Publish Date: September 2026
Updated Tariff & Recession Risk Analysis and Forecasts
The 2026 Soybean & Oilseed Processing Market Report covers the $55.1 billion industry which occupies a pivotal position in the agricultural value chain, transforming raw commodities into essential ingredients for food, animal feed, and industrial applications. Competitive structure is characterized by consolidation among major processors with integrated crushing and refining operations while specialty players focus on non-GMO, organic, and specialty oil segments. Market demands are evolving toward cleaner labels, enhanced functionality, and sustainable production practices across both food and industrial applications. Processors face significant operational challenges including commodity price volatility, crushing capacity optimization, co-product valorization, and tariff impacts affecting global oilseed markets and trade flows. Successful companies are differentiating through advanced extraction technologies that preserve native properties, specialized capabilities for emerging oilseeds beyond soy, vertical integration securing raw material supplies, and sustainability certifications addressing growing concerns about deforestation and environmental impact in a sector where both operational scale and product differentiation significantly influence competitive positioning.
Soybean & Oilseed Processing Industry Description
Soybean & Oilseed Processing extracts and refines oils from soybeans and other oilseeds like canola, sunflower, and flaxseed for food and industrial applications. Companies in this industry operate crushing and extraction facilities that separate oils from seed proteins using mechanical pressing and solvent extraction methods, followed by refining to remove impurities. Manufacturing processes produce both edible oils for cooking and food production as well as protein-rich meal byproducts used in animal feed. These businesses serve food manufacturers, restaurant chains, biodiesel producers, and retail markets with products ranging from cooking oils and shortenings to specialized ingredients for baked goods, salad dressings, and processed foods requiring specific oil characteristics.
NAICS Code: 311224
Number of Companies: 98
Number of Plants / Facilities: 167
Total Employees: 11,026
Market Size: $55.1 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 soybean & oilseed processing sector.
Estimated Tariff Cost: $630 million
Relative Tariff Impact: MODERATE
Soybean & Oilseed Processing Report Format
The 2026 U.S. Soybean & Oilseed Processing 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.
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, in-depth OPEX analysis on 26 categories, financial ratio benchmarks, forecasts on 100+ data sets, inventory trends & analysis, detailed breakdown of 31 balance sheet items, numerous industry segmentations, competitive intensity analysis, material costs benchmarks, profit margin analysis, state benchmarks, plant productivity benchmarks, organizational breakdown, inflation statistics, employee pay analysis, revenue per employee trends, and much more.
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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 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 soybean & oilseed processing 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 & Methodology
– Sector Definition & Examples
– Market Commentary
4 – Report Synopsis – Revenue & Growth
5 – Report Synopsis – Costs & Profitability
SECTION ONE
REVENUE & GROWTH
7 – Market Size Details
– Industry Revenues, Companies, & Facilities
– Analysis 2017-2025
– 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
8 – Growth Benchmarks
– Sales per Company and Plant
– Analysis 2017-2025
– 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
9 – Product Lines Revenue
10 – BCG Matrix – Income vs. Revenue Growth
11 – Total Industry Sales by Month & Year (2021-2025)
12 – Inventory Value by Month & Year (2021-2025)
13 – Months of Inventory (2021-2025)
14 – Sector Revenue by Segments
– Business Concentration, Size, & Structure
15 – Market Size by State
– Market Size and Rankings
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
25 – Revenue per Company by Segments
26 – Revenue per Facility by State
27 – Revenue per Facility by Segment
28 – Subsector Market Size & Growth
29 – Subsector Sales per Company & Plant
30 – 5-Year Consolidation Analysis
31 – Employment Consolidation Analysis
32 – Subsector Consolidation Analysis
– Number of Companies & Facilities
33 – Subsector Consolidation Analysis
– Facilities & Employees per Company
COST, CAPITAL & FINANCIALS
35 – Profitability & Financial Ratio Analysis
Page 36 – Balance Sheet Metrics
– Assets and Liabilities indexed to industry revenue at 100
– 16 Current & Non-Current Assets Categories
– 15 Short-term, Long-term Liabilities, & Net Worth
37 – OPEX
– Industry OPEX Analysis
– 2017-2025 Trends, 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
38 – OPEX by Company & Plant
– OPEX per Company & Plant
– 2017-2025 Trends, 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
Page 39 – OPEX Detail
– 6 Employee Expense Categories
– 8 Cost of Material Categories
– 6 Buildings and Equipment Categories
– 8 Other Operating Expense Categories
-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
– 2017-2025 Trends, 2026 & 2030 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 Number of Employees
– Employees per Company
– 2017-2025 Trends, 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
45 – Employee Productivity by Segments
46 – Employee Productivity by State
47 –Subsector Sales & Payroll per Employee
48 – Payroll
– Payroll per Employee, Company, & Plant
– 2017-2025 Trends, 2026 & 2030 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 – Employee Composition
– % of Employees for 27 Job Categories
54 – Job Categorization Pay Ranges
– Pay Bands – Bottom 10% & 25%, Mean, Top 25% & 10%
55 – Top 20 Jobs Breakdown
56 – Top 20 Jobs Pay
– Pay Bands
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
Soybean cake, meal, and other by-products
Soybean oil
Other crude and refined vegetable oils and other vegetable mill products
Cottonseed cake, meal, hulls, and other by-products
Cottonseed oil, once-refined (after alkali or caustic wash but before deodorizing or use in end products)
Crude cottonseed oil
Cotton linters
Soybean and other oilseed processing, nsk, total
MATERIAL COST CATEGORIES
Soybeans
Cost of all other materials and components, parts, containers, and supplies consumed
Fats and oils, all types
Materials, ingredients, containers, and supplies, nsk
Oilseeds, excluding soybeans
INDUSTRY JOBS ANALYZED
Miscellaneous Food Processing Workers
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Laborers and Material Movers, Hand
Crushing, Grinding, Polishing, Mixing, and Blending Workers
Industrial Machinery Installation, Repair, and Maintenance Workers
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Miscellaneous Production Workers
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Chemical Processing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Conveyor Operators and Tenders
Agricultural and Food Scientists
Industrial Production Managers
General and Operations Managers
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
Agricultural and Food Science Technicians
Office Clerks, General
Industrial Engineers, Including Health and Safety
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
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