Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing in Iowa

Fabricated Metal Products manufacturing added $2.6B of value to Iowa's economy in 2024, down 2.1% year over year. That ranks Iowa 25th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 5.8% of Iowa's manufacturing output. Nationally, fabricated metal products is a $193B industry (the 6th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $2.6B in 2024, #25 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -2.1% year over year.
  • Share of Iowa's manufacturing: 5.8% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: fabricated metal products is a $193B industry nationally, #6 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+1.3% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 332).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the fabricated metal products industry in Iowa? Fabricated Metal Products added $2.6B of value in Iowa in 2024, ranking the state 25th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is fabricated metal products growing in Iowa? Iowa's fabricated metal products output shrank 2.1% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Iowa's manufacturing is fabricated metal products? Fabricated Metal Products is 5.8% of Iowa'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.