Congratulations to all of Greenhouse Grower’s 2016 Top 100 growers! Our annual Top 100 List ranks the largest U.S. growers by total square feet of environmentally controlled greenhouse space. This year we have also listed shade and field acreage to give additional perspective on how large these operations are beyond the greenhouse. In total, the 2016 list represents 233,736,168 environmentally controlled square feet of U.S. production, up almost 5 million square feet from the previous year.
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Note: * = estimate, t = tie
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| 2016 Rank | 2015 Rank | Name Of Operation | State | 2016 Total (Environmentally Controlled Square Feet) | U.S. Acreage (Shade Houses) | U.S. Acreage (Field Production) |
| 1 | 1 | Color Spot Nurseries | CA | 19,000,000 | 204 | 2,703 |
| 2 | 2 | Costa Farms | FL | 15,071,760 | 747 | 1,484 |
| 3 | 3 | Altman Plants | CA | 14,023,085 | 60 | 400 |
| 4 | 4 | Kurt Weiss Greenhouses | NY | 9,238,232 | 30 | 89 |
| 5 | 5 | Rocket Farms | CA | 8,305,120 | | |
| 6 | 6 | Bell Nursery USA | MD | 7,400,000 | | |
| 7 | 7 | Metrolina Greenhouses | NC | 7,100,000 | 18 | 184 |
| 8 | 8 | Color Point | KY | 4,800,005 | | |
| 9 | NR | Seville Farms | TX | 4,800,000 | 5 | 22 |
| 10 | 9 | Green Circle Growers | OH | 4,700,000 | | 10 |
| 11 | 10 | The Sun Valley Group | CA | 4,000,000 | | |
| 12 | 14 | Ivy Acres | NY | 3,950,250 | | 18 |
| 13 | 11 | Delray Plants Co. | FL | 3,868,116 | 119 | 20 |
| 14 | 12 | Speedling | FL | 3,674,000 | | |
| 15 | 13 | Milgro Nursery | UT | 3,500,000 | | |
| 16 | 15 | Olson's Greenhouse Gardens | UT | 3,192,571 | | 45 |
| 17t | 17 | Floral Plant Growers | WI | 2,826,360 | | 6 |
| 17t | 18t | Matsui Nursery | CA | 2,800,000 | | |
| 17t | 18t | Woodburn Nursery and Azaleas | OR | 2,800,000* | 2 | |
| 20 | 26t | Bela Flor Nurseries | MO | 2,744,280 | 50 | 200 |
| 21 | 20 | Aris Horticulture | OH | 2,631,460 | 65 | |
| 22 | 26t | Wenke/Sunbelt Greenhouses | MI | 2,613,600 | 1 | 8 |
| 23 | 21 | Dallas Johnson Greenhouses | IA | 2,600,000 | | |
| 24t | 22t | Bay City Flowers | CA | 2,500,000 | | |
| 24t | 22t | Smith Gardens | WA | 2,500,000 | 1 | 6 |
| 26 | 24t | Headstart Nursery | CA | 2,400,000 | | 10 |
| 27 | 24t | Tagawa Greenhouse Enterprises | CO | 2,300,000 | | |
| 28 | 28 | Northwest Horticulture | WA | 2,178,000* | | |
| 29 | 29 | N.G. Heimos Greenhouses Inc. | IL | 2,068,000* | 1 | 27 |
| 30 | 30 | Bergen's Greenhouse | MN | 2,032,140 | | |
| 31 | 34 | Battlefield Farms | VA | 1,960,200 | 5 | 22 |
| 32 | 31 | Colorama Wholesale Nursery | CA | 1,890,000* | 9 | 150 |
| 33 | 32 | Dan Schantz Farm | PA | 1,814,381 | | 10 |
| 34 | 33 | Riverview Flower Farm | FL | 1,785,960 | 32 | 15 |
| 35 | 35 | Plant Marketing | WI | 1,770,279 | | 2 |
| 36 | 43 | Grower Direct Farms | CT | 1,766,000 | | 8 |
| 37 | 36 | Garden State Growers | NJ | 1,742,400 | | 125 |
| 38 | 37 | Valley Flowers | CA | 1,740,000* | | |
| 39 | 45 | DeLeon's Bromeliads | FL | 1,723,939 | 1 | |
| 40 | 38 | Hines Growers, Inc. | CA | 1,700,000* | | |
| 41 | 39 | Dewar Nurseries | FL | 1,691,625 | 41 | 203 |
| 42 | 40 | Young's Plant Farm | AL | 1,645,000 | | 34 |
| 43 | 41 | Ocean Breeze International | CA | 1,614,000* | | |
| 44 | 42 | Westland Floral Company | CA | 1,600,000* | | |
| 45 | 49 | Dan and Jerry's Greenhouse | MN | 1,570,000 | | |
| 46 | 44 | Post Gardens | MI | 1,527,000 | | 8 |
