Publish Date: August 2026
Updated Tariff & Recession Risk Analysis and Forecasts
The Aluminum Sheet & Foil Manufacturing Market Report covers the $19.4 billion industry which produces flat-rolled products serving essential roles in packaging, transportation, construction, and diverse industrial applications. Competitive structure encompasses integrated aluminum producers with rolling divisions alongside specialized manufacturers focused on particular sheet products or market segments. Market requirements increasingly emphasize consistent quality, specialized alloys addressing particular performance needs, surface characteristics, and increasingly specialized functionality including enhanced corrosion resistance or formability. Manufacturers face challenges balancing rolling technology requirements, raw material consistency, surface quality management, and tariff policies directly affecting both international market access and competitive positioning. Industry leaders differentiate through advanced rolling technologies improving surface quality and precision, specialized capabilities addressing premium applications, comprehensive testing validating performance specifications, and increasingly closed-loop recycling initiatives in a sector where technical capabilities and operational efficiency drive competitive positioning.
Aluminum Sheet & Foil Manufacturing Industry Definition
Aluminum Sheet & Foil Manufacturing produces flat-rolled aluminum products in various thicknesses, alloys, and tempers for diverse applications in packaging, transportation, construction, and consumer products. Companies operate rolling mills that compress aluminum into increasingly thinner gauges with specific mechanical properties, surface finishes, and dimensions. These businesses create versatile materials tailored for applications ranging from aircraft fuselages to food packaging. The industry continuously improves rolling technology, surface quality, alloy development, and process efficiency to enhance aluminum’s performance in demanding applications while maintaining its advantages of lightweight, corrosion resistance, and recyclability.
NAICS Code: 331315
Number of Companies: 73
Number of Plants / Facilities: 99
Industry Employees: 19,543
Market Size: $19.4 billion
TARIFF IMPACT (Summer 2025 – Download Report for Updated Analysis)
This report has in-depth analysis on the recent US tariff changes on material costs, quantifying import dependencies, tariff exposure rates, and key source countries for the aluminum sheet & foil manufacturing sector.
Estimated Tariff Cost: $1.5 billion
Relative Tariff Impact: SEVERE
Aluminum Sheet & Foil Manufacturing Report Format
The 2026 U.S. Aluminum Sheet & Foil Manufacturing Market Report is 63 pages of deep insights into the trends, dynamics, and forecasts shaping the industry. You can use this market report to develop a comprehensive fact base on the industry for business strategy, planning, forecasting, benchmarking, industry analysis, valuations, identifying organizational inefficiencies, financial analysis, and more.
This report covers more than 100 statistical data sets with historical trend data from 2017 to 2025, and 2026 and 2030 forecasts. The report includes sales & expense trends, in-depth OPEX analysis on 26 categories, dozens of financial metrics, forecasts, plant inventory analysis, detailed breakdown of 31 balance sheet items, numerous industry segmentations, industry concentration analysis, material costs analysis, profitability metrics, state statistics, plant utilization, organizational breakdown, 4 years of inflation analysis, wage analysis, revenue per employee trends, and numerous other data sets.
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Report Table of Contents
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The sources for the report data include federal and private surveys completed by the majority of companies in the sector covering extensive financial and operational topics for the aluminum sheet & foil manufacturing industry. Our forecasts take into account historical trends, industry dynamics, and our macroeconomic projections.
1-2 – Market Report Overview & Contents
3 – Market Overview
– Data Sources, Industry Definition & Market Commentary
4 – Market Synopsis – Revenue & Growth
5 – Market Synopsis – Costs & Profitability
SECTION ONE
REVENUE & GROWTH ANALYSIS
7 – Market Size Details
– Industry Revenues, Companies & Facilities
– Trend Analysis 2017-2025
– 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
8 – Growth Benchmarks
– Sales per Company & Plant
– Trend Analysis 2017-2025
– 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
9 – Product Lines Revenue
– Percentage of Revenue from Product Lines
10 – BCG Matrix – Net Income vs. Revenue Growth
– Subsectors vs. Industry
11 – Total Sales by Month & Year
– 2021-2025 Sales per Month
12 – Inventory Value by Month & Year
– Inventory Value per Month for 2021-2025
13 – Months of Inventory
– Months of Inventory per Month for 2021-2025
14 – Sector Revenue by Segments
– Concentration Segments by Top Companies
– Business Size Segments
– Business Structure Segments
15 – Market Size by State
16 – Market Size as a % of State GDP
17 – Sales as a % of State Manufacturing
18 – Market Segmentation by Business Size
19 – Market Segmentation by Business Size
– Business Size Segments – 1-4, 5-9, 10-20, 21-50, 51-100, 101-250, & 250+ employees
– Companies, Facilities, Sales, Employees & Payroll
20 – Segmentation by Concentration (Top 50 Companies)
– Concentration Segments – Top 4, 5-8, 9-20, & 21-50 companies
– Companies, Facilities, Sales, Employees & Payroll
21 – Market Share of Top 50 Companies
