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Release Date: March 28, 2023
Table 7B Capacity and Utilization: Manufacturing [1]
Seasonally adjusted                                                        
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Annual
       
Capacity
(percent of
2017 output)
     
1993 80.6 80.7 80.9 81.0 81.1 81.2 81.4 81.5 81.7 81.8 82.0 82.2 80.7 81.1 81.5 82.0 81.3
1994 82.4 82.6 82.8 83.0 83.3 83.6 83.9 84.1 84.4 84.7 85.1 85.4 82.6 83.3 84.1 85.1 83.8
       
1995 85.7 86.0 86.4 86.7 87.1 87.4 87.8 88.2 88.6 89.1 89.5 90.0 86.0 87.1 88.2 89.5 87.7
1996 90.4 90.9 91.4 91.9 92.4 92.9 93.4 94.0 94.5 95.0 95.5 96.0 90.9 92.4 94.0 95.5 93.2
1997 96.5 97.1 97.6 98.2 98.8 99.4 100.0 100.7 101.4 102.1 102.9 103.6 97.1 98.8 100.7 102.9 99.9
1998 104.4 105.2 105.9 106.7 107.4 108.2 108.8 109.5 110.1 110.7 111.3 111.9 105.2 107.4 109.5 111.3 108.4
1999 112.5 113.0 113.5 114.0 114.5 115.0 115.5 116.0 116.5 117.0 117.5 118.0 113.0 114.5 116.0 117.5 115.3
       
2000 118.5 118.9 119.4 119.9 120.4 120.9 121.4 121.8 122.3 122.8 123.3 123.8 118.9 120.4 121.8 123.3 121.1
2001 124.2 124.7 125.1 125.5 125.9 126.2 126.6 126.8 127.1 127.3 127.5 127.7 124.7 125.9 126.8 127.5 126.2
2002 127.8 128.0 128.1 128.1 128.2 128.2 128.2 128.2 128.2 128.2 128.2 128.2 127.9 128.2 128.2 128.2 128.1
2003 128.2 128.2 128.2 128.2 128.2 128.1 128.1 128.1 128.1 128.0 128.0 128.0 128.2 128.2 128.1 128.0 128.1
2004 127.9 127.9 127.8 127.8 127.8 127.8 127.8 127.8 127.8 127.9 128.0 128.2 127.9 127.8 127.8 128.0 127.9
       
2005 128.3 128.5 128.7 129.0 129.2 129.5 129.7 130.0 130.3 130.5 130.8 131.0 128.5 129.2 130.0 130.8 129.6
2006 131.3 131.5 131.7 131.9 132.1 132.4 132.6 132.9 133.1 133.4 133.7 134.0 131.5 132.2 132.9 133.7 132.6
2007 134.4 134.7 135.0 135.4 135.7 136.1 136.4 136.7 136.9 137.1 137.3 137.4 134.7 135.7 136.6 137.3 136.1
2008 137.5 137.5 137.5 137.4 137.3 137.2 137.1 136.9 136.8 136.7 136.5 136.4 137.5 137.3 136.9 136.5 137.0
2009 136.2 136.1 135.9 135.7 135.6 135.4 135.3 135.1 135.0 134.8 134.7 134.5 136.1 135.6 135.1 134.7 135.4
       
2010 134.3 134.1 133.9 133.7 133.5 133.3 133.0 132.8 132.6 132.4 132.2 132.0 134.1 133.5 132.8 132.2 133.2
2011 131.9 131.7 131.6 131.5 131.5 131.5 131.5 131.5 131.6 131.7 131.8 131.9 131.7 131.5 131.5 131.8 131.6
2012 132.1 132.2 132.4 132.5 132.7 132.8 133.0 133.1 133.2 133.4 133.5 133.6 132.2 132.7 133.1 133.5 132.9
2013 133.7 133.7 133.8 133.9 133.9 133.9 133.9 133.9 133.9 133.8 133.8 133.8 133.7 133.9 133.9 133.8 133.8
2014 133.7 133.6 133.6 133.5 133.4 133.3 133.1 133.0 132.9 132.7 132.5 132.4 133.6 133.4 133.0 132.5 133.1
       
2015 132.2 132.1 131.9 131.8 131.7 131.6 131.5 131.4 131.4 131.4 131.4 131.5 132.1 131.7 131.4 131.4 131.7
2016 131.5 131.6 131.7 131.7 131.8 131.9 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 131.6 131.8 132.0 132.0 131.9
2017 131.9 131.8 131.6 131.5 131.3 131.1 130.9 130.7 130.6 130.4 130.2 130.0 131.8 131.3 130.7 130.2 131.0
2018 129.9 129.8 129.7 129.6 129.5 129.4 129.3 129.3 129.2 129.2 129.2 129.1 129.8 129.5 129.3 129.2 129.4
2019 129.1 129.0 129.0 128.9 128.8 128.8 128.7 128.7 128.6 128.6 128.5 128.4 129.0 128.8 128.7 128.5 128.8
       
