#1 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA NASS Quick Stats
- Coverage
- United States and territories - national, state…
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Food Distributors Data Provider: 17 Cataloged Datasets
Datadory covers food distributors data provider with 2 datasets spanning USDA NASS Quick Stats , Open Food Facts - Open Database & API and USDA FoodData Central (Branded Foods + Foundation + SR Legacy + FNDDS) . Delivered daily, weekly, or hourly — your call.
2 datasets 1 publisher Delivery: API, files, or your warehouse. Daily, weekly, or hourly.
The manifest
Every catch in this slice, ranked by our quality rubric — depth of documentation, freshness, breadth. Pick one, sample it, ship it.
#2
Open Food Facts - Open Database & API
- Coverage
- Worldwide
#3 USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA FoodData Central (Branded Foods + Foundation + SR Legacy + FNDDS)
- Coverage
- United States market (marketCountry predominantly United…
#4
U.S. Economic Census - Wholesale Trade (NAICS 424)
- Coverage
- United States: national aggregate, all 50 states
#5
Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) – successor to AWTS
- Coverage
- United States - national totals, all 50 states plus the…
#6 USDA Economic Research Service
USDA ERS Food Dollar Series
- Coverage
- United States - national totals only
Plus 6 more in this slice — each with its field dictionary and sample rows on its own page.
The lay of the water
Where food distributors data provider data actually comes from.
Food distribution data splits into two layers: the thin native layer and the deep borrowed one.
Both are cataloged here.
The native layer is association and platform data.
The IFDA Research Library is the only record built by foodservice distributors themselves - monthly economic updates for US broadline distribution, Technomic quarterly briefs, benchmarking and compensation studies, and an industry facts page carrying roughly 15 headline metrics with 2023 performance medians.
Dozens of reports span the archive. RangeMe is the supply-side counterweight: the product discovery network connecting 15,000-plus retail buyers with more than 200,000 CPG supplier brands across food, grocery, beverage and health categories in seven regions including the US, UK, Canada and Australia.
Everything else comes from neighbors, and it is overwhelmingly the federal wholesale spine.
The Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey reads month-to-month demand: US merchant-wholesaler sales, end-of-month inventories and inventories-to-sales ratios by NAICS 42 kind of business back to January 1992.
The Economic Census for Wholesale Trade sizes the market every five years - its sector 42 basic table alone runs 442,035 rows, with dedicated detail for grocery wholesalers (NAICS 4244) and beer, wine and spirits wholesalers (NAICS 4248) across nearly 21,000 geographic areas.
The Annual Integrated Economic Survey fills the between-years gap with annual revenues, e-commerce sales, operating expenses, inventories and payroll starting from reference year 2023, released February 26, 2026.
Around that spine sit the food-specific records.
Pick your catch
Three to start with. The rest of the board is above.
Food distributors data provider United States and territories -… · 1850 to present depending on program
USDA NASS Quick Stats
SOURCE_DESC · SECTOR_DESC · GROUP_DESC …+13 more
Food distributors data provider Worldwide · Cumulative since the project's 2012…
Open Food Facts - Open Database & API
code · creator · created_t …+40 more
Food distributors data provider United States market (marketCountry… · Foundation Foods April 2019-present
USDA FoodData Central (Branded Foods + Foundation + SR Legacy + FNDDS)
fdcId · description · dataType …+13 more
Food distributors data provider United States: national aggregate, all… · Census years ending in 2 and 7
U.S. Economic Census - Wholesale Trade (NAICS 424)
GEO_ID · GEO_LABEL · SECTOR …+14 more
Food distributors data provider United States - national totals, all… · Reference year 2023 first release…
Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) – successor to AWTS
GEOTYPE · ST · GEO_ID …+19 more
Food distributors data provider United States - national totals only · Current model 2007-2024 (annual)
USDA ERS Food Dollar Series
Year · Type · Channel …+10 more
Food distributors data provider United States origin shipping areas to… · Refrigerated truck rates 4 January…
USDA Agricultural Truck Rate Report (AgTransport)
date · region · origin …+8 more
Food distributors data provider 245+ countries and territories across… · 1961 to the most recent year available…
FAOSTAT Food and Agriculture Statistics
Area Code / Area Code (M49) / Area · Item Code / Item Code (CPC) / Item · Element Code / Element …+5 more
Food distributors data provider United States, national totals only -… · Monthly
Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (MWTS) - Sales & Inventories
Month · Year · 42 …+2 more
Food distributors data provider United States · Multi-year report archive visible back…
IFDA – International Foodservice Distributors Association Research Library
report_title · publication_date · category …+6 more
Food distributors data provider United States · Current platform state
RangeMe – B2B Food & Grocery Product Discovery
brand_name · product_name · msrp …+6 more
Food distributors data provider United States: national, states… · County Business Patterns annually…
U.S. Census Bureau Data API - CBP / Economic Census / Wholesale Trade
GEO_ID · NAME · YEAR …+21 more
Who fishes here
Distribution strategists read month-to-month demand cycles from MWTS sales and inventory ratios by kind of business, then size addressable markets with Economic Census grocery (4244) and beer, wine and spirits (4248) detail before committing to a territory - see strategy use cases.