| 47 | 46t | Kawahara Nurseries | CA | 1,500,000 | 15 | |
| 48 | 48 | Van Wingerden International | NC | 1,450,548 | | 12 |
| 49 | 67 | Sawyer Nursery | MI | 1,438,154 | 8 | 86 |
| 50 | 50 | Bailey Nurseries | MN | 1,437,490 | | 2,300 |
| 51t | 51t | Rockwell Farms | NC | 1,420,000 | | 14 |
| 51t | 51t | Henry Mast Greenhouses/Masterpiece Flower Co. | MI | 1,420,000 | | 9 |
| 53 | 53 | Willoway Nurseries | OH | 1,418,340 | | 850 |
| 54t | 54t | Kitayama Brothers | CA | 1,400,000 | | 5 |
| 54t | 54t | Panzer Nursery | OR | 1,400,000 | 2 | |
| 56 | 56 | Four Star Greenhouses | MI | 1,378,801 | | |
| 57 | 57 | Heartland Growers | IN | 1,350,840 | | |
| 58t | 84t | American Color | VA | 1,306,800 | | 12 |
| 58t | 69 | Johannes Flowers | CA | 1,306,800 | | |
| 60 | 59 | Nash Greenhouses | MI | 1,300,000 | | |
| 61 | NR | Masson Farms of New Mexico | NM | 1,219,680 | | |
| 62 | 60 | Lucas Greenhouses | NJ | 1,207,508 | | 35 |
| 63t | 61t | Armstrong Growers | CA | 1,200,000 | 15 | 125 |
| 63t | 61t | Richardon Brothers Greenhouses | IL | 1,200,000 | | |
| 63t | 61t | Young's Nursery and Greenhouses | TN | 1,200,000* | | |
| 66 | 65t | Corso's Perennials | OH | 1,150,000 | | 20 |
| 67 | 68 | Alex R. Masson | KS | 1,045,440* | | |
| 68 | 64 | Bob's Market and Greenhouses | WV | 1,045,000 | | 4 |
| 69 | 70 | Maria Gardens Greenhouses | OH | 1,001,820* | | |
| 70t | 75 | Harts Nursery | OR | 1,000,000 | 21 | |
| 70t | 71t | Van de Wetering Greenhouses | NY | 1,000,000 | | 6 |
| 70t | 71t | Welby Gardens Co./Hardy Boy Plants-Hardystarts | CO | 1,000,000 | | 3 |
| 73 | 94 | Myriad Flowers International | CA | 936,540 | 7 | 5 |
| 74 | NR | Pineae Greenhouses, Inc. | UT | 936,000 | | 39 |
| 75 | 77 | Dramm and Echter Inc. | CA | 920,000 | | 10 |
| 76 | 76 | South Central Growers | TN | 902,000 | | 8 |
| 77 | 78 | Petitti/Casa Verde Growers | OH | 895,000 | | 5 |
| 78 | NR | Countryside Greenhouse and Farm Market | MI | 875,000 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | NR | Red Oak Greenhouses | IA | 871,200 | | |
| 80 | 79 | White's Nursery and Greenhouses | VA | 860,000 | | 5 |
| 81 | 80 | Twixwood Nursery | MI | 851,000* | | |
| 82t | 71t | Kent's Bromeliad Nursery | CA | 850,000 | | 6 |
| 82t | 81t | Kube-Pak | NJ | 850,000 | | 6 |
| 84 | 83 | Botany Lane Greenhouses | CO | 827,640* | 1 | 4 |
| 85 | NR | Baucom's Nursery | NC | 800,000 | 25 | 138 |
| 86 | 84t | Plainview Growers | NJ | 780,000 | | 21 |
| 87 | 86 | Olive Hill Greenhouses | CA | 760,000 | | |
| 88 | 87 | California Pajarosa | CA | 750,000 | 2 | 4 |
| 89t | 88t | Esbenshades Greenhouse | PA | 740,000 | | |
| 89t | 88t | Plants Unlimited | MI | 740,000 | | |
| 91t | 90t | GroLink Plant Company | CA | 700,000 | 6 | 4 |
| 91t | 90t | Knox Nursery | FL | 700,000 | | |
| 93 | 92 | Parks Brothers Farm | AR | 675,000 | | 10 |
| 94 | 93 | Sedan Floral | KS | 672,604 | | |
| 95 | NR | Green Valley Greenhouse | CA | 672,327 | | |
| 96t | NR | Green Valley Floral | CA | 650,000 | | |
| 96t | 95t | Loop's Nursery and Greenhouses | FL | 650,000 | | 3 |
| 98 | NR | McLellan Botanicals Taisuco America Corp. | CA | 646,294 | | 72 |
| 99 | 65t | Hillister (part of Seville Farms) | TX | 638,772 | 15 | 11 |
| 100 | 97 | Cuthbert Greenhouses | OH | 631,807 | | 3 |
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Brian Sparks is senior editor of Greenhouse Grower and editor of Greenhouse Grower Technology. See all author stories here.
May 10, 2016 
