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Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing in Australia - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Jayson Cooke Jayson Cooke Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: September 2024 ANZSIC A0130

Revenue

$1.5bn

2024-25

$1.5bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XX.Xm

Employees

5,866

Businesses

1,466

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing in Australia industry analysis

The Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry's performance and output depend heavily on changing weather patterns, as volatile rainfall and temperature conditions can make or break yield outputs. Growers faced distinct weather challenges from 2019-20 to 2021-22, as a La Nina event boosted yields for some farms while causing damaging floods for others. Conditions normalised in 2023-24, contributing to more stable volumes and revenue growth. Simultaneously, the market structure has been shifting, with major supermarkets like Coles and Woolworths bypassing wholesalers and favouring direct sourcing from farms. This manoeuvre grants them greater control over pricing and logistics, and aligns well with health-driven consumer demand for fresher produce, reinforcing the market position of these retail giants. Overall, industry revenue is expected to climb at an annualised 1.3% over the five years through 2024-25 to total $1.49 billion. This includes a 0.2% jump in the current year.

Trends and Insights

  • Volatile weather patterns have a significant impact on the industry growers' performance, directly affecting yield outcomes. La Nina events amplified these effects, boosting yields for some growers while causing destructive floods for others.
  • Industry growers cultivate an expansive range of stone and pome fruits. While pome fruits have traditionally dominated industry revenue, their contribution has seen a downwards trend, with stone fruits gaining prominence over recent years.
  • Victoria is Australia's primary pear producer, contributing a whopping 90.0% of the total production. With the advantage of the favourable climates in the Goulburn Valley and Mallee regions, the state also handles nearly half of the country's apple production.
  • Pome fruits are mostly homogeneous, as are some stone fruits. Hence, most farmers face internal competition on their fruit's quality and access to markets.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 1.3 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $1.5bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Fluctuating weather conditions significantly swayed production output and revenue

  • Average rainfall and temperatures are unpredictable. While favourable conditions can enhance output, extreme swings negatively impact industry revenue. For example, ideal weather – particularly cooler weather – boosts blossoming, pollination and yield, while excessive heat adversely impacts stone fruits, leading to dehydration and ripening.
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Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing in Australia
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Trade agreements and quality produce position Australia's growers for export growth

  • Industry growers are set to focus on export markets for revenue growth, tapping into new markets and trends. Tasmania-grown fuji apples are particularly prominent, with a growing popularity in northeast Asian markets.

Biggest companies in the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing in Australia

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($short_0)
2025

There are no companies that hold a large enough market share in the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing in Australia industry for Alfabank-Adres to include in this product.

Products & Services Segmentation

Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing in Australia
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Apples, Pears and other pome fruits and Cherries. Apples is the largest segment of the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing in Australia.

Trends and Insights

Apples remain a staple fruit among consumers

  • Australia produces almost 15 varieties of apples, with newer additions including jazz and kanzi apples that are gaining popularity over traditional ones like red delicious.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Producers in the industry grow and harvest pome fruit and stone fruit. Pome fruit contains seed chambers and an outer flesh. Stone fruit are also fleshy but have a hard stone at their core that surrounds the seed.

What's included in this industry?

ApplesPearsNashiApricotsCherriesPeachesNectarinesPlums

Companies

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Related Terms

POME FRUITWHOLESALE BYPASSPOLLINATION

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 0134 - Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing in Australia

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Volatile weather patterns have a significant impact on the industry growers' performance, directly affecting yield outcomes. La Nina events amplified these effects, boosting ...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Industry growers cultivate an expansive range of stone and pome fruits. While pome fruits have traditionally dominated industry revenue, their contribution has seen a downwar...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Victoria is Australia's primary pear producer, contributing a whopping 90.0% of the total production. With the advantage of the favourable climates in the Goulburn Valley and...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Pome fruits are mostly homogeneous, as are some stone fruits. Hence, most farmers face internal competition on their fruit's quality and access to markets.

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

The Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry is highly fragmented, with no single player having a substantial market share. Most establishments in the industry are small ...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024

Detailed analysis

    External Environment

    Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

    Analyst insights

    The federal and state governments provide assistance to growers through budgetary outlays. Industry bodies step in to provide additional aid through research and advocacy.

    In this chapter

    • External Drivers
    • Regulation & Policy
    • Assistance

    Key metrics

    • Regulation & policy level and trend
    • Assistance level and trend

    Charts

    • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
    • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

    Detailed analysis

    • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
    • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
    • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

    Financial Benchmarks

    View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

    Analyst insights

    The Russia-Ukraine conflict has heightened water and fertiliser expenses, impacting profitability. However, the industry has displayed its resilience by adjusting to intermar...

    In this chapter

    • Cost Structure
    • Financial Ratios
    • Key Ratios

    Key metrics

    • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
    • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
    • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
    • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

    Charts

    • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
    • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
    • Investment vs. share of economy

    Data tables

    • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
    • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
    • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
    • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • Average Wage (2014-2029)
    • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
    • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
    • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
    • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

    Detailed analysis

    • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

    Key Statistics

    Industry Data

    Data Tables

    Including values and annual change:

    • Revenue (2014-2029)
    • IVA (2014-2029)
    • Establishments (2014-2029)
    • Enterprises (2014-2029)
    • Employment (2014-2029)
    • Exports (2014-2029)
    • Imports (2014-2029)
    • Wages (2014-2029)

    Top Questions Answered

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    What is the market size of the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry in Australia in 2024?

    The market size of the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry in Australia is $1.5bn in 2024.

    How many businesses are there in the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing in Australia industry in 2024?

    There are 1,466 businesses in the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry in Australia, which has declined at a CAGR of 0.3 % between 2019 and 2024.

    Has the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry in Australia grown or declined over the past 5 years?

    The market size of the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry in Australia has been growing at a CAGR of 1.3 % between 2019 and 2024.

    What is the forecast growth of the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry in Australia over the next 5 years?

    Over the next five years, the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry in Australia is expected to grow.

    What does the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing in Australia include?

    Apples and Pears are part of the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry.

    How competitive is the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry in Australia?

    The level of competition is moderate and steady in the Apple, Pear and Stone Fruit Growing industry in Australia.

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    Competitors

    • Grape Growing in Australia
    • Citrus Fruit, Nut and Other Fruit Growing in Australia
    • Under Cover Vegetable Growing in Australia
    • Outdoor Vegetable Growing in Australia

    Complementors

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    International industries

    • Fruit & Nut Farming in the US
    • Fruit & Nut Farming in Canada
    • Apple, Citrus and Other Fruit and Nut Growing in New Zealand
    • Fruit and Nut Growing in China

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