How big is the food, beverage, and tobacco products industry in Delaware?

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products added $2.3B of value in Delaware in 2025, ranking the state 36th of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.

Is food, beverage, and tobacco products growing in Delaware?

Delaware's food, beverage, and tobacco products output grew 2.3% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.

What share of Delaware's manufacturing is food, beverage, and tobacco products?

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products is 26.7% of Delaware's total manufacturing value added in 2025, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.

Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products Manufacturing in Delaware

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products manufacturing added $2.3B of value to Delaware's economy in 2025, up 2.3% year over year. That ranks Delaware 36th of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 26.7% of Delaware's manufacturing output. Nationally, food, beverage, and tobacco products is a $384B industry (the 2nd-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

Value added: $2.3B in 2025, #36 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
Growth: +2.3% year over year.
Share of Delaware's manufacturing: 26.7% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
National context: food, beverage, and tobacco products is a $384B industry nationally, #2 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (-1.6% year over year).
Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 311FT).

Frequently asked questions

How big is the food, beverage, and tobacco products industry in Delaware? Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products added $2.3B of value in Delaware in 2025, ranking the state 36th of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
Is food, beverage, and tobacco products growing in Delaware? Delaware's food, beverage, and tobacco products output grew 2.3% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
What share of Delaware's manufacturing is food, beverage, and tobacco products? Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products is 26.7% of Delaware'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.