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The Flour Milling industry manufactures milled products, including various flours, rice and malt. Despite a significant shift away from wheat flour consumption, demand for products has grown as rising health consciousness has driven consumers toward gluten-free and whole-grain foods. Also, the pandemic sparked a trend in at-home baking, attracting more consumers. At the same time, the price of certain input commodities has increased in recent years, raising operational costs. Imports into the Flour Milling industry have also risen. Overall, revenue is expected to inch up at a CAGR of 0.4% to $22.2 billion over the five years to 2024, despite a 2.9% dip in 2023 alone. Profit, meanwhile, remained relatively stagnant during the same timeframe, representing an estimated 6.9% of revenue in 2024.
Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 0.4 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $22.2bn in 2024.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 | Profit ($m)
2024 | Profit Margin (%)
2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ardent Mills, Llc | 3,702.9 | 371.6 | 10.0 | |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co | 1,850.8 | 82.5 | 4.5 | |
Riceland Foods, Inc. | 1,172.4 | 79.2 | 6.8 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Wheat products, Corn products and Other. Wheat products is the largest segment of the Flour Milling in the US.
Wheat is negatively impacted by the growing popularity of gluten-free products
Companies in this industry participate in the following activities: milling grains and vegetables into flour; cleaning, polishing and milling rice; and producing malt from various cereal grains. Flour milling companies purchase grain inputs, including wheat, corn, barley and rice, from wholesalers or growers directly. Companies then convert these inputs into flour, gluten, cereal groats and malt and sell such products to grocery wholesalers or other food-related industries.
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NAICS 31121 - Flour Milling in the US
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Flour mill companies have had to deal with input commodity price volatility. Operators have been able to pass these costs down to consumers and grow profit.
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The market size of the Flour Milling in the US industry in United States is $22.2bn in 2024.
There are 518 businesses in the Flour Milling in the US industry in United States, which has declined at a CAGR of 0.2 % between 2019 and 2024.
The market size of the Flour Milling in the US industry in United States has been growing at a CAGR of 0.4 % between 2019 and 2024.
Over the next five years, the Flour Milling in the US industry in United States is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Flour Milling market in United States are Ardent Mills, Llc, Archer-Daniels-Midland Co and Riceland Foods, Inc.
Producing flour from wheat and Producing flour from corn are part of the Flour Milling in the US industry.
The company holding the most market share in United States is Ardent Mills, Llc.
The level of competition is high and steady in the Flour Milling in the US industry in United States.