Updated Friday, August 14th, 2026
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 360,000+ industrial businesses in the U.S., we also keep track of what equipment, parts, and 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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Top Trending Industrial Searches on IndustryNet This Week (Updated 8/14/2026)
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Rubber (+280%): Searches for rubber products rose this week, led by mechanical rubber goods and custom molded rubber.
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Food Products (+217%): Food product searches rose sharply this week, led by Asian food products, breaded food products, and freeze-dried food products, with dry, canned, and refrigerated also entering the data alongside all-natural food products.
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Lumber (+194%): Lumber searches rose this week, led by kiln-dried lumber and wholesale lumber, with hardwood, cedar, Douglas fir, pine, and grade hardwood all active.
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Freight (+167%): Searches for freight services rose this week, with freight forwarding and freight brokers both contributing.
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Cranes (+112%): Crane searches climbed this week, with overhead traveling cranes and overhead cranes leading, alongside bridge cranes.
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Steel (+57%): Steel searches rose this week, led by recycled steel, with steel coil also active.
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Sheet Metal Fabrication (+54%): Sheet metal fabrication searches rose this week, led by iron fabricating and sheet metal fabrication, with precision sheet metal fabrication also contributing.
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Contract Manufacturing (+45%): Contract manufacturing searches rose this week, led by electronic contract manufacturing, alongside general contract manufacturing.
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Valves (+17%): Valve searches rose modestly this week, with plug valves and ball valves active alongside the general valves category.
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IndustryNet Highest Volume Searches This Week (Updated 8/14/2026)
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
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Food Products
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Aluminum
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Lumber
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Plastics
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Valves
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Sheet Metal Fabrication
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Rubber
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Cranes
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Freight
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Contract Manufacturing
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Editor's note: This article is updated with new statistics weekly.