Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Furniture and Related Products Manufacturing in Illinois

Furniture and Related Products manufacturing added $1.5B of value to Illinois's economy in 2024, up 8.7% year over year. That ranks Illinois 7th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 1.1% of Illinois's manufacturing output. Nationally, furniture and related products is a $34.6B industry (the 17th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $1.5B in 2024, #7 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +8.7% year over year.
  • Share of Illinois's manufacturing: 1.1% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: furniture and related products is a $34.6B industry nationally, #17 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+0.6% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 337).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the furniture and related products industry in Illinois? Furniture and Related Products added $1.5B of value in Illinois in 2024, ranking the state 7th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is furniture and related products growing in Illinois? Illinois's furniture and related products output grew 8.7% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Illinois's manufacturing is furniture and related products? Furniture and Related Products is 1.1% of Illinois's total manufacturing value added in 2024, 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 2026-05-12.