Publish Date: September 2026
Updated Tariff & Recession Risk Analysis and Forecasts
The Electrical Appliance & Equipment Making Market Report covers the $154 billion industry which produces powered devices and systems for residential, commercial, and industrial applications utilizing electricity as primary energy source. Competitive structure encompasses global electrical equipment corporations alongside specialized manufacturers addressing particular product categories or market segments. Market demands increasingly emphasize energy efficiency, operational reliability, smart functionality enabling automated operation, and increasingly connectivity supporting integration with broader systems. Manufacturers face challenges balancing electrical engineering requirements, regulatory compliance across diverse markets, electronic control integration, and significant tariff implications affecting both component sourcing and international market access. Industry leaders differentiate through advanced engineering optimizing electrical performance and efficiency, specialized designs addressing particular application requirements, comprehensive certification ensuring safety compliance, and increasingly digital integration supporting smart functionality in a sector where both product reliability and increasingly technological capabilities drive customer preference.
Electrical Appliance & Equipment Making Industry Definition
Electrical Appliance & Equipment Making produces devices that generate, distribute, and utilize electrical power in residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Companies design and manufacture products ranging from power generation equipment to household appliances using electrical engineering principles and manufacturing expertise. Manufacturing processes include component fabrication, motor winding, electronic assembly, precision mechanical integration, testing for safety and performance, and quality control throughout production. These businesses create products essential to modern electrical infrastructure and daily life. The industry continuously improves energy efficiency, reliability, safety features, and increasingly, smart connectivity features while developing enhanced control systems, improved materials, and advanced designs that optimize performance while reducing energy consumption across diverse electrical applications.
NAICS Code: 335
Total # of Companies: 4,744
Total # of Factories / Facilities: 5,589
Industry Employees: 357,459
Market Size: $154 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 electrical appliance & equipment making sector.
Estimated Tariff Cost: $8.6 billion
Relative Tariff Impact: VERY HIGH
Electrical Appliance & Equipment Making Report Format
The 2026 U.S. Electrical Appliance & Equipment Making Market Report is 63 pages of deep insights into the trends, dynamics, and forecasts shaping the industry. This market report is utilized by professionals to gain a in-depth understanding of the sector for business strategy, planning, forecasting, benchmarking, industry analysis, valuations, identifying organizational inefficiencies, financial analysis, and more.
With more than one hundred industry analyses and data sets covering trends from 2017 to 2025 and forecasts for 2026 and 2030, this report is one of the comprehensive assessments of the industry. The report includes revenue & cost trends, detailed breakdown on 26 expenses, extensive financial analysis, forecasts on 100+ data sets, inventory trends & analysis, 31 balance sheet benchmarks, company segmentation analysis, top 50 companies analysis, material costs benchmarks, profitability analysis, state statistics, plant capacity analysis, organizational breakdown, inflation statistics, wage analysis, revenue per employee trends, and more.
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Report Table of Contents
Evaluate the 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 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 electrical appliance & equipment making sector. Our analysts develop the forecasts utilizing econometric models based on historical statistical analysis, industry trends and dynamics, macroeconomic analysis & forecasts.
1-2 – Report Overview & Table of Contents
3 – Market Overview
– Methodology, Industry Definition & Market Commentary
4 – Market Snapshot – Revenue & Growth
5 – Market Snapshot – Costs & Profitability
SECTION ONE
REVENUE & GROWTH BENCHMARKS
7 – Market Growth Details
– Revenues, Companies, & Facilities
– 2017-2025 Historical Figures
– Forecasts for 2026 and the Next 5 Years
8 – Growth Benchmarks
– Revenues per Company & Facility
– Facilities per Company
– 2017-2025 Historical Figures
– Forecasts for 2026 and the Next 5 Years
9 – Breakdown of Product Lines
– Percentage of Revenue from Product Lines
10 – BCG Matrix – Net Income vs. Revenue Growth
– Manufacturing Subsectors vs. Industry
11 – Total Revenue by Month & Year
– Revenue per Month for 2021-2025
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 – Market Size by Segments
– Concentration Segments – Top 4, 5-8, 9-20, & 21-50 companies
– Business Size Segments – 1-4, 5-9, 10-20, 21-50, 51-100, 101-250, & 250+ employees
– Business Structure Segments – C-Corporations, S-Corporations, Partnerships, & Sole Proprietorships
15 – Market Size by State
16 – Revenue as a % of State GDP
17 – Revenue as a % of State Manufacturing
18 – Market Segmentation by Business Size
– Sales as a % of Income and State Rankings
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
– Market Share & Total Revenue for 2020 versus 2025
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 – Sales per Company by State
25 – Sales per Company by Segments
26 – Sales per Facility by State
27 – Sales per Facility by Segment
28 – Manufacturing Subsector Growth
– Sales and 5-Year CAGR
29 – Manufacturing Subsector Statistics
– Sales per Company & Facility, and 5-Year CAGR
30 – Consolidation Analysis
– 5-year CAGR of Companies & Locations
31 – Employment Consolidation Analysis
– 5-year CAGR of Employee Statistics
32 – Manufacturing Subsector Consolidation Analysis
– Number of Companies & Facilities
