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Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia

Author.Name IBISWorld Canada Last Updated: August 2025 NAICS BC41311CA

Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia industry analysis

Revenue for the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia is expected to grow an annualized x.x% to $x.x billion over the five years to 2025, while revenue for the national industry will likely grow at x.x% during the same period. The number of industry establishments has increased an annualized x.x% to xxx locations over the past five years. Industry employment has increased an annualized x% to x,xxx workers during the period, while industry wages have increased an annualized x.x% to $x.x million.

Over the five years to 2030, provincial industry revenue is expected to grow an annualized x.x% to $x.x billion, while revenue for the national industry will likely grow x.x%. The number of industry establishments is forecast to grow x.x% to xxx locations over the next five years. Industry employment is expected to increase an annualized x.x% to x,xxx workers during the outlook period, while industry wages likely increase x% to $x.x million.

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About the Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia Market Research Report

What’s Included in the Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia Market Research Report

Definition of the Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia?

Operators in the Grocery Wholesaling industry in Canada are intermediaries in merchandise distribution and do little to transform products. Wholesalers sell and distribute all general-line grocery products and do not specialize in a specific grocery type, such as fresh produce or poultry. Distributed products usually include dry groceries, perishable food and nonfood products found in grocery stores.

What’s included in the Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia?

The Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia includes wholesaling dry groceries, wholesaling perishable food products and wholesaling nonfood products. Related terms covered in the Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia industry report includes a technology that tracks products from the time they leave the assembly line to the time they leave the store by releasing continuous signals from a chip, the transmission of electronic documents between businesses from one computer system to another, a term used to describe wholesalers that sell a wide variety of items rather than focusing on a singular food product such as seafood or fresh produce, a popular trend within retail and manufacturing industries where producers supply goods directly to stores, eliminating the middleman and owning different parts of the supply chain, either in the form of forward integration (owning upstream suppliers) or backward integration (owning downstream buyers.).

Industry Performance of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia

Benchmark the Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia industry performance with all BC Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.

Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia

#3 in Highest Revenue 16.1% of province's GDP
Revenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)

Grocery Wholesaling in Canada


Revenue (2024)
Annual Growth (2019-24)
Annual Growth (2024-29)

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Key Drivers of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia

See how key industry drivers, such as gross domestic product, per capita disposable income, total jobs, per capita disposable income, consumer price index for food and population are impacting Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia

British Columbia Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product
Per Capita Disposable Income
Total Jobs

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Canada Key External Drivers

Per capita disposable income
Consumer price index for food
Population

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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia

Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Grocery Wholesaling in British Columbia, such as Vancouver, Victoria and Kamloops. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.

Key Statistics of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia

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What is the market size of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia in 2025?

The market size of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia is $10.4bn in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia in 2025?

There are 420 businesses in the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia, which has been growing at an average annual rate of 2.2% from 2020 to 2025.

Has the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia has been growing at an average annual rate of 2.9% from 2020 to 2025.

How many employees in the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia in 2025?

There are 5,674 employees in the Grocery Wholesaling industry in British Columbia, which has been growing at an average annual rate of 4.0% from 2020 to 2025.