The State of Local Florists 2026
How many real, local flower shops are there, when are they open, and what else do they sell? These figures come straight from the 13,476 independent and local flower shops listed on RateAFlorist and its sister site LocalFlowerShop, using the opening hours each shop publishes. Every number on this page is recalculated from the directory each day.
Key findings
- 13,476 local flower shops are listed across 6,569 cities and towns in 51 states and districts.
- 82% of shops that publish their hours are open on Saturday, but only 20% are open on Sunday.
- 18% are closed all weekend, and 18% open every day of the week.
- The typical shop is open 5.8 days a week and about 44 hours in total (median).
- The typical weekday opening time is 9AM. Only 24% stay open until 6PM or later on any weekday, and 68% close by 5PM every weekday.
- 14% of shops list wedding flowers among their services.
- In 22% of the cities and towns with a listed shop, at least one shop opens on Sunday. In the rest, Sunday flowers mean ordering ahead or looking to a neighboring town.
Weekends: Saturday yes, Sunday mostly no
Saturday is a working day for most local florists: 82% of shops with published hours open on Saturday, often for a shorter day. Sunday is different. Only 20% of shops open at all, which matters for anyone who needs flowers for a Sunday visit, a Monday funeral or a birthday that falls on the weekend.
The practical advice follows from the data: order on Friday or Saturday for anything needed on Sunday, and call ahead even when a shop lists Sunday hours, because Sunday opening is often short and seasonal. A national website that promises Sunday delivery is usually passing the order to a local florist anyway, and has to find one that is open.
Sunday opening varies by state. Among states with at least 40 shops publishing hours, the highest share open on Sunday is in New York (49%), California (41%), Hawaii (36%), New Jersey (34%), Massachusetts (27%). The lowest share is in Montana (1%), North Dakota (2%), Utah (3%), Arkansas (3%), Kansas (3%).
A working week of about 44 hours
The typical local florist is open 5.8 days a week, for a median of 44 hours. The weekday usually starts around 9AM, because flowers are conditioned and orders are built in the morning before delivery runs go out.
Evenings are rare: just 24% of shops stay open until 6PM or later on at least one weekday, and 68% close by 5PM every weekday. For same-day delivery, the morning call is the one that works. Many shops set a late-morning or early-afternoon cutoff for same-day orders, so the earlier you call, the more choice you have.
How many days a week shops open
| Days open | Share of shops |
|---|---|
| 7 days | 18% |
| 6 days | 56% |
| 5 days | 21% |
| 4 days | 3% |
| 3 days or fewer | 2% |
More than flowers
Many local flower shops are also something else. These are the other business types shops most often list alongside "florist":
| Also listed as | Share of shops |
|---|---|
| Flower Delivery | 36% |
| Flower Designer | 33% |
| Gift Shop | 28% |
| Wedding Service | 10% |
| Gift Basket Store | 9% |
| Flower Market | 6% |
| Plant Nursery | 5% |
| Event Planner | 3% |
| Wedding Planner | 3% |
| Wedding Store | 3% |
| Balloon Store | 2% |
| Garden Center | 2% |
Gifts, plants and balloons sit naturally next to flowers, and they are part of why a local shop can put together a fuller gift than a website that only relays orders. 14% of shops list wedding flowers; you can find them by town on each city's wedding florists page.
Where the shops are
The states with the most local flower shops in the directory are California (1,477), Texas (1,123), New York (885), Florida (748), Pennsylvania (575). The full table below lists every state, with the number of shops, the number of cities and towns they are in, and the share open on Sunday.
