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Confectionery Wholesaling in Washington

Author.Name IBISWorld United States Last Updated: April 2025 NAICS WA42445

Confectionery Wholesaling in Washington industry analysis

The Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington is expected to decline an annualized -x.x% to $x.x million over the five years to 2025, while the national industry will likely grow at x.x% during the same period. Industry establishments decreased an annualized -x.x% to xx locations. Industry employment has decreased an annualized -x.x% to xxx workers, while industry wages have decreased an annualized -x.x% to $x.x million.

Over the five years to 2030, the industry is expected to grow an annualized x.x% to $x.x million, while the national industry is expected to decline x%. Industry establishments are forecast to decline -x.x% to xx locations. Industry employment is expected to decrease an annualized -x.x% to xxx workers, while industry wages are forecast to decrease -x% to $x.x million.

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About the Confectionery Wholesaling in Washington Market Research Report

What’s Included in the Confectionery Wholesaling in Washington Market Research Report

Definition of the Confectionery Wholesaling in Washington?

Wholesalers in this industry wholesale a range of chocolate and nonchocolate candy, in addition to a range of savory snacks like nuts, popcorn and chips. Wholesalers resell these products to supermarkets, specialty confectionery retail outlets, convenience stores and vending machine operators.

What’s included in the Confectionery Wholesaling in Washington?

The Confectionery Wholesaling in Washington includes candy wholesaling, chewing gum wholesaling, potato chips wholesaling, chocolate candy wholesaling, freshly made confectionery wholesaling, corn chips and related corn snacks wholesaling and fountain fruits and syrups wholesaling. Related terms covered in the Confectionery Wholesaling in Washington industry report includes a popular trend within retail and manufacturing industries where producers supply goods directly to stores, eliminating the middleman, a confectionery manufacturer that maintains merchant wholesale operations for its own products, molecules which inhibit oxidation of other molecules and thereby suppress the creation of free radicals, which some have speculated may contribute to the development of cancer and heart disease, cacao is the raw material extracted from the seeds pods of the theobroma cacao tree, an evergreen plant native to the tropics. once cacao is picked, roasted and processed, it becomes cocoa and raw cacao is processed into cocoa, which is then used to produce chocolate. most mainstream chocolate products are made from dutch process cocoa, which has a lower acidity than raw cacao.

Industry Performance of the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington

Benchmark the Confectionery Wholesaling in Washington industry performance with all WA county and national performance.

Confectionery Wholesaling in Washington

#21 in Highest Revenue 0.7% of state's GDP
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Confectionery Wholesaling in the US


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Key Drivers of the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington

See how key industry drivers, such as population, median houshold income, new business formation, per capita disposable income, per capita sugar and sweetener consumption and price of sugar are impacting Confectionery Wholesaling in Washington

Washington Economic Indicators

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Median Houshold Income
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US Key External Drivers

Per capita disposable income
Per capita sugar and sweetener consumption
Price of sugar

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County Data of the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington

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Key Statistics of the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington

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What is the market size of the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington in 2025?

The market size of the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington is $548.4m in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington in 2025?

There are 93 businesses in the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington, which has been declining at an average annual rate of -2.9% from 2020 to 2025.

Has the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington has been declining at an average annual rate of -0.3% from 2020 to 2025.

How many employees in the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington in 2025?

There are 597 employees in the Confectionery Wholesaling industry in Washington, which has been declining at an average annual rate of -2.2% from 2020 to 2025.