Updated Friday, January 10th, 2025
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the most in-demand industrial products and services in the U.S. right now. At MNI, as well as providing comprehensive profiles of 350,000+ industrial businesses in the U.S., we also keep track of what equipment, parts, services millions of industrial buyers are searching for across 11,000 distinct product and service categories on our industrial marketplace IndustryNet.
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Wondering what are some high-demand industries right now? Below is a list of the most high-volume search categories on MNI’s industrial marketplace IndustryNet.
1. Lumber
2. Food Products
3. Doors
4. Metal Roll Forming
5. Warehouses
6. Adhesives
7. Tools
8. Boxes
9. Castings
10. Plastics
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• Warehouses (766%): Companies were on the lookout for warehouses this week with that category up 766%, led by fulfillment warehouses and dry storage warehouses.
• Lumber (575%): Searches for lumber trended 575% this week, led by hardwood lumber and industrial lumber.
• Tools (542%): Searches for tools soared 542% this week, led by pneumatic tools, industrial tools, and hand tools.
• Glass (500%): Companies were on the lookout for glass this week with that category up 500%, led by automotive glass and tempered glass.
• Molds (233%): Molds were in greater demand, with searches in that category rising 233%, led by plastic injection molds and rubber molds.
• Pumps (150%): Searches for pumps rose 150% this week, led by petroleum pumps and water pumps.
• Metal Fabricating (133%): Searches for metal fabricating rose 113% this week. Searches for metal stampings and metal finishing were also on the rise.
• Plastics (118%): Searches for plastics trended for a second straight week, rising 118%, led by pressure-formed plastics, thermoformed plastics, and reinforced plastics.
• Food Products (115%): Searches for food products advanced 115% this week, led by frozen food products and gluten-free food products.
• Adhesives (113%): Searches for adhesives rose 113% this week, led by pressure sensitive adhesives and flooring adhesives.
• Castings (84%): Castings were in high demand this week, with searches up 84%, led by pump castings and steel castings.
• Belting (80%): Belting was in greater demand, with searches in that category rising 80%, led by conveyor belting and industrial belting.
• Shipping Containers (20%): Shipping containers were in high demand this week, with searches up 20%, led by plastic shipping containers and metal shipping containers.
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Editor's note: This article is updated with new statistics weekly.