Soft Valentine’s Day Unit Sales in 2026
Between low consumer confidence and ongoing inflation, floral unit sales declined in the four-week Valentine’s Day period. The Saturday holiday timing likely played a role as well, which is an important reminder with Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day overlapping in 2027.
PERFORMANCE
| Floral Department |
Dollar Sales |
Dollar % Change vs. Year Ago |
Unit Sales |
Unit % Change vs. Year Ago |
| 4 weeks | $1.29B | +0.9% | 91.9M | -3.3% |
| 52 weeks | $10.3B | +5.9% | 963.1M | -0.3% |
Source: Circana, Integrated Fresh, MULO, 4 and 52 weeks ending 2/22/2026
Sales by Type
True to Valentine’s Day traditions, roses rise to the top in February
Roses generated nearly $424 million in the four weeks leading up the Valentine’s Day holiday. This reflects a dollar gain of 2.6%, though unit decline of 1.8%. Only arrangements had positive unit growth among the larger sellers during the quad-week, with roses being second best.
Potted plants, which includes Easter lilies had substantial declines because of this year’s later Easter timing.
PRICING
| 4 w.e. 2/22/2026 | Price per unit | % Change vs. year ago |
| Floral Department |
$14.04 |
+4.3% |
| Roses | $17.69 | +4.5% |
| Arrangements | $35.53 | +0.3% |
| Bouquets | $15.81 | +4.7% |
| Potted Plants | $12.28 | +4.4% |
| Custom bunch | $7.44 | +6.2% |
| Bulbs | $9.80 | +18.5% |
| Outdoor plants | $8.60 | +0.8% |
| Holidays | $7.68 | +13.2% |
























