Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of packaged quick-frozen vegetables, juices, meats, fish, poultry, pastries, and other "deep freeze" products. Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of frozen dairy products are classified in Industry 5143, and those distributing frozen poultry, fish, and meat which are not packaged are classified in Industries 5144, 5146, and 5147, respectively.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 5142 - Packaged Frozen Foods are:
- Bakery products, frozen-wholesale
- Bread, frozen: packaged-wholesale
- Cakes, frozen: packaged-wholesale
- Dinners, frozen-wholesale
- Fish, frozen: packaged-wholesale
- Frozen foods, packaged-wholesale
- Frozen vegetables-wholesale
- Fruit juices, frozen-wholesale
- Fruits, frozen-wholesale
- Meat pies, frozen-wholesale
- Meat, frozen: packaged-wholesale
- Pies, fruit: frozen-wholesale
- Poultry pies, frozen-wholesale
- Poultry, frozen: packaged-wholesale
- Seafoods, frozen: packaged-wholesale
- Soup, frozen-wholesale
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Frozen Food Wholesaling in the US (42442)
Revenue 2025
$192bn
Growth 2025
-0.08%
Key Trends
Industry profit has declined amid volatile agricultural input prices
Industry operators have been pressured by increasing external competition from general line grocery wholesalers
Rising prices for agricultural inputs are expected to enable operators to raise their prices
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 5142 - Packaged Frozen Foods
US-SIC Code 5142 - Packaged Frozen Foods sits in the 2-digit Packaged Frozen Foods sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.
Division: F
Division Title: Wholesale Trade
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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501 Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies
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502 Furniture and Home Furnishings
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503 Lumber and Other Construction Materials
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504 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies
- 5043 Photographic Equipment and Supplies
- 5044 Office Equipment
- 5045 Computers and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software
- 5046 Commercial Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 5047 Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies
- 5048 Ophthalmic Goods
- 5049 Professional Equipment and Supplies, Not Elsewhere Classified
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505 Metals and Minerals, Except Petroleum
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506 Electrical Goods
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507 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment
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508 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies
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509 Miscellaneous Durable Goods
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511 Paper and Paper Products
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512 Drugs, Drug Proprietaries, and Druggists' Sundries
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513 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions
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514 Groceries and Related Products
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515 Farm-product Raw Materials
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516 Chemicals and Allied Products
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517 Petroleum and Petroleum Products
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518 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages
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519 Miscellaneous Non-durable Goods
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 5142 - Packaged Frozen Foods
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 5142 - Packaged Frozen Foods. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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514201 Frozen foods-wholesale
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514202 Fruit juices (wholesale)
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514203 Meats-frozen (wholesale)
8 Digit SIC Codes
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51420000 Packaged frozen goods
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51420100 Frozen vegetables and fruit products
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51420101 Fruit juices, frozen
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51420102 Fruit pies, frozen
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51420103 Fruits, frozen
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51420104 Vegetables, frozen
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51420200 Frozen fish, meat, and poultry
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51420201 Fish, frozen: packaged
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51420202 Meat pies, frozen
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51420203 Meat, frozen: packaged
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51420204 Poultry pies, frozen
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51420205 Poultry, frozen: packaged
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51429900 Packaged frozen goods, nec
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51429901 Bakery products, frozen
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51429902 Dinners, frozen
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51429903 Soup, frozen
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