| State | Shops | Cities and towns | Open Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 216 | 117 | 5% |
| Alaska | 16 | 7 | 31% |
| Arizona | 152 | 43 | 22% |
| Arkansas | 196 | 108 | 3% |
| California | 1,477 | 428 | 41% |
| Colorado | 200 | 86 | 21% |
| Connecticut | 166 | 92 | 25% |
| Delaware | 28 | 17 | 19% |
| District of Columbia | 17 | 1 | 29% |
| Florida | 748 | 242 | 22% |
| Georgia | 367 | 174 | 10% |
| Hawaii | 60 | 23 | 36% |
| Idaho | 76 | 41 | 5% |
| Illinois | 530 | 269 | 22% |
| Indiana | 289 | 166 | 7% |
| Iowa | 170 | 128 | 10% |
| Kansas | 138 | 94 | 3% |
| Kentucky | 217 | 127 | 6% |
| Louisiana | 198 | 98 | 11% |
| Maine | 87 | 67 | 13% |
| Maryland | 195 | 99 | 23% |
| Massachusetts | 326 | 182 | 27% |
| Michigan | 430 | 242 | 20% |
| Minnesota | 262 | 193 | 18% |
| Mississippi | 157 | 90 | 4% |
| Missouri | 253 | 156 | 9% |
| Montana | 75 | 46 | 1% |
| Nebraska | 110 | 69 | 9% |
| Nevada | 78 | 21 | 26% |
| New Hampshire | 77 | 53 | 19% |
| New Jersey | 447 | 264 | 34% |
| New Mexico | 68 | 32 | 8% |
| New York | 885 | 386 | 49% |
| North Carolina | 427 | 208 | 10% |
| North Dakota | 48 | 31 | 2% |
| Ohio | 486 | 275 | 13% |
| Oklahoma | 234 | 134 | 5% |
| Oregon | 165 | 71 | 19% |
| Pennsylvania | 575 | 332 | 14% |
| Rhode Island | 49 | 24 | 22% |
| South Carolina | 201 | 104 | 4% |
| South Dakota | 66 | 48 | 5% |
| Tennessee | 293 | 139 | 6% |
| Texas | 1,123 | 427 | 16% |
| Utah | 123 | 59 | 3% |
| Vermont | 45 | 34 | 5% |
| Virginia | 311 | 158 | 13% |
| Washington | 243 | 113 | 25% |
| West Virginia | 75 | 55 | 7% |
| Wisconsin | 260 | 171 | 12% |
| Wyoming | 41 | 25 | 18% |
Sunday flowers, town by town
Across the 6,569 cities and towns with at least one listed shop, 1,417 (22%) have a shop that lists Sunday hours. Of the 5,152 that do not, 90% have only one or two listed shops, so a Sunday closing there leaves no local option that day.
Each city page on RateAFlorist now shows an at-a-glance count of how many of its shops open on Saturday and Sunday, which open late, and which opens earliest, with the names of the Sunday shops. If your town has none, the page also lists florists in nearby towns, and a shop a short drive away is still a local florist, with a real person answering the phone.
Holiday hours are not part of this data. Many shops change their hours around Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Christmas, so the best source for a holiday order is a call to the shop a few days ahead.
Shops that close
Local flower shops do close, and a directory that keeps listing them sends customers to a dead phone line. Since the directory was built in July 2026, 111 shops have been confirmed closed and removed from the listings. Closures are checked against the public business record and reviewed by a person before a listing comes down.
How this data was collected
The RateAFlorist directory lists brick-and-mortar flower shops with a real street address. It was built in July 2026 from public business listings, then filtered to remove order-gathering websites and businesses with no storefront. Shops can claim their listing and correct their details at any time.
Opening hours are the hours each shop publishes. 13,084 of the 13,476 shops (97%) publish hours, and every percentage about opening times uses those 13,084 shops as its base. A shop counts as open on a day if it lists any hours for that day. "Open until 6PM or later" means a listed closing time of 6PM or later on at least one weekday. Medians are the middle value across shops. Category shares use all 13,476 shops. Holiday hours are not included.
The figures describe the shops in this directory, which aims to list every real local florist in the United States but is not an official census. They are recalculated daily, so they change slightly as shops update their hours, open or close. You are welcome to quote them with a link to this page.
Questions
Are florists open on Sunday?
Most are not. Only 20% of the local flower shops that publish their hours on RateAFlorist are open on Sunday, compared with 82% on Saturday. Order by Saturday for anything needed on Sunday, and call ahead even if a shop lists Sunday hours.
What time do florists open?
The typical local florist opens at about 9AM on weekdays. Mornings are when shops condition flowers and build the day's orders, so a morning call is best for same-day delivery.
How late are flower shops open?
Not very late. Only 24% stay open until 6PM or later on any weekday, and 68% close by 5PM every weekday.
How many local flower shops are there in the United States?
The RateAFlorist directory lists 13,476 local flower shops in 6,569 cities and towns. It aims to cover every real storefront florist but is not an official count.
How many days a week are flower shops open?
The typical shop is open 5.8 days a week, for a median of about 44 hours.
Do local florists do weddings?
Many do: 14% of shops in the directory list wedding flowers among their services. Each city page links to the wedding florists in that town where there are enough of them.
Where does this data come from?
From the RateAFlorist directory of brick-and-mortar flower shops and the opening hours each shop publishes, recalculated daily. The methodology section above explains exactly how each figure is counted.
Can I use these figures?
Yes. Please quote them with a link to this page so readers can see the current numbers and how they were calculated.
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