22 – Subsector Market Share of Top 50 Companies
23 – Segmentation by Business Structure
– Business Structure Segments – C-Corporations, S-Corporations, Partnerships, & Sole Proprietorships
– Companies, Facilities, Sales, Employees & Payroll
24 – Revenue per Company by State
– Revenue per Company
25 – Revenue per Company by Segments
26 – Revenue per Facility by State
27 – Revenue per Facility by Segment
– Business Size, Concentration, & Structure
28 – Subsector Growth
– Sales and 5-Year Growth
29 – Subsector Statistics
– Sales per Company & Facility, and 5-Year Growth
30 – Consolidation Analysis
– 5-Year Growth of Companies & Locations
31 – Employment Consolidation Analysis
– 5-Year Growth of Employee Statistics
32 – Subsector Consolidation Analysis
– Number of Companies & Facilities
– 5-Year Growth
33 – Subsector Consolidation Analysis
– Facilities per Company
– Employees per Company
– 5-Year Growth
SECTION TWO
COST, CAPITAL & PROFIT BENCHMARKS
35 – Profitability & Financial Ratio Analysis
– Percent of Companies that are Profitable
– Average Net Income as a Percent of Revenue
– 10 of the Top Financial Ratios
– Assets and Liabilities indexed to industry revenue at 100
– Current & Non-Current Assets: 14 Categories
– Short-term, Long-term Liabilities, & Net Worth: 13 Categories
37 – OPEX
– Industry OPEX
– Revenue vs. OPEX Growth
– OPEX as a Percent of Revenue
– Trend Analysis 2017-2025
– 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
38 – OPEX by Company & Plant
– OPEX per Company & Facility
– Revenue vs. Expenses Growth per Plant
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
Page 39 – OPEX Detail
– Employee Expenses: payroll, insurance, pension, defined contribution plans, fringe benefits, temps
– Cost of Materials: materials, parts, containers, packaging, cost of resale, electricity and fuels, contract work
– Buildings and Equipment: capex for equipment, rental or lease for equipment, capex for buildings and structures, rental or leases, repair and maintenance
– Other Operating Expenses: professional and technical services, IT software and hardware, data processing and communications, advertising, refuse removal, taxes and license fees, other
-Inventory Breakdown: finished goods, work-in-progress, materials and supplies
40 – Production Material Costs & Tariff Analysis
– Top Production Material Costs Breakdown
– Industry & Material Tariff Analysis – % of costs, import %, tariff costs, source countries
41 – Producer Pricing Index
– Annual PPI – Indexed to 2006
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
– Monthly PPI Figures for the Past 4 Years
42 – Plant Utilization & Hours
– Plant Utilization Rate
– Plant Operational Hours per Week
– 2022-2025 Historical Figures by Quarter
43 – Reasons for Non-Full Production
– 7 Categories Quarterly Survey Results for Past 2 Years
44 – Productivity & Employment
– Revenue per Employee
– Total Employees
– Employees per Company
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
45 – Employee Productivity by Segments
– Business Size, Concentration, & Structure
46 – Employee Productivity by State
47 –Subsector Sales & Payroll per Employee
– Absolute & 5-Year Growth
48 – Payroll Analysis
– Payroll per Employee, Company & Plant
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
49 – Payroll per Company by Segments
50 – Payroll per Plant by Segments
51 – Payroll per Employee by Segments
52 – Payroll per Employee by State
53 – Organizational Composition
– % of Employees for 27 Job Categories
– Management & Finance
– Sales & Marketing
– Technology, Engineering, Science
– Service, Support & Training
– Operations
54 – Job Categorization Pay Ranges
– Management & Finance
– Sales, Service & Marketing
– Operations
– Pay Bands – Bottom 10% & 25%, Mean, Top 25% & 10%
55 – Top 20 Jobs Breakdown
56 – Top 20 Jobs Pay
57 – Employees per Company by Segments
58 – Employees per Plant by Segments
59 – Facilities per Company by Segments
60 – Total Employment by State
61 – Population to Every Employee by State
62 – Employees per Facility by State
63 – Overview of Kentley Insights
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Product Lines, Materials, and Jobs Covered in Report
PRODUCT LINES
Aluminum sheet and strip, including continuous cast
Aluminum plate (thickness of 0.25 in. or more), including continuous cast
Plain aluminum foil (less than .006 in. thick)
Aluminum sheet, plate, and foil manufacturing, nsk, total
Aluminum welded tube
MATERIAL COST CATEGORIES
Aluminum and aluminum-base alloy ingot, pig, shot and wire
Aluminum and aluminum-base alloy sheet, plate, foil (including packaging products), and welded tubing
Aluminum and aluminum-base alloy scrap (excluding home scrap)
Materials, ingredients, containers, and supplies, nsk
Cost of all other materials and components, parts, containers, and supplies consumed
Misc. aluminum-base alloy shapes and forms, including powder
INDUSTRY JOBS ANALYZED
Machine Tool Cutting Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Miscellaneous Production Workers
Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Laborers and Material Movers, Hand
Industrial Machinery Installation, Repair, and Maintenance Workers
Metal Furnace Operators, Tenders, Pourers, and Casters
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Machinists
Chemical Processing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Electricians
Molders and Molding Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Computer Control Programmers and Operators
Miscellaneous Metal Workers and Plastic Workers
Tool and Die Makers
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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