How big is chemical products manufacturing in the U.S.?

Chemical Products manufacturing produced $578B of value added in 2025, or 19.9% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 1.9% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 1 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.

Is chemical products manufacturing growing or shrinking?

In the latest annual data (2025), chemical products value added is up 4.3% year over year in dollar terms. The full quarterly series since 2005 is charted above and updates with each BEA release.

Which states produce the most chemical products?

Texas leads with $83.2B of chemical products GDP in 2024, followed by California ($72.6B) and New Jersey ($34.4B), per BEA state GDP data.

Is chemical products a durable or nondurable goods industry?

BEA classes chemical products manufacturing as nondurable goods. Nondurable goods (food, chemicals, plastics, fuel, paper) are products generally consumed within three years.

Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Chemical Products Manufacturing

Chemical Products manufacturing produced $578B of value added in 2025. That is 19.9% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 1.9% of GDP, making it the largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors the Bureau of Economic Analysis tracks. Output grew 4.3% year over year. It is classed as nondurable goods manufacturing; the largest producing state is Texas ($83.2B in 2024).

Output and growth

Value added: $578B in 2025, 19.9% of all U.S. manufacturing and 1.9% of GDP.
Year-over-year change: +4.3% in dollar terms.
Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 325).

Top producing states

Texas: $83.2B (2024)
California: $72.6B (2024)
New Jersey: $34.4B (2024)

Frequently asked questions

How big is chemical products manufacturing in the U.S.? Chemical Products manufacturing produced $578B of value added in 2025, or 19.9% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 1.9% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 1 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.
Is chemical products manufacturing growing or shrinking? In the latest annual data (2025), chemical products value added is up 4.3% year over year in dollar terms. The full quarterly series since 2005 is charted above and updates with each BEA release.
Which states produce the most chemical products? Texas leads with $83.2B of chemical products GDP in 2024, followed by California ($72.6B) and New Jersey ($34.4B), per BEA state GDP data.
Is chemical products a durable or nondurable goods industry? BEA classes chemical products manufacturing as nondurable goods. Nondurable goods (food, chemicals, plastics, fuel, paper) are products generally consumed within three years.

About this data

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (public domain). National quarterly values are seasonally adjusted annual rates. Corporate-profit industry detail reflects inventory valuation adjustment without capital consumption adjustment, per NIPA table 6.16D conventions.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.