Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Printing and Related Support Manufacturing in Montana

Printing and Related Support manufacturing added $73M of value to Montana's economy in 2025, down 3.0% year over year. That ranks Montana 43rd of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 1.8% of Montana'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: $73M in 2025, #43 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -3% year over year.
  • Share of Montana's manufacturing: 1.8% 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 Montana? Printing and Related Support added $73M of value in Montana in 2025, ranking the state 43rd of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is printing and related support growing in Montana? Montana's printing and related support output shrank 3.0% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Montana's manufacturing is printing and related support? Printing and Related Support is 1.8% of Montana'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.