Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders · New orders, seasonally adjusted
How many orders do US factories receive for manufactured goods?
The month ended : of the 10 lines, the change over a year was largest for Primary metals, up 20.1%, and smallest for Transportation equipment, up 3.4%.
New orders for manufactured goods, all manufacturing, each month
- Total manufacturing663.5362.3 to 665.9
- Without transportation equipment549.4331.9 to 549.4
- Durable goods338.5165.2 to 347.8
- Nondurable goods325.0197.1 to 325.0
New orders for manufactured goods, durable goods industries, each month
- Primary metals32.613.5 to 32.6
- Fabricated metal products45.025.5 to 45.6
- Machinery45.527.7 to 45.5
- Computers and electronic products30.920.9 to 31.1
- Electrical equipment and appliances19.09.9 to 19.0
- Transportation equipment114.130.4 to 145.7
Each row is one line of the page over the last ten years, one month to a point, on a scale shared by the rows of the tab, with its newest value and its range printed beside it and a dashed line at zero. A gap is a month with no value. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
Observed .
Right now
Over a year to August 2026, of the 10 lines on this page the change was largest for Primary metals, up 20.1%, and smallest for Transportation equipment, up 3.4%.
Of these lines, 10 rose, 0 fell and 0 did not change over the year (ours, from the published values).
By lineOver a year, ours
New orders for manufactured goods, change over a year, by line
- All manufacturing
- Durable goods industries
Each bar is the change in one line over a year, the largest first, with its rank at the left and its newest value under the figure. A line with its own page links it from its name. A change below zero runs to the left of the zero line. The colour says which section of the page a line is in.
Observed .
New orders for manufactured goods, change over a year in each month
| Line | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total manufacturing | +3.6 | +2.3 | +5.4 | +4.5 | +4.2 | +4.0 | +2.5 | +12.2 | +2.5 | +7.6 | +9.8 | +8.5 |
| Without transportation equipment | +1.2 | +1.3 | +0.9 | +1.4 | +1.5 | +2.9 | +5.3 | +7.8 | +9.6 | +9.1 | +9.3 | +9.6 |
| Durable goods | +7.4 | +4.9 | +12.5 | +10.6 | +9.9 | +7.6 | +1.4 | +17.8 | −3.0 | +7.7 | +11.8 | +8.4 |
| Nondurable goods | −0.1 | −0.2 | −1.4 | −1.3 | −1.2 | +0.6 | +3.6 | +6.6 | +8.9 | +7.4 | +7.8 | +8.6 |
| Primary metals | +5.0 | +5.0 | +4.0 | +9.4 | +9.2 | +10.5 | +10.6 | +13.5 | +17.5 | +18.5 | +19.3 | +20.1 |
| Fabricated metal products | +1.1 | +0.5 | +4.7 | +3.4 | +5.3 | +6.0 | +7.0 | +10.9 | +11.2 | +11.2 | +10.7 | +8.7 |
| Machinery | +6.1 | +9.5 | +8.1 | +9.8 | +6.6 | +10.1 | +10.9 | +12.3 | +15.1 | +16.0 | +16.2 | +15.0 |
| Computers and electronic products | +4.1 | +4.5 | +5.7 | +7.7 | +7.7 | +9.1 | +16.3 | +15.3 | +14.2 | +16.6 | +15.3 | +16.5 |
| Electrical equipment and appliances | +6.8 | +5.2 | +6.1 | +5.7 | +7.2 | +4.2 | +6.8 | +6.6 | +6.4 | +7.7 | +7.0 | +7.6 |
| Transportation equipment | +16.2 | +7.6 | +29.5 | +21.2 | +18.8 | +9.8 | −9.5 | +34.5 | −21.7 | +0.8 | +12.5 | +3.4 |
Each chip is one month's change from the same month a year earlier. The mark in its middle is zero: a fill to the right of it is a rise and a fill to the left a fall. A longer, brighter fill is a larger change, in five steps up to 16.3 and over. Every chip prints its figure and sign.
Observed .
Understanding factory orders
Where it stands today
The largest change over a year was Primary metals, up 20.1%, in August 2026.
What do the lines of this page measure?
This page shows the Census Bureau's full report on new orders for manufactured goods: all manufacturing, manufacturing without transportation equipment, durable goods, nondurable goods and six durable goods industries.
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What 500metrics adds: the change over a year of every line, ranked across the page; the last ten years of every line as rows of small charts; and a table of the change over a year in each of the last twelve months. Lines with a link have a page of their own with the history since the series begins.
The numbers behind the chart
What is the latest value of each line?10 lines, in the sections of the page
| Line | Section | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total manufacturing | All manufacturing | $663.5 billion | +8.5% | 7 | |
| Without transportation equipment | All manufacturing | $549.4 billion | +9.6% | 4 | |
| Durable goods | All manufacturing | $338.5 billion | +8.4% | 8 | |
| Nondurable goods | All manufacturing | $325.0 billion | +8.6% | 6 | |
| Primary metals | Durable goods industries | $32.6 billion | +20.1% | 1 | |
| Fabricated metal products | Durable goods industries | $45.0 billion | +8.7% | 5 | |
| Machinery | Durable goods industries | $45.5 billion | +15.0% | 3 | |
| Computers and electronic products | Durable goods industries | $30.9 billion | +16.5% | 2 | |
| Electrical equipment and appliances | Durable goods industries | $19.0 billion | +7.6% | 9 | |
| Transportation equipment | Durable goods industries | $114.1 billion | +3.4% | 10 |
The table scrolls sideways; the first column stays in place.
What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- New orders are the dollar value of orders the manufacturers received in the month, net of cancellations, whether or not the goods were shipped. For many nondurable goods the Census Bureau sets orders equal to shipments, and does not collect them.
- The sample of this survey is not a probability sample, so the Census Bureau does not publish a measure of sampling error for it. It revises each month in later releases and each year in an annual revision.
- The Census Bureau adjusts the values for seasonal variation and trading days, but not for changes in prices.
- The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values the Census Bureau publishes; a change is in percent.
- This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Observed . Checked .
How to cite this
U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Indicators. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau., New orders, seasonally adjusted, through August 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How many orders do US factories receive for manufactured goods?", https://500metrics.com/factory-orders.
Can the data be downloaded?factory-orders.csv
Download the last ten years of every line as CSV: 1,210 rows, to , 78,900 bytes.
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