Demand for fencing in the US is forecast to expand 7.1 percent per year to $8.3 billion in 2016, totaling 835 million linear feet. Gains will be supported by rising installation of high-value fences, such as ornamental metal and composite fencing. Plastic and composite, as well as concrete and other fencing will be the fastest growing types.

This study analyzes the 672 million linear foot US fencing industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2001, 2006 and 2011, and forecasts for 2016 and 2021 by material type (e.g., metal, wood, plastic and composite, concrete), market (residential, nonresidential, nonbuilding, agricultural) and US region.

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 35 industry players, including Master Halco, MMI Products and Ameristar Fence Products.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		INTRODUCTION							       x

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		General								       4
		Macroeconomic Environment					       5
		Demographic Trends						       9
		Consumer Trends							      13
		   Personal Income & Expenditures				      14
		   Consumer Financing						      16
		Construction Trends						      20
		   Residential Buildings					      20
		      Housing Completions					      22
		      Housing Stock						      27
		      Improvements & Repairs					      31
		   Nonresidential Buildings					      33
		      New							      33
		      Improvements & Repairs					      36
		      Nonresidential Building Stock				      38
		   Nonbuilding Construction					      40
		Agricultural Outlook						      42
		Pricing								      46
		Installed Cost							      50
		Historical Market Trends					      52
		Environmental Issues						      56
		   Wood Fencing							      56
		   Plastic & Composite Fencing					      58
		   Metal Fencing						      61
		Regulatory Issues						      61
		Foreign Trade							      63
		   Imports							      64
		   Exports							      66


	III.	PRODUCTS							      68
		General								      68
		Demand by Value							      68
		Demand by Length						      70
		Metal								      74
		   Demand by Type						      76
		      Ornamental Fencing					      78
		      Chain Link Fencing					      79
		      Wire Fencing						      82
		      Other Metal Fencing					      84
		   Demand by Material						      85
		   Cost Factor							      86
		Wood								      88
		   Demand by Type						      90
		      Privacy Fencing						      93
		      Picket Fencing						      93
		      Post & Rail Fencing					      94
		      Split Rail & Other Wood Fencing				      95
		   Demand by Construction Method				      97
		   Material Characteristics					      98
		   Cost Factor							     101
		Plastic & Composite						     102
		   Vinyl							     106
		   HDPE & Other Plastics					     108
		   Composites							     109
		   Cost Factor							     111
		Concrete							     112
		   Material Characteristics					     115
		   Cost Factor							     116
		Other								     117
		Gates & Accessories						     119

	IV.	MARKETS								     123
		General								     123
		Demand by Value							     123
		Demand by Length						     126
		Residential							     128
		   Demand by Value						     131
		      New							     133
		      Improvement & Repair					     136
		   Demand by Housing Type					     138
		      Single-Family						     140
		      Multifamily						     143
		      Manufactured Housing					     146
		Nonresidential Building						     147
		   Demand by Length						     148
		   Demand by Value						     151
		      New							     154
		      Improvement & Repair					     157
		   Demand by Building Type					     160
		      Institutional						     161
		      Office & Commercial					     164
		      Industrial						     167
		      Other Nonresidential					     170
		Nonbuilding							     176
		   Demand by Product & Application				     176
		   Demand by Value						     179
		Agricultural							     182
		   Demand by Product & Application				     183
		   Demand by Value						     185

	V.	REGIONS								     188
		General								     188
		Regional Demographics & Economic Trends				     189
		   Population Patterns						     189
		   Economic Outlook						     192
		   Regional Construction					     195
		   Housing Trends						     197
		Regional Demand for Fencing					     200
		   Northeast							     202
		      New England						     205
		      Middle Atlantic						     206
		   Midwest							     207
		      East North Central					     211
		      West North Central					     212
		   South							     214
		      South Atlantic						     217
		      East South Central					     219
		      West South Central					     220
		   West								     221
		      Mountain							     225
		      Pacific							     227

	VI.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     229
		General								     229
		Industry Composition						     229
		Market Share							     233
		Manufacturing							     238
		Product Development						     239
		Competitive Strategies						     240
		Marketing							     243
		Distribution							     244
		Mergers & Acquisitions						     246
		Company Profiles						     247
		   Allan Block Corporation					     248
		   Allied Tube and Conduit, see Atkore International Holding
		   Alside, see Associated Materials
		   Ameristar Fence Products Incorporated			     250
		   Associated Materials LLC					     256
		   Atkore International Holdings Incorporated			     258
		   Barrette							     260
		   Builders Fence Company Incorporated				     263
		   CertainTeed, see Saint-Gobain
		   Crane Group							     265
		   CRH plc							     266
		   Delair Group LLC						     271
		   Fiberon LLC							     273
		   Genova Products Incorporated					     274
		   Georgia Gulf Corporation					     275
		   Gregory Industries Incorporated				     277
		   ITOCHU Corporation						     278
		   Jerith Manufacturing Company Incorporated			     282
		   Kroy Building Products, Ply Gem Holdings
		   Long Fence Company Incorporated				     285
		   Master Halco, see ITOCHU
		   MMI Products, see CRH
		   Nebraska Plastics Incorporated				     288
		   Patrician Products, see Pexco
		   Pexco LLC							     289
		   Ply Gem Holdings Incorporated				     291
		   Poly Vinyl Company Incorporated				     294
		   Pretied Tie, see Richard’s Fence
		   Richard’s Fence Company Incorporated				     295
		   Royal Building Products, see Georgia Gulf
		   RSG Forest Products Incorporated				     297
		   Saint-Gobain							     298
		   Satellite Manufacturing, see Barrette
		   Sonco Worldwide Incorporated					     302
		   Southwestern Wire Incorporated				     304
		   Superior Concrete Products Incorporated			     305
		   Tarter Farm and Ranch Equipment				     307
		   TENAX International BV					     309
		   TimberTech, see Crane Group
		   Trex Company Incorporated					     311
		   Tyco International Limited					     312
		   Universal Forest Products Incorporated			     313
		   VEKA AG							     316
		   Walpole Woodworkers Incorporated				     317
		   Welco Lumber Company						     319
		   Westech Building Products, see Westlake Chemical
		   Westlake Chemical Corporation				     320
		Additional Companies Mentioned in Study				     322


