Corrugated Boxes: United States

Report Overview

This report forecasts to 2026 US corrugated box demand and shipments in nominal US dollars at the manufacturer level. Total demand is segmented by application in terms of: shipping, packaging, and other applications such as moving and storage. Total demand is also segmented by market as follows: food and beverages; paper and publishing; rubber and plastics; other nondurable goods manufacturing such as pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and cosmetics and toiletries; durable goods manufacturing; e-commerce; and other nonmanufacturing such as foodservice and carryout, moving, and storage.

To illustrate historical trends, total demand is provided in annual series from 2011 to 2021; shipments and the various segments are reported at five-year intervals for 2011, 2016, and 2021.

Excluded from this report are products such as: aseptic and gable top cartonscomposite cans. non folding sanitary paperboard food containers, non-box corrugated products (e.g., displays, pizza and cake circles, partitions and edge protectors), paperboard backings of blister packaging, and paperboard trays and related non-box foodservice items.

Excluded from the market scope are large-scale, online business-to-business sales, such as bulk chemicals from a chemical producer to a motor vehicle parts manufacturer.

Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided with quantified trends. Other various topics, including profiles of pertinent leading companies, are covered in this report. A full outline of report items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Related NAICS Codes:
322130 Paperboard Mills
322211 Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing
322212 Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing
322219 Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing