DUISBURG WHOLESALE MARKET

At the intersection of three regions; Ruhr, Rheinschiene and Lower Rhine
27 importers, growers, wholesalers, caterers and the producers and sellers of convenience goods use the 7,000 m2 of sales floor area to serve a large number of customers from the independent food retail trade, such as greengrocers and street market traders, and buyers for restaurants and eateries.

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, dairy produce, other foods, catering