Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Machinery Manufacturing in Arkansas

Machinery manufacturing added $1.7B of value to Arkansas's economy in 2025, down 1.0% year over year. That ranks Arkansas 32nd of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 6.7% of Arkansas's manufacturing output. Nationally, machinery is a $220B industry (the 4th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $1.7B in 2025, #32 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -1% year over year.
  • Share of Arkansas's manufacturing: 6.7% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: machinery is a $220B industry nationally, #4 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+0.5% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 333).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the machinery industry in Arkansas? Machinery added $1.7B of value in Arkansas in 2025, ranking the state 32nd of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is machinery growing in Arkansas? Arkansas's machinery output shrank 1.0% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Arkansas's manufacturing is machinery? Machinery is 6.7% of Arkansas's total manufacturing value added in 2025, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.

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 2026-10-01.