Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Printing and Related Support Manufacturing in Minnesota

Printing and Related Support manufacturing added $2.1B of value to Minnesota's economy in 2025, up 0.8% year over year. That ranks Minnesota 6th of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 3.6% of Minnesota'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: $2.1B in 2025, #6 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +0.8% year over year.
  • Share of Minnesota's manufacturing: 3.6% 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 Minnesota? Printing and Related Support added $2.1B of value in Minnesota in 2025, ranking the state 6th of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is printing and related support growing in Minnesota? Minnesota's printing and related support output grew 0.8% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Minnesota's manufacturing is printing and related support? Printing and Related Support is 3.6% of Minnesota'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.