How big is the food, beverage, and tobacco products industry in District of Columbia?

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products added $44M of value in District of Columbia in 2025, ranking the state 51st of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.

Is food, beverage, and tobacco products growing in District of Columbia?

District of Columbia's food, beverage, and tobacco products output shrank 11.3% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.

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

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products is 12.5% of District of Columbia's total manufacturing value added in 2025, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.

Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products Manufacturing in District of Columbia

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products manufacturing added $44M of value to District of Columbia's economy in 2025, down 11.3% year over year. That ranks District of Columbia 51st of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 12.5% of District of Columbia'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: $44M in 2025, #51 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
Growth: -11.3% year over year.
Share of District of Columbia's manufacturing: 12.5% 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 District of Columbia? Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products added $44M of value in District of Columbia in 2025, ranking the state 51st of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
Is food, beverage, and tobacco products growing in District of Columbia? District of Columbia's food, beverage, and tobacco products output shrank 11.3% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
What share of District of Columbia's manufacturing is food, beverage, and tobacco products? Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products is 12.5% of District of Columbia'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.