Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Furniture and Related Products Manufacturing in Kentucky

Furniture and Related Products manufacturing added $300M of value to Kentucky's economy in 2024, down 1.3% year over year. That ranks Kentucky 28th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 0.6% of Kentucky'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: $300M in 2024, #28 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -1.3% year over year.
  • Share of Kentucky's manufacturing: 0.6% 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 Kentucky? Furniture and Related Products added $300M of value in Kentucky in 2024, ranking the state 28th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is furniture and related products growing in Kentucky? Kentucky's furniture and related products output shrank 1.3% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Kentucky's manufacturing is furniture and related products? Furniture and Related Products is 0.6% of Kentucky'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.