Manufacturing Economy Monitor
Wood Products Manufacturing in Virginia
Wood Products manufacturing added $1.7B of value to Virginia's economy in 2025, down 1.1% year over year. That ranks Virginia 13th of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 2.9% of Virginia's manufacturing output. Nationally, wood products is a $55.5B industry (the 15th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Output and rank
- Value added: $1.7B in 2025, #13 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
- Growth: -1.1% year over year.
- Share of Virginia's manufacturing: 2.9% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
- National context: wood products is a $55.5B industry nationally, #15 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+0.2% year over year).
- Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 321).
Frequently asked questions
- How big is the wood products industry in Virginia? Wood Products added $1.7B of value in Virginia in 2025, ranking the state 13th of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
- Is wood products growing in Virginia? Virginia's wood products output shrank 1.1% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
- What share of Virginia's manufacturing is wood products? Wood Products is 2.9% 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.