Category managers and private-label buyers prospect supplier brands through RangeMe's network of 200,000-plus brands and 15,000-plus retail buyers, then enrich listings with Open Food Facts ingredients and Nutri-Score joined to FoodData Central nutrient records - see category management use cases.
Finance teams benchmark distributor revenue, e-commerce penetration and operating expenses against AIES annual results, and defend margin conversations with the Food Dollar Series' wholesale share - see finance use cases.
Operations leaders set pay and fleet benchmarks from IFDA's compensation studies and Technomic quarterly briefs - see operations use cases.
- Data Scientists & ML Engineers
- E-commerce Operators Food distributors data for e-commerce operators comes down to five sources, led by the U.
- Investors & Quant Researchers Food distributors data for investors and quants comes down to five sources: U.
- Journalists, Academics & Students Food distributors data for journalists and academics comes from five ranked sources: the U.
- Market Researchers & Consultants
- Sales & Growth Teams
Choosing between them
Match the record to the decision.
Monthly sales-and-inventory ratios suit forecasting and working capital; five-year census counts suit market sizing; lane-level truck rates suit freight budgeting; brand directories suit assortment sourcing.
Don't ask a sizing instrument to do a timing job.
Check the grain before you commit.
Industry-level association aggregates benchmark your own operation but cannot rank competitors - no company-level rows exist there.
Establishment-level census rows prove market structure; current-state platform records go stale the moment a buyer changes assortment.
Pair layers instead of picking sides.
The strongest work joins the federal spine to the native layer: MWTS momentum plus IFDA benchmarks explains both the market and your place in it.
And decide the cadence you actually need - delivery runs daily, weekly, or hourly either way.
The food distributor datasets list ranks the whole board when you want the short answer.
Frequently asked questions
What does Datadory cover in food distributors data?
Seventeen cataloged datasets across three layers: association research native to US foodservice distribution from IFDA, the RangeMe product discovery network of 200,000-plus supplier brands, and the federal wholesale spine - Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey, the NAICS 424 Economic Census, AIES, the Food Dollar Series and weekly refrigerated truck rates. Coverage runs from January 1992 at monthly grain, and further back still.
Where can I find grocery wholesale sales data?
The Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey carries monthly US merchant-wholesaler sales, end-of-month inventories and inventories-to-sales ratios by NAICS 42 kind of business back to January 1992. For structure rather than momentum, the Economic Census reports sales and establishment counts specifically for grocery wholesalers (NAICS 4244) and beer, wine and spirits wholesalers (NAICS 4248).
How much of the food dollar goes to wholesale trade?
The USDA ERS Food Dollar Series answers this directly, splitting every US food dollar across farm production, processing, packaging, transportation, wholesale, retail and other stages through 47 spending accounts. Machine-readable nominal data covers 2007 to 2024, archived real series reach back to 1993, and new reference years land each November.
Where can I get foodservice distributor performance benchmarks?
The IFDA Research Library is the dedicated record: monthly economic updates, Technomic quarterly briefs and benchmarking and compensation studies for US foodservice distributors, with roughly 15 headline metrics citing 2023 performance medians. It is the only dataset in this slice produced by foodservice distributors themselves.
Can I count US grocery and beverage wholesalers by state or county?
Yes. The Economic Census for Wholesale Trade tabulates establishments, sales, payroll and employment down to nearly 21,000 geographic areas, with the 2022 vintage completed in April 2026 and County Business Patterns filling the off-years annually back to 1986. The next census year is 2027.
Is RangeMe supplier and product data available?
The directory of 200,000-plus CPG supplier brands and 15,000-plus retail buyer accounts updates daily across seven regions, and Datadory delivers it as typed brand- and product-level rows. Note it reflects current platform state only - there is no historical archive - so treat it as a prospecting and enrichment layer rather than a time series.
How is food distributors data delivered?
Daily, weekly, or hourly - your call. Records land as typed rows with the field dictionary attached, into your warehouse, your files, or whatever channel your stack already speaks. Name the kinds of business, lanes or brand categories you need and a scoped sample goes out first.
See the rows before you commit
Any catch on this board, sampled against your own question. API, files, or your warehouse. Daily, weekly, or hourly..