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Macroeconomic Indicators					       8
	2	Population & Households						      13
	3	Personal Consumption Expenditures				      16
	4	Consumer Financing Environment, 2001-2011			      19
	5	Residential Building Construction Expenditures			      22
	6	New Housing Indicators						      27
	7	Housing Stock by Type						      30
	8	Residential Improvement & Repair Expenditures			      33
	9	Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures		      36
	10	Nonresidential Building Improvement & Repair Expenditures	      37
	11	Nonresidential Building Stock					      40
	12	Nonbuilding Construction Expenditures				      42
	13	Agricultural Indicators						      46
	14	Fencing Prices							      49
	15	Fencing Market, 2001-2011					      55
	16	Fencing Foreign Trade						      64

		SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
	1	Fencing Demand Value by Material				      70
	2	Fencing Demand Length by Material				      72
	3	Metal Fencing Demand						      75
	4	Metal Fencing Demand by Type					      76
	5	Metal Fencing Demand by Material				      86
	6	Metal Fencing Installed Costs					      88
	7	Wood Fencing Demand						      90
	8	Wood Fencing Demand by Type					      91
	9	Wood Fencing Demand by Construction Method			      97
	10	Wood Fencing Installed Cost					     102
	11	Plastic & Composite Fencing Demand by Material			     106
	12	Plastic & Composite Fencing Installed Cost			     112
	13	Concrete Fencing Demand						     115
	14	Concrete Fencing Installed Costs				     117
	15	Other Fencing Demand						     119
	16	Gate & Accessory Demand						     122

		SECTION IV -- MARKETS
	1	Fencing Demand Value by Market					     125
	2	Fencing Demand Length by Market					     127
	3	Residential Fencing Demand by Product & Application		     130
	4	Residential Fencing Demand by Value				     133
	5	New Residential Fencing Demand by Product			     135
	6	Residential Improvement & Repair
		   Fencing Demand by Product					     138
	7	Residential Fencing Demand by Housing Type			     139
	8	Single-Family Housing Demand by Product & Application		     143
	9	Multifamily Housing Fencing Demand
		   by Product & Application					     145
	10	Manufactured Housing Fencing Demand
		   by Product & Application					     147
	11	Nonresidential Building Fencing Demand
		   by Product & Application					     151
	12	Nonresidential Building Fencing Demand by Value			     154
	13	New Nonresidential Fencing Demand by Product			     157
	14	Nonresidential Building Improvement & Repair
		   Fencing Demand by Product					     159
	15	Nonresidential Fencing Demand by Building Type			     160
	16	Institutional Building Fencing Demand
		   by Product & Application					     164
	17	Office & Commercial Fencing Demand
		   by Product & Application					     167
	18	Industrial Fencing Demand by Product & Application		     170
	19	Other Nonresidential Building Fencing Demand
		   by Product, Market, & Application				     175
	20	Nonbuilding Construction Fencing Demand
		   by Product & Application					     179
	21	Nonbuilding Construction Fencing Demand by Value		     182
	22	Agricultural Fencing Demand by Product & Application		     185
	23	Agricultural Fencing Demand by Value				     187

		SECTION V -- REGIONS
	1	Population by Region						     192
	2	Gross Domestic Product by Region				     195
	3	Construction Expenditures by Region				     197
	4	Regional Housing Indicators					     200
	5	Fencing Demand by Region					     201
	6	Northeast Fencing Demand by Subregion & Market			     205
	7	Midwest Fencing Demand by Subregion & Market			     211
	8	South Fencing Demand by Subregion & Market			     217
	9	West Fencing Demand by Subregion & Market			     225

		SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	Fencing Sales by Company, 2011					     232


				      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Year of Construction of Housing Stock, 2011			      31
	2	Fencing Price Deflators, 2001-2021				      49
	3	Installed Costs for Selected Fencing Products, 2011		      52
	4	Fencing Demand, 2002-2011					      56
	5	Fencing Imports by Source, 2011					      66
	6	Fencing Exports by Destination, 2011				      67

		SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
	1	Fencing Demand, 2011						      73
	2	Metal Fencing Demand by Type, 2011				      77
	3	Wood Fencing Demand by Type, 2011				      92

		SECTION IV -- MARKETS
	1	Fencing Demand Value by Market, 2011				     125
	2	Fencing Demand Length by Market, 2011				     127
	3	Residential Fencing Demand by Housing Type, 2011		     140
	4	Nonresidential Fencing Demand by Building Type, 2011		     161

		SECTION V -- REGIONS
	1	Fencing Demand by Region, 2011					     202

		SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Fencing Market Share, 2011					     234