefiting it during economic uncertainty. During periods of growth, consumers shy away from canned fruit and vegetable products as higher levels of disposable income allow them to trade up to pricier and fresher products. The perception that canned and processed food is less nutritious than fresh and unprocessed food has substantially inhibited industry expansion in recent years, significantly as health consciousness rises. Producers have diversified product lines to include canned goods with zero added sugars and low-sodium or organic ingredients. Still, there is little opportunity for product innovation in canned fruit and vegetable processing, leaving companies to compete on price and quality.

Trends and Insights

  • Canned fruit and vegetable processors found temporary relief from COVID-19, which prompted consumers to stockpile canned goods. Canned fruit and vegetable sales’ long-term downward trend briefly reversed in 2020.
  • Wholesale grocers provide a promising market for canned fruit and vegetable processors. Consumers tend to stock up on canned food, which attracts them to bulk food stores like Costco and Sam’s Club.
  • Canned fruit and vegetable processors settle near upstream suppliers, which thrive in the West’s temperate climate. Having proximity to suppliers lowers transportation costs.
  • Price competition prevents significant market domination. Since canned produce is known for being economical, price is a considerable basis of competition for canned fruit and vegetable processors.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 0.5 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $49.5bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Bulk-food wholesalers inundate the US grocery scene

  • COVID-19 precipitated a trend of buying food in bulk as many consumers feared food shortages amid lockdowns and the general uncertainty of the early days of the pandemic.
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Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to decline over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Imports taper off while demand from emerging markets expands

  • Moving forward, a drop in the value of the US dollar is expected to raise the relative cost of canned products from Mexico, China and Canada, relieving pressure from import competition.

Biggest companies in the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Profit ($m)
2024
Profit Margin (%)
2024
Kraft Heinz Co
6,096.4
565.6
9.3
Campbell Soup Co
4,953.9
731.4
14.8
General Mills, Inc.
3,860.7
779.6
20.2

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Products & Services Segmentation

Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Canned fruits and vegetables, Fruit and vegetable juices and Ketchup and other tomato-based sauces. Canned fruits and vegetables is the largest segment of the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US.

Trends and Insights

Canned fruits and vegetables replace fresh produce in times of economic distress

  • Fruits and vegetables are canned through various methods that reduce the perishability of the product. Canned produce offers a convenient, low-cost and shelf-stable alternative to fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Operators in this industry purchase fruits and vegetables and process them with other ingredients to create a variety of food products, including canned juices, canned soups (except seafood), jams, baby food, sauces and dehydrated fruits and vegetables. The final products are then packaged and sold to consumers at various retail channels.

What's included in this industry?

Canned fruits and vegetablesFruit and vegetable juicesKetchup and other tomato-based saucesSoups, stews and bouillonDried and dehydrated fruits and vegetablesPickled productsJams and jelliesPrepared saucesLiquid beverage basesCanned baby foods

Companies

Kraft Heinz CoCampbell Soup CoGeneral Mills, Inc.

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Related Terms

WHOLESALE BYPASSFRESH PRODUCEBOUILLON

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 31142 - Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Canned fruit and vegetable processors found temporary relief from COVID-19, which prompted consumers to stockpile canned goods. Canned fruit and vegetable sales’ long-term do...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Wholesale grocers provide a promising market for canned fruit and vegetable processors. Consumers tend to stock up on canned food, which attracts them to bulk food stores lik...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Canned fruit and vegetable processors settle near upstream suppliers, which thrive in the West’s temperate climate. Having proximity to suppliers lowers transportation costs.

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Price competition prevents significant market domination. Since canned produce is known for being economical, price is a considerable basis of competition for canned fruit an...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Amid sluggish domestic demand, prominent canned fruit and vegetable processors look abroad to boost sales. Kraft Heinz recently acquired Brazilian company Hemmer to expand it...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Kraft Heinz Co's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Campbell Soup Co's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of General Mills, Inc.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 2 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Kraft Heinz Co, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Campbell Soup Co, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for General Mills, Inc., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 2 additional companies

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

COVID-19 assistance contributed to already inflated sales. Stockpiling and low consumer confidence in 2020 underpinned the industry’s only year of growth during the five year...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Profit continues to stagnate despite inflated demand amid COVID-19. Broader trends away from canned fruit and vegetable products are dragging profit down.

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Industry Multiples (2017-2022)
  • Industry Tax Structure (2017-2022)
  • Income Statement (2017-2022)
  • Balance Sheet (2017-2022)
  • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
  • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry in United States in 2024?

The market size of the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry in United States is $49.5bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry in 2024?

There are 3,510 businesses in the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry in United States, which has declined at a CAGR of 0.6 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry in United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry in United States has been growing at a CAGR of 0.5 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry in United States over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry in United States is expected to decline.

What are the biggest companies in the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US market in United States?

The biggest companies operating in the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing market in United States are Kraft Heinz Co, Campbell Soup Co and General Mills, Inc.

What does the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US in United States include?

Canned fruits and vegetables and Fruit and vegetable juices are part of the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US in United States?

The company holding the most market share in United States is Kraft Heinz Co.

How competitive is the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry in United States?

The level of competition is moderate and increasing in the Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the US industry in United States.

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Competitors

  • Frozen Fruit & Juice Production in the US
  • Dried Fruit & Vegetable Snack Production in the US

Complementors

  • Dairy Product Production in the US
  • Meat, Beef & Poultry Processing in the US
  • Seasoning, Sauce and Condiment Production in the US
  • Juice Production in the US

International industries

  • Global Fruit & Vegetable Processing
  • Canned Fruit & Vegetable Processing in Canada
  • Fruit and Vegetable Processing in Australia
  • Fruit and Vegetable Processing in New Zealand
  • Fruit & Vegetable Processing in the UK

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