How much does a commercial greenhouse cost?
There is no single cost per square metre. Installed CAPEX is driven by structure class and gutter height, covering, ventilation and screening, heating and cooling duty, irrigation and fertigation, control systems, civil works and foundations, backup power, freight and Incoterm, local labour and installation, and taxes and duties. A credible budget comes from a specification, not from a benchmark. Any figure produced before the specification exists is indicative for screening only and should not be used as a procurement or financing basis.
What actually drives the answer
Two proposals can differ by a large margin purely because one includes civil works, water supply to the head and commissioning and the other does not.
Climate severity moves cost more than most buyers expect: cooling, heating and screening packages are the largest optional blocks.
OPEX — energy, water, labour, crop inputs, maintenance and replacement of covering — often changes project viability more than CAPEX does.
Freight, duties and installation labour are location-specific and must be priced locally rather than assumed from another market.
Variables that change the answer
- Structure class and height
- Climate control package
- Covering type
- Civil works scope
- Freight, duty and Incoterm
- Local installation cost
Evidence a supplier needs before quoting
- Area and phasing
- Climate data
- Water and energy context
- Required technology level
- Delivery location
What this answer does not settle
- Indicative planning ranges are for screening only and are not quotations.
- No return, payback or yield is implied by any cost figure on this site.
Responsibility
- Professional review:
- Project engineer and the quoting supplier
- Delivered by:
- Manufacturer, integrator or EPC contractor
- Feeds RFQ section:
- Budget, phasing and scope boundary
Sources
- Greenhouse Horticulture research programmeWageningen University & Research · Secondary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- World Bank Open Data — Agriculture & Rural Development indicatorsWorld Bank · Primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
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