Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Printing and Related Support Manufacturing in Kentucky

Printing and Related Support manufacturing added $557M of value to Kentucky's economy in 2025, down 5.3% year over year. That ranks Kentucky 23rd of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 1.1% of Kentucky's manufacturing output. Nationally, printing and related support is a $42.5B industry (the 16th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $557M in 2025, #23 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -5.3% year over year.
  • Share of Kentucky's manufacturing: 1.1% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: printing and related support is a $42.5B industry nationally, #16 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+0.7% year over year).
  • Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 323).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the printing and related support industry in Kentucky? Printing and Related Support added $557M 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 printing and related support growing in Kentucky? Kentucky's printing and related support output shrank 5.3% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Kentucky's manufacturing is printing and related support? Printing and Related Support is 1.1% 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.