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

Wood Products manufacturing produced $58.6B of value added in 2025, or 2% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.2% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 15 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.

Is wood products manufacturing growing or shrinking?

In the latest annual data (2025), wood products value added is down 2.7% 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 wood products?

Texas leads with $4.2B of wood products GDP in 2024, followed by Oregon ($4.0B) and Georgia ($3.6B), per BEA state GDP data.

Is wood products a durable or nondurable goods industry?

BEA classes wood products manufacturing as durable goods. Durable goods (metals, machinery, electronics, vehicles) are products with a service life of three years or more.

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Wood Products Manufacturing

Wood Products manufacturing produced $58.6B of value added in 2025. That is 2% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.2% of GDP, making it the 15th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors the Bureau of Economic Analysis tracks. Output shrank 2.7% year over year. It is classed as durable goods manufacturing; the largest producing state is Texas ($4.2B in 2024).

Output and growth

Value added: $58.6B in 2025, 2% of all U.S. manufacturing and 0.2% of GDP.
Year-over-year change: -2.7% in dollar terms.
Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 321).

Top producing states

Texas: $4.2B (2024)
Oregon: $4.0B (2024)
Georgia: $3.6B (2024)

Frequently asked questions

How big is wood products manufacturing in the U.S.? Wood Products manufacturing produced $58.6B of value added in 2025, or 2% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.2% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 15 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.
Is wood products manufacturing growing or shrinking? In the latest annual data (2025), wood products value added is down 2.7% 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 wood products? Texas leads with $4.2B of wood products GDP in 2024, followed by Oregon ($4.0B) and Georgia ($3.6B), per BEA state GDP data.
Is wood products a durable or nondurable goods industry? BEA classes wood products manufacturing as durable goods. Durable goods (metals, machinery, electronics, vehicles) are products with a service life of three years or more.

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.