DUISBURG WHOLESALE MARKET

At the intersection of three regions; Ruhr, Rheinschiene and Lower Rhine

27 importers, growers and wholesalers are based at the 7,000 m² site which includes a covered market area of 4,000 m²; among their many customers are independent retailers with their own greengroceries or street market stalls and restaurant chefs and caterers.

Duisburg Wholesale Market is an important regional institution blessed with an intact, modern infrastructure and can look back on more than a century of trading history. A special feature of the site is its good international connections, e.g. via nearby Duisburg airport; and the Dutch border is a mere 50 km down the road.

The wholesale market’s immediate catchment area is the Lower Rhine region and the western Ruhr district, where some 1.5 million consumers live.

Built: 1927
Area: 32,000 m²
Firms on site: 27
Customers: 1,200
Annual turnover (volume): 100,000 t
Annual turnover (value): 120 million euros
Catchment area: 1.5 million consumers
Range sold: Fruit, Vegetables, Fish, Meat, Other foods