Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (MTM, NO) · New orders for all manufacturing, seasonally adjusted
How many orders do US factories receive in a month?
The value of new orders for manufactured goods was $663.5 billion in the month ended , up 8.5% from a year earlier.
Factory orders, seasonally adjusted, each month
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Factory orders, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
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The newest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The last ten years are in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".
| Measure | Latest | The month before | A year earlier | Five years earlier | Ten years earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | |||||
| Factory orders | $663.5 billion | $662.8 billion | $611.5 billion | $534.7 billion | $438.1 billion |
| Change over a year | +8.5% | +9.8% | +3.7% | +20.5% | −2.7% |
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Observed .
Right now
The value of new orders for manufactured goods was $663.5 billion in August 2026, the highest since April 2026.
Over a year it is up 8.5% (ours).
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | $662.8 billion in | +0.1% |
| Three months | $658.8 billion in | +0.7% |
| Twelve months | $611.5 billion in | +8.5% |
| Five years | $534.7 billion in | +24.1% |
| Ten years | $438.1 billion in | +51.5% |
In historyOurs
The value of new orders for manufactured goods of $663.5 billion in was higher than in 413 of the 414 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 1.
Highest since : $665.9 billion in . Lowest since : $223.5 billion in .
AverageOurs
Average since : $417.49 billion (ours, a plain mean of the 415 months).
ComparedOurs
Over a year the value of new orders for manufactured goods is up 8.5%, which ranks 7 of the 10 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.
The table sets the value of new orders for manufactured goods beside the lines of the factory orders page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.
Understanding the value of new orders for manufactured goods
Where it stands today
The value of new orders for manufactured goods was $663.5 billion in August 2026.
What does the value of new orders for manufactured goods measure?
Factory orders are the new orders US manufacturers receive for their goods, durable and nondurable. The Census Bureau publishes them in its full report on manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders.
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What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, and how the change over a year compares with the other lines of the factory orders page.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the value of new orders for manufactured goods in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Feb 1992
| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| $663.5 billion | +8.5% | |
| $662.8 billion | +9.8% | |
| $657.8 billion | +7.6% | |
| $658.8 billion | +2.5% | |
| $665.9 billion | +12.2% | |
| $632.7 billion | +2.5% | |
| $621.3 billion | +4.0% | |
| $619.4 billion | +4.2% | |
| $619.1 billion | +4.5% | |
| $621.9 billion | +5.4% | |
| $605.4 billion | +2.3% | |
| $612.9 billion | +3.6% | |
| $611.5 billion | +3.7% | |
| $603.6 billion | +1.6% | |
| $611.5 billion | +5.6% | |
| $642.5 billion | +9.7% | |
| $593.5 billion | +0.7% | |
| $617.4 billion | +4.9% | |
| $597.3 billion | +3.0% | |
| $594.1 billion | +3.2% | |
| $592.3 billion | −1.8% | |
| $590.0 billion | −0.9% | |
| $591.7 billion | +1.2% | |
| $591.6 billion | −2.0% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| $589.4 billion | 0.0% | |
| $593.9 billion | +1.2% | |
| $579.1 billion | −2.9% | |
| $585.7 billion | +0.7% | |
| $589.4 billion | +0.9% | |
| $588.5 billion | +0.6% | |
| $580.1 billion | −0.4% | |
| $575.8 billion | −2.9% | |
