Publish Date: September 2026
Updated Tariff & Recession Risk Analysis and Forecasts
The 2026 Glass Bottle & Container Production Market Report covers the $5 billion industry which manufactures packaging primarily for beverage, food, pharmaceutical, and personal care applications. Competitive structure features large container glass producers with multiple facilities alongside specialized manufacturers addressing premium segments. Market demands increasingly balance traditional quality and protective properties with growing emphasis on distinctive designs for brand differentiation, lightweight technologies reducing material and shipping costs, and sustainability messaging emphasizing recyclability. Manufacturers face challenges balancing high-volume production efficiency, energy-intensive operations, mold/tooling investments, and tariff considerations affecting both competitive positioning and specialized equipment access. Industry leaders differentiate through advanced forming technologies enhancing quality and efficiency, lightweight engineering reducing material usage, distinctive design capabilities supporting brand differentiation, and sustainability initiatives highlighting glass’s recyclability advantages in a sector where both operational efficiency and design capabilities determine competitive positioning.
Glass Bottle & Container Production Industry Description
Glass Bottle & Container Production manufactures hollow glass vessels used for packaging food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and other products. Companies melt silica-based materials into molten glass, then form it into containers using molds in high-speed forming machines, followed by annealing and quality inspection. These businesses serve beverage companies, food processors, pharmaceutical firms, and other packagers with containers that provide exceptional product protection, shelf stability, and premium presentation. The industry continues advancing manufacturing technology to enhance production efficiency, reduce weight while maintaining strength, and increase recycled content utilization, addressing sustainability through the inherent recyclability of glass packaging while emphasizing its quality protection benefits, inert characteristics, and premium market positioning.
NAICS Code: 327213
Number of Companies: 41
Number of Plants / Facilities: 77
Total Employees: 14,891
Market Size: $5 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 glass bottle & container production sector.
Estimated Tariff Cost: $70 million
Relative Tariff Impact: MODERATE
Glass Bottle & Container Production Report Format
The 2026 U.S. Glass Bottle & Container Production 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.
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 market size & growth, in-depth OPEX analysis on 26 categories, dozens of financial metrics, forecasts on 100+ data sets, inventory trends & analysis, composition of balance sheets, segmentation by business size and structure, industry concentration analysis, material costs analysis, profitability analysis, state benchmarks, plant capacity analysis, workforce composition, inflation statistics, compensation analysis, revenue per employee trends, and numerous other data sets.
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Report Table of Contents
Review the table of contents to understand the comprehensive insights in the report and why thousands of professionals and executives count on Kentley Insights for their industry research.
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 glass bottle & container production 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
Glass container manufacturing
MATERIAL COST CATEGORIES
All basic organic and inorganic chemicals, excluding petrochemicals
Glass and glass products
Paper and paperboard products
Nonmetallic minerals, including stone, sand, refractory minerals, and chemical materials, excluding fertilizer materials
Ground or treated minerals and earths, including silicon chips
Cost of all other materials and components, parts, containers, and supplies consumed
Lime (including quicklime and hydrated lime and dead-burned dolomite)
Plastics products (including packaging, foam products, film, sheet, rod, tube, fabricated shapes, bottles, etc.)
Materials, ingredients, containers, and supplies, nsk
INDUSTRY JOBS ANALYZED
Other Production Occupations
Material Moving Workers
Assemblers and Fabricators
Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Supervisors of Production Workers
Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Workers
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
Engineers
Construction Trades Workers
Information and Record Clerks
Top Executives
Operations Specialties Managers
Business Operations Specialists
Motor Vehicle Operators
Other Office and Administrative Support Workers
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers
Financial Clerks
Drafters, Engineering Technicians, and Mapping Technicians
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
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