Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Machinery Manufacturing in Kentucky

Machinery manufacturing added $3.2B of value to Kentucky's economy in 2024, up 11.1% year over year. That ranks Kentucky 21th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 6.5% of Kentucky's manufacturing output. Nationally, machinery is a $205B industry (the 5th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $3.2B in 2024, #21 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +11.1% year over year.
  • Share of Kentucky's manufacturing: 6.5% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: machinery is a $205B industry nationally, #5 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (-1.7% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 333).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the machinery industry in Kentucky? Machinery added $3.2B of value in Kentucky in 2024, ranking the state 21th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is machinery growing in Kentucky? Kentucky's machinery output grew 11.1% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Kentucky's manufacturing is machinery? Machinery is 6.5% 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.