| $603.4 billion | +1.7% | |
| $595.1 billion | +1.9% | |
| $584.9 billion | −2.4% | |
| $603.9 billion | +2.0% | |
| $589.7 billion | +0.1% | |
| $586.9 billion | −1.4% | |
| $596.4 billion | −1.0% | |
| $581.4 billion | −2.0% | |
| $584.0 billion | −0.5% | |
| $584.9 billion | +0.3% | |
| $582.6 billion | +1.9% | |
| $593.2 billion | +3.7% | |
| $593.4 billion | +4.8% | |
| $584.3 billion | +5.3% | |
| $599.6 billion | +9.7% | |
| $591.9 billion | +10.9% | |
| $588.8 billion | +10.1% | |
| $595.3 billion | +12.5% | |
| $602.5 billion | +15.2% | |
| $593.3 billion | +15.9% | |
| $586.9 billion | +16.0% | |
| $583.3 billion | +16.3% | |
| $571.6 billion | +15.2% | |
| $571.8 billion | +16.1% | |
| $566.2 billion | +19.0% | |
| $554.9 billion | +19.7% | |
| $546.5 billion | +19.3% | |
| $533.5 billion | +18.6% | |
| $534.7 billion | +20.5% | |
| $529.0 billion | +20.6% | |
| $522.9 billion | +26.8% | |
| $512.0 billion | +33.6% | |
| $505.7 billion | +39.6% | |
| $501.8 billion | +19.1% | |
| $496.3 billion | +6.1% | |
| $492.6 billion | +5.5% | |
| $475.8 billion | +3.3% | |
| $463.6 billion | +1.8% | |
| $458.3 billion | −0.8% | |
| $449.9 billion | −3.4% | |
| $443.8 billion | −5.7% | |
| $438.8 billion | −6.7% | |
| $412.5 billion | −11.3% | |
| $383.4 billion | −18.5% | |
| $362.3 billion | −24.5% | |
| $421.3 billion | −13.5% | |
| $467.6 billion | −2.1% | |
| $466.8 billion | −2.6% | |
| $460.6 billion | −5.5% | |
| $455.5 billion | −5.7% | |
| $462.0 billion | −5.9% | |
| $465.9 billion | −6.8% | |
| $470.9 billion | −5.3% | |
| $470.5 billion | −3.2% | |
| $465.0 billion | −5.8% | |
| $470.6 billion | −4.4% | |
| $479.9 billion | −1.8% | |
| $486.8 billion | −0.6% | |
| $477.8 billion | −0.8% | |
| $479.4 billion | +1.4% | |
| $487.5 billion | +0.4% | |
| $483.1 billion | +2.7% | |
| $491.0 billion | +5.9% | |
| $500.0 billion | +8.2% | |
| $497.4 billion | +10.1% | |
| $486.0 billion | +8.9% | |
| $493.7 billion | +6.3% | |
| $492.1 billion | +9.4% | |
| $488.8 billion | +7.9% | |
| $489.6 billion | +8.2% | |
| $481.6 billion | +6.5% | |
| $472.8 billion | +5.2% | |
| $485.7 billion | +7.9% | |
| $470.3 billion | +7.4% | |
| $463.7 billion | +1.8% | |
| $461.9 billion | +5.2% | |
| $451.7 billion | +3.1% | |
| $446.5 billion | +2.4% | |
| $464.6 billion | +8.4% | |
| $449.8 billion | +1.6% | |
| $453.1 billion | +1.0% | |
| $452.3 billion | +3.8% | |
| $452.3 billion | +5.2% | |
| $449.5 billion | +1.3% | |
| $450.0 billion | +3.2% | |
| $437.8 billion | −1.8% | |
| $455.7 billion | +1.0% | |
| $439.3 billion | −0.7% |
How does it compare with the lines of the factory orders page?Ranked by the change over a year
| Series | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary metals | $32.6 billion | +20.1% | 1 | |
| Computers and electronic products | $30.9 billion | +16.5% | 2 | |
| Machinery | $45.5 billion | +15.0% | 3 | |
| Without transportation equipment | $549.4 billion | +9.6% | 4 | |
| Fabricated metal products | $45.0 billion | +8.7% | 5 | |
| Nondurable goods | $325.0 billion | +8.6% | 6 | |
| Total manufacturing (this page) | $663.5 billion | +8.5% | 7 | |
| Durable goods | $338.5 billion | +8.4% | 8 | |
| Electrical equipment and appliances | $19.0 billion | +7.6% | 9 | |
| Transportation equipment | $114.1 billion | +3.4% | 10 |
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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 for all manufacturing, seasonally adjusted, through August 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How many orders do US factories receive in a month?", https://500metrics.com/factory-orders/total.
Can the data be downloaded?factory-orders-total.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 415 rows, to , 8,482 bytes.
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0.
Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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