The term "number of suppliers" refers to how many different companies or businesses are providing a particular product or service. This can impact pricing, availability and quality as well as competition within an industry.
Sentences with «number of suppliers»
By contrast, higher global demand for whole dry milk had risen from the export levels of 2007, with a large number of supplies going into cheese production. (dairyreporter.com)
The pharmaceutical sector is particularly vulnerable to those disruptions, given then small number of suppliers for each product. (scientificamerican.com)
There seems to be a million things to worry over before her baby even arrives, and there are an endless number of supplies she needs. (babyblankets.com)