How big is printing and related support manufacturing in the U.S.?

Printing and Related Support manufacturing produced $41.5B of value added in 2025, or 1.4% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.1% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 16 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.

Is printing and related support manufacturing growing or shrinking?

In the latest annual data (2025), printing and related support value added is up 0.5% 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 printing and related support?

California leads with $3.3B of printing and related support GDP in 2024, followed by Wisconsin ($2.8B) and Illinois ($2.6B), per BEA state GDP data.

Is printing and related support a durable or nondurable goods industry?

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

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Printing and Related Support Manufacturing

Printing and Related Support manufacturing produced $41.5B of value added in 2025. That is 1.4% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.1% of GDP, making it the 16th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors the Bureau of Economic Analysis tracks. Output grew 0.5% year over year. It is classed as nondurable goods manufacturing; the largest producing state is California ($3.3B in 2024).

Output and growth

Value added: $41.5B in 2025, 1.4% of all U.S. manufacturing and 0.1% of GDP.
Year-over-year change: +0.5% in dollar terms.
Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 323).

Top producing states

California: $3.3B (2024)
Wisconsin: $2.8B (2024)
Illinois: $2.6B (2024)

Frequently asked questions

How big is printing and related support manufacturing in the U.S.? Printing and Related Support manufacturing produced $41.5B of value added in 2025, or 1.4% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.1% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 16 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.
Is printing and related support manufacturing growing or shrinking? In the latest annual data (2025), printing and related support value added is up 0.5% 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 printing and related support? California leads with $3.3B of printing and related support GDP in 2024, followed by Wisconsin ($2.8B) and Illinois ($2.6B), per BEA state GDP data.
Is printing and related support a durable or nondurable goods industry? BEA classes printing and related support 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.