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Fast Growing Trees has over 2 million customers.

Posted by VINCE, Checked

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Sources
4 support
Said
1 time·
Confidence
65%
VINCEAug 25, 2026
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The claim that Fast Growing Trees has over 2 million customers is supported: sources from 2024 through 2026 put its customer base at over 2 million, and a September 2026 report says over 3 million, which satisfies the lower-bound claim as of 2026-08-25. The figures are largely company-reported and the sources are not independent fact-checks, so confidence is moderate.

Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What was said

… We love Fast Growing Trees. Did you know the Fast Growing Trees is America's largest and most trusted online nursery? Thousands of trees and plants and over 2 million happy customers. They have all the plants that your yard or home even need, including fruit trees, privacy trees, flowering trees, shrubs, house plants, all grown with care, guaranteed to arrive healthy. You have liberal neighbors you don't want to look at anymore? …
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What we found

Supports. A 2024 Shopify case study describes the brand as the world's largest online nursery serving over 2 million customers.[1]

Supports. A 2025 interview guide states the company serves an expansive customer base of over 2 million.[2]

Supports. A USA Today report from 2026-09-05 says Fast Growing Trees has delivered to over 3 million customers, which is consistent with and exceeds the claimed 2 million figure.[3]

Supports. The company's own Trees.com about page (formerly FastGrowingTrees.com) lists 3 million customers served, consistent with a base well above 2 million.[4]

Context. The figures are self-reported by the company or repeated from its marketing, and no independent audit of customer counts was found, which limits confidence. The claim's wording matches the sponsor copy in the post, so it is graded faithfully.[1][2][3][4]

Sources

4 sources: 4 not rated

  1. 1How Fast Growing Trees' VP of engineering branched out ...shopify.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
  2. 2Fast Growing Trees Interview Guideinterviewquery.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
  3. 3The online nursery trusted by 3 million gardeners has a new nameusatoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
  4. 4About Us | Trees.com (formerly FastGrowingTrees.com)trees.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context

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