Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing in Kentucky

Fabricated Metal Products manufacturing added $3.2B of value to Kentucky's economy in 2025, up 2.2% year over year. That ranks Kentucky 23rd of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 6.4% of Kentucky's manufacturing output. Nationally, fabricated metal products is a $199B industry (the 6th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $3.2B in 2025, #23 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +2.2% year over year.
  • Share of Kentucky's manufacturing: 6.4% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: fabricated metal products is a $199B 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 Kentucky? Fabricated Metal Products added $3.2B of value in Kentucky in 2025, ranking the state 23rd of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is fabricated metal products growing in Kentucky? Kentucky's fabricated metal products output grew 2.2% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Kentucky's manufacturing is fabricated metal products? Fabricated Metal Products is 6.4% of Kentucky'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.