Highlights of the Arizona Green Industry *

The green industry is defined as firms involved in the production, design, installation, maintenance and sale of plant products to enhance human environments. As such, the industry consists of three major components: landscape services, nursery/greenhouses production and distributions and florists. The following statistics cover only the landscape and nursery sectors.

• $1.6 billion in total sales
  
  
• $710 million in payroll
  
  
• 30,000 jobs

For more economic impact statistics on the Arizona Green Industry, visit www.nass.usda.gov/az.

• 26% growth in employment since 2002
  
  
• 46% growth in payroll since 2002

For more economic impact statistics on the Arizona Green Industry, visit www.nass.usda.gov/az. *From the 2007 publication "The Economic Impact of Arizona's Green Industry" by Arizona Agricultural Statistics Service. Read the 2007 Industry Report