Updated Friday, May 23rd, 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 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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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. Construction
2. Pharmaceuticals
3. Food Products
4. Paper
5. Aerospace Components and Services
6. Chemicals
7. Lumber
8. Contract Manufacturing
9. Cable
10. Boxes
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• Assembly (463%) Searches for assemblies soared this week, up 463%, led by mechanical assembly, electromechanical assembly, small mechanical assembly, and more.
• Chemicals (382%): More companies were on the lookout for chemicals with that category up 382%. Construction chemicals and pharmaceutical chemicals were most in demand.
• Boxes (381%): Searches for boxes rose 381% this week, led by paper folding boxes and paperboard boxes.
• Packaging (360%): Buyers were on the lookout for packaging this week with searches up 360%, led by medical packaging and bakers & confectionary packaging.
• Lumber (307%): Searches for lumber rose 307% led by pressure treated lumber and yellow pine lumber.
• Plastics (300%): Searches for plastics rose 300% this week, led by biodegradable plastics and polyethylene plastics.
• Glass (250%): Searches for glass rose 250% led by sandblasted glass and decorative glass.
• Construction (211%): Buyers were on the lookout for construction this week with searches up 211%, led by general construction, civil construction, and industrial construction.
• Controls (87%): Searches for controls trended this week, with searches up 87%, led largely by electromechanical controls.
• Aerospace Components & Services (81%): Searches for aerospace components & services increased this week. These included searches for aerospace assemblies, aerospace components, aerospace fasteners, and aerospace engineers.
• Contract Manufacturing (55%): Companies were searching for contract manufacturing this week with that category up 55%, led by pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and electronic contract manufacturing.
• Trailers (34%): Searches for trailers rose 34% led by cargo trailers.
• Pharmaceuticals (30%): More companies were on the lookout for pharmaceuticals this week, with that category up 30%. Searches were led by specialty pharmaceuticals, generic pharmaceuticals, and more.
• Concrete (28%): Searches for concrete rose 28% this week, led by architectural concrete and dry mix concrete.
• Food Products (17%): More companies were on the lookout for food products this week, with that category up 17%. Searches were led by frozen food products, refrigerated food products, and dry food products.
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Editor's note: This article is updated with new statistics weekly.