New pallets and skids in Florida
Florida is a distribution state. Warehousing employs 105,401 people, fourth in the country, and grocery wholesale 63,967, third. Polk County, between Tampa and Orlando, leads with 19,862 warehousing jobs; Duval, Jacksonville, follows with 15,372; Miami-Dade has 13,042 and is third in the country for grocery wholesale jobs.
Most of that freight is consumer goods and groceries bound for stores, and it rides on 48 x 40s. With 254 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space and 50 refrigerated facilities, a good share of it is cold, which is a reason to ask for dry lumber.
Beverage plants employ 12,661, fifth nationally, and use the smaller squares that trade prefers; see beverage loads. In Florida’s humidity, air movement in pallet storage helps keep mold off.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Warehousing and storage | 105,401 | 48 x 40 |
| Grocery wholesale | 63,967 | 48 x 40 |
| Food manufacturing | 39,390 | 48 x 40 |
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 13,320 | 48 x 40 |
| Beverage manufacturing | 12,661 | 42 x 42 |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in Florida
Florida’s largest warehousing county is Polk, between Tampa and Orlando, with 19,862 jobs; Duval, around Jacksonville, follows with 15,372, then Miami-Dade with 13,042. The state has 254 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space, so pallets for chilled and frozen food are a steady need, as are 48 x 40s for retail distribution. Pharmaceutical manufacturing adds 13,320 jobs. Auto parts and vehicle work are small here, so plant-specified footprints are rare requests. Florida has 1,249 warehousing establishments and 5.54% of the country’s warehousing jobs; auto parts adds 3,148 jobs and vehicle assembly 2,050.
Humidity is the Florida pallet’s enemy. Dried lumber, storage with moving air, and not loading warm, freshly treated pallets into closed trailers all reduce mold. Ask for those on the spec if your product is food or pharmaceuticals.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a Florida delivery ZIP. We write the build down as a spec, quote new pallets against it with delivery priced in, and reorders follow the same sheet.
Quote new pallets for Florida
Every pallet is quoted to a written spec, wherever the dock is. Give the delivery ZIP with the size, load and quantity.
- Delivery
- ZIP code in Florida
- Pallet size
- Stringer length first
- Load weight
- Per pallet, in pounds
Not sure of a line? Leave it blank. Size, load weight and quantity are enough to start a quote.
The builds Florida’s trades use
- Food and groceryThe 48 x 40 at its home: distribution centers, food plants and store docks, and why dry, clean lumber matters.
- PharmaceuticalClean, dry, documented pallets for audited warehouses.
- BeverageDense cases and kegs on smaller squares, built for route trucks and hand jacks.