What Sunridge Nurseries Inc does

Sunridge Nurseries Inc is a privately held agricultural nursery company headquartered in Bakersfield, California, founded in 1977. The firm operates in the grapevine nursery stock industry — propagating and supplying grapevine planting material to commercial vineyard operations and the broader U.S. viticulture sector. Its self-described market positioning characterizes it as "the most trusted and respected name in the grapevine nursery stock industry," reflecting a multi-decade operating history.

The company employs between 101 and 250 people, placing it in the small-to-mid-cap range for agricultural producers. Operationally, grapevine nursery businesses concentrate on propagation techniques (rootstock selection, scion grafting, virus-cleaning/certification) and distribution of dormant vines, rootstock, and finished grafted plants to commercial wineries and vineyards. Sunridge's Bakersfield base places it within California's Central Valley, the country's most concentrated wine-grape growing region, providing logistical proximity to a large share of its addressable customer base. The firm's website (sunridgenurseries.com) was not retrievable in the source data, yielding only a verification page, so specifics on product catalog, pricing, certifications (e.g., CDFA nursery stock licensing), or distribution footprint cannot be confirmed.

The company is a for-profit private corporation with no disclosed parent, subsidiaries, funding rounds, or recent corporate actions in the source material. It is not publicly traded, and no investor disclosures are available. Revenue model is most consistent with B2B agricultural sales: unit-volume pricing of nursery stock (vines, rootstock) to vineyard operators, varietal and quantity-driven pricing, and seasonal order fulfillment. No information on customer concentration, geographic reach beyond California, or pricing tiers was available in the input data. <parameter name="source_id">

Name

Sunridge Nurseries Inc

Website

https://sunridgenurseries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Sunridge Nurseries Inc is a privately held grapevine nursery stock producer founded in 1977 and based in Bakersfield, California, propagating and supplying grapevine planting material to commercial vineyard and winery operators. <parameter name="source_id">

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Grapevine Nursery Stock

NAICS

Nursery and Tree Production (111421), Nursery and Floriculture Production (11142)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Fruit & Nut Planting Stock (Rootstocks, Nursery Trees, Vines) (AFABAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Nursery Stock & Propagule Production (Cuttings, Rootstocks, Grafts) (AFAGAIAO)

Keywords

• Grapevine nursery stock
• Vine propagation
• Vineyard nursery plants
• Grapevine rootstock
• Commercial nursery stock

Headquarters

HQ city

Bakersfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Sunridge Nurseries grows and supplies grapevine nursery stock — the young vines, rootstocks, and propagation material used by commercial vineyards and wineries to plant or replant vineyards. The company operates as a specialist propagator in the grapevine nursery stock industry, supplying plant material rather than finished wine, equipment, or chemical inputs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grapevine Nursery Stock

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Wonderful Nurseries: One of the largest grapevine nursery operations in California (formed from the merger of Vintage Nurseries and others), supplying bench-grafted and own-rooted vines. Directly competes with Sunridge for California grower customers across wine and table grape varieties.
• Novavine: California-based grapevine nursery specializing in own-rooted and grafted wine grape vines. Closely comparable to Sunridge in product mix, customer base (California and Western U.S. vineyards), and propagation technology.
• Duarte Nursery: Large California nursery producing grapevine nursery stock along with a broader range of tree crops. Comparable to Sunridge on grapevine propagation but with greater product diversification and scale across the Central Valley.
• Sierra Gold Nurseries: Northern California nursery producing grapevines and other tree crops, overlapping with Sunridge in grapevine stock and serving a similar California grower customer base.
• Lambert Nurseries: Specialty nursery producing grapevine and other nursery stock, comparable to Sunridge as a propagation-focused operation serving vineyard growers in the Western U.S.
• Inland Desert Nursery: Pacific Northwest nursery producing grapevines and other nursery crops, directly comparable to Sunridge in grapevine propagation methods and end-market focus on commercial vineyard customers.

Broad incumbents

• Monrovia Nursery Company: Large established U.S. nursery focused primarily on ornamental and landscape plants. Not a direct grapevine competitor, but operates at much greater scale in plant propagation, distribution, and brand marketing — illustrating incumbent dynamics that affect the broader nursery industry.
• Bailey Nurseries: Major multi-state U.S. nursery producing a wide range of nursery stock. Comparable to Sunridge as a nursery operator but with a much broader product portfolio and national distribution footprint.
• Costa Farms: Large North American grower and distributor of indoor and outdoor plants. Related to Sunridge through plant propagation and nursery operations at scale, but focused on the ornamental and houseplant categories rather than grapevines.

Others

• Foundation Plant Services (UC Davis): UC Davis entity that produces and distributes clean, virus-tested grapevine stock to California nurseries including Sunridge. Functions as a key upstream supplier in the grapevine propagation value chain rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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