Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Machinery Manufacturing in Virginia

Machinery manufacturing added $3.1B of value to Virginia's economy in 2025, up 13.8% year over year. That ranks Virginia 21st of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 5.2% of Virginia's manufacturing output. Nationally, machinery is a $220B industry (the 4th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $3.1B in 2025, #21 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +13.8% year over year.
  • Share of Virginia's manufacturing: 5.2% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: machinery is a $220B industry nationally, #4 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+0.5% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 333).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the machinery industry in Virginia? Machinery added $3.1B of value in Virginia in 2025, ranking the state 21st of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is machinery growing in Virginia? Virginia's machinery output grew 13.8% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Virginia's manufacturing is machinery? Machinery is 5.2% of Virginia'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.