– 5-Year CAGR
33 – Manufacturing Subsector Consolidation Analysis
– Facilities per Company
– Employees per Company
– 5-Year CAGR
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
– Financial Ratios – 10 ratios, Total Asset Turnover, Fixed Asset Turnover, Fixed Assets to Total Assets Ratio, Total Assets to Total Liabilities Ratio, Return on Sales, Return on Total Assets, Return on Net Worth, Total Liabilities to Net Worth Ratio, Fixed Assets to Net Worth Ratio, Solvency Ratio
Page 36 – Balance Sheet Metrics
– Assets and Liabilities indexed to industry revenue at 100
– Current & Non-Current Assets: Cash, Notes & Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Bad Debts, Inventories, Treasuries & Securities, Other Current Assets, Loans to Shareholders / Mortgage, Other Investments, Depreciable Assets, Accumulated Depreciation, Land, Intangible Assets (Amortizable), Accumulated Amortization, Other Assets
– Short-term, Long-term Liabilities, & Net Worth: Accounts Payable, Mortgages, Notes, Bonds due in less than 1 Yr., Other Current Liabilities, Loans from Shareholders, Mortgages, Notes, Bonds > 1 Yr., Other Liabilities, Capital Stock, Additional Paid-in Capital, Retained Earnings, Cost of Treasury Stock
37 – Operating Expenses
– Industry Operating Expenses
– Revenue vs. Operating Expense Growth
– Operating Expense as a Percent of Revenue
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
38 – Operating Expenses by Company & Facility
– Operating Expenses per Company & Facility
– Revenue vs. Expenses Growth per Facility
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
Page 39 – Operating Expense Detail
– Employee Expenses: Annual Payroll, Health insurance, Defined benefit pension plans, Defined contribution plans, Other fringe benefits, Temporary staff
– Cost of Materials: Cost of materials, parts, containers, packaging, etc., Cost of resale, Cost of electricity and fuels, Cost of contract work
– Buildings and Equipment: Capex for machinery and equipment, Rental or lease for machinery and equipment, Capex for buildings and structures, Rental or lease for buildings and structures, Repair and maintenance of buildings and machinery
– Other Operating Expenses: Professional and technical services, IT software and hardware, Data processing and communications, Advertising, Refuse removal, Taxes and license fees, All other operating expenses
-Inventory Breakdown: Inventory (as a % of total receipts), Finished goods inventory, Work-in-progress inventory, Materials and supplies inventory
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
– 2017-2025 Historical Figures
– Forecasts for 2026 and the Next 5 Years
– 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 Industry Employees
– Employees per Company
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
45 – Employee Productivity by Segments
46 – Employee Productivity by State
47 – Manufacturing Subsector Sales & Payroll per Employee
– Absolute & 5-year CAGR
48 – Payroll Analysis
– Payroll per Employee, Company & Facility
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
49 – Payroll per Company by Segments
50 – Payroll per Facility by Segments
51 – Payroll per Employee by Segments
52 – Payroll per Employee by State
53 – Workforce Composition
– % of Employees for 27 Job Categories
– Management & Finance
– Sales & Marketing
– Technology, Engineering, Science
– Service, Support & Training
– Operations
54 – Job Categorization Pay Ranges
– Pay Bands – Bottom 10% & 25%, Mean, Top 25% & 10%
55 – Top 20 Jobs Breakdown
– Percent of Total Employees
56 – Top 20 Jobs Pay
57 – Employees per Company by Segments
58 – Employees per Facility 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
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing
Electrical equipment manufacturing
Household appliance manufacturing
Electric lighting equipment manufacturing
MATERIAL COST CATEGORIES
Cost of all other materials and components, parts, containers, and supplies consumed
Materials, ingredients, containers, and supplies, nsk
Electric motors, generators, and parts
Misc. fabricated metal products (excluding hardware, containers, screw machine, bearing components, castings, forgings, and wire)
Nonferrous metal shapes, forms, sheet, strip, powder, and wire (excluding castings / forgings), excluding aluminum and copper
Plastics products (including packaging, foam products, film, sheet, rod, tube, fabricated shapes, bottles, etc.)
Current-carrying wiring devices, including switches, connectors, etc.
Metal crowns, closures, and other stamped metal products
Semiconductors, including transistors, diodes, rectifiers, and integrated circuits for electronic circuitry, and related devices
Steel sheet, steel strip, and tin mill products
Copper and copper-base alloy rod, bar, and bar shapes
Copper and copper-base alloy wire products
Misc. iron, steel, and ferroalloy ingot, shapes, and forms (excluding castings, forgings, bars, structural, wire, sheet, strip)
Thermoplastic and thermosetting resins and plastics materials
Switchgear and switchboard apparatus
Gas engines (excluding aircraft, automobile, and marine); diesel, semidiesel; and piston-type natural gas engines, and parts
Paper and paperboard products
Metal bolts, nuts, screws, washers, rivets, and other screw machine products
Electric lamp bulbs and parts
Nonferrous metal castings (excluding aluminum and aluminum-based alloy)
INDUSTRY JOBS ANALYZED
Electrical, Electronics, and Electromechanical Assemblers
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Laborers and Material Movers, Hand
Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
Miscellaneous Production Workers
Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters
Mechanical Engineers
Industrial Engineers, Including Health and Safety
Machine Tool Cutting Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Machinists
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Customer Service Representatives
General and Operations Managers
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Workers
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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