Publish Date: August 2026
Updated Tariff & Recession Risk Analysis and Forecasts
The Construction Equipment Manufacturing Market Report covers the $49.3 billion industry which produces powered systems for building construction, infrastructure development, and material handling applications. Competitive structure features global equipment corporations with extensive product portfolios alongside specialized manufacturers focused on particular equipment categories or application niches. Market demands increasingly emphasize productivity enhancement, fuel efficiency, operator safety/comfort, equipment durability in harsh conditions, and increasingly telematics and automation capabilities. Manufacturers face challenges balancing advanced technology integration, emissions compliance, global market customization, and tariff considerations affecting both component sourcing and international market access. Successful companies establish advantages through advanced engineering optimizing performance and durability, specialized application expertise addressing industry-specific requirements, comprehensive dealer networks ensuring sales and service support, and increasingly digital capabilities enhancing fleet management and operational productivity in a sector where both product performance and lifecycle support determine competitive positioning across diverse construction equipment categories.
Construction Equipment Manufacturing Industry Definition
Construction Equipment Manufacturing produces heavy machinery for earth moving, concrete placement, road building, materials handling, and site preparation. Companies design and build specialized equipment incorporating hydraulic systems, powertrains, and controlled motion capabilities for construction productivity. Manufacturing processes include heavy steel fabrication, large component machining, hydraulic system integration, powertrain assembly, electrical and electronic system installation, testing under load conditions, and finishing operations. These businesses create the capital equipment that enables efficient infrastructure development and building construction. The industry continuously improves equipment performance, operator comfort and safety, fuel efficiency, and durability while increasingly incorporating automation, precision control systems, and telematics that enhance productivity and equipment management in demanding construction applications requiring power, precision, and reliability.
NAICS Code: 33312
Total # of Companies: 658
Total # of Factories / Facilities: 756
Industry Employees: 73,563
Market Size: $49.3 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 construction equipment manufacturing sector.
Estimated Tariff Cost: $2.7 billion
Relative Tariff Impact: VERY HIGH
Construction Equipment Manufacturing Report Format
The 2026 U.S. Construction Equipment Manufacturing Market Report is 63 pages of deep insights into the trends, dynamics, and forecasts shaping the industry. Professionals leverage this market report to develop a deep understanding of the market for business strategy, planning, forecasting, benchmarking, industry analysis, valuations, identifying organizational inefficiencies, financial analysis, and more.
The report has over 100 industry statistical data sets with historicals (2017-2025), trend analysis, and forecasts for 2026 and the next 5 years. The report includes sales & expense trends, in-depth OPEX analysis on 26 categories, financial ratio benchmarks, forecasts on 100+ data sets, inventory trends & analysis, 31 balance sheet benchmarks, segmentation by business size and structure, top 50 companies analysis, material costs analysis, profit margin analysis, state metrics analysis, plant capacity analysis, employee role analysis, inflation statistics, wage analysis, revenue per employee trends, and numerous other data sets.
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Report Table of Contents
Explore the below table of contents to understand the extensive statistical data sets in this report and why thousands of executives, consultants, bankers, accountants, and other professionals trust Kentley Insights for their market research needs.
The data source for the report is extensive annual expense, revenue, wage, operational, and economic surveys administered by federal and private institutions and filled out by a majority of companies in the construction equipment manufacturing industry. The forecasts in the report are modeled by our research analysts using the latest economic forecasts, industry analysis, and historical trends.
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
Power cranes, excavation loaders, dozers, construction tractors, off-highway trucks and trailers, mixers, pavers, backhoes, and related equipment
Other construction machinery and equipment (excluding parts)
Parts for construction machinery and equipment, sold separately
Construction machinery manufacturing, nsk, total
MATERIAL COST CATEGORIES
Materials, ingredients, containers, and supplies, nsk
Cost of all other materials and components, parts, containers, and supplies consumed
Fluid power pumps, motors, and hydrostatic transmissions (hydraulic and penumatic), including parts
Steel structural shapes and sheet piling (excluding castings, forgings, and fabricated metal products)
Steel bars (including concrete reinforcing bars), bar shapes, and plate (excluding castings, forgings, and fabricated)
Gas engines (excluding aircraft, automobile, and marine); diesel, semidiesel; and piston-type natural gas engines, and parts
Steel sheet, steel strip, and tin mill products
Motor vehicle transmission and power train parts
Motor vehicle chassis
Misc. fabricated metal products (excluding hardware, containers, screw machine, bearing components, castings, forgings, and wire)
Misc. iron, steel, and ferroalloy ingot, shapes, and forms (excluding castings, forgings, bars, structural, wire, sheet, strip)
Electric motors, generators, and parts
Fluid power hose, tube fittings, valves and assemblies (hydraulic and pneumatic)
Mechanical speed changers, gears, and industrial high-speed drives
Rubber and plastics hose and belting
Iron and steel castings
Tires and inner tubes
Motor vehicle electrical and electronic equipment
Metal forgings
Metal bolts, nuts, screws, washers, rivets, and other screw machine products
INDUSTRY JOBS ANALYZED
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers
Assemblers and Fabricators
Other Production Occupations
Engineers
Material Moving Workers
Business Operations Specialists
Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Workers
Supervisors of Production Workers
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
Drafters, Engineering Technicians, and Mapping Technicians
Operations Specialties Managers
Top Executives
Financial Clerks
Other Office and Administrative Support Workers
Information and Record Clerks
Construction Trades Workers
Financial Specialists
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Other Management Occupations
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