2020 128.4 128.3 128.2 128.1 128.0 127.9 127.8 127.7 127.5 127.4 127.2 127.1 128.3 128.0 127.7 127.2 127.8
2021 126.9 126.8 126.6 126.5 126.3 126.2 126.1 126.0 126.0 125.9 125.9 125.9 126.8 126.3 126.0 125.9 126.3
2022 125.9 125.9 126.0 126.1 126.1 126.2 126.3 126.4 126.6 126.7 126.8 126.9 125.9 126.1 126.4 126.8 126.3
2023 127.1 127.2                              
       
Utilization
(percent)
     
1993 80.6 80.6 80.4 80.6 80.4 80.2 80.2 79.9 80.3 80.8 81.1 81.4 80.5 80.4 80.1 81.1 80.5
1994 81.3 81.2 82.0 82.5 82.7 82.7 82.7 83.1 83.2 83.7 84.0 84.6 81.5 82.6 83.0 84.1 82.8
       
1995 84.5 83.9 83.8 83.2 83.2 83.2 82.3 82.9 83.2 82.7 82.4 82.2 84.1 83.2 82.8 82.4 83.1
1996 81.3 82.0 81.4 81.9 82.1 82.4 82.3 82.3 82.5 81.9 82.2 82.4 81.5 82.2 82.4 82.2 82.1
1997 82.1 82.8 83.1 82.6 82.7 82.7 82.8 83.2 83.4 83.6 83.8 83.6 82.7 82.6 83.1 83.7 83.0
1998 83.6 83.2 82.4 82.2 82.1 80.9 80.1 81.5 81.0 81.2 80.9 81.0 83.1 81.7 80.9 81.0 81.7
1999 80.8 81.1 80.7 80.6 80.9 80.4 80.4 80.5 79.8 80.7 80.9 81.1 80.8 80.6 80.2 80.9 80.6
       
2000 80.8 80.7 80.9 81.1 80.7 80.5 80.3 79.4 79.5 78.9 78.4 77.6 80.8 80.8 79.7 78.3 79.9
2001 77.0 76.2 75.8 75.2 74.6 73.9 73.4 72.9 72.5 72.0 71.7 71.7 76.3 74.6 72.9 71.8 73.9
2002 72.1 72.0 72.5 72.6 73.0 73.7 73.6 73.6 73.7 73.5 73.8 73.4 72.2 73.1 73.6 73.5 73.1
2003 74.0 73.9 74.0 73.4 73.5 73.8 74.1 73.7 74.4 74.5 75.1 75.1 73.9 73.6 74.1 74.9 74.1
2004 75.1 75.7 75.7 76.0 76.5 76.0 76.7 77.0 77.0 77.7 77.6 78.1 75.5 76.2 76.9 77.8 76.6
       
2005 78.5 79.0 78.5 78.7 78.8 78.8 78.4 78.6 77.6 78.6 79.1 79.0 78.7 78.8 78.2 78.9 78.6
2006 79.5 79.2 79.0 79.1 78.8 78.9 78.5 78.9 78.8 78.3 78.2 79.2 79.2 79.0 78.8 78.6 78.9
2007 78.7 78.8 79.2 79.5 79.3 79.3 79.1 78.7 78.8 78.5 78.8 78.9 78.9 79.4 78.9 78.8 79.0
2008 78.7 78.2 77.8 77.1 76.7 76.2 75.4 74.5 72.0 71.6 69.9 67.7 78.2 76.6 74.0 69.8 74.7
2009 65.6 65.6 64.4 64.1 63.5 63.4 64.5 65.3 66.1 66.2 66.9 66.9 65.2 63.7 65.3 66.7 65.2
       
2010 67.7 67.7 68.7 69.3 70.3 70.4 70.9 71.1 71.3 71.5 71.7 72.1 68.0 70.0 71.1 71.8 70.2
2011 72.2 72.4 72.9 72.6 72.6 72.7 73.1 73.4 73.5 73.9 73.7 74.1 72.5 72.6 73.3 73.9 73.1
2012 74.7 74.9 74.4 74.7 74.3 74.5 74.2 74.1 73.8 73.6 74.0 74.5 74.7 74.5 74.0 74.0 74.3
2013 74.2 74.5 74.4 74.1 74.3 74.5 73.9 74.5 74.6 74.7 74.7 74.6 74.4 74.3 74.4 74.7 74.4
2014 73.9 74.6 75.3 75.3 75.6 75.9 76.3 76.0 76.1 76.0 76.7 76.6 74.6 75.6 76.1 76.4 75.7
       
2015 76.2 75.7 76.1 76.2 76.2 76.0 76.6 76.4 76.2 76.1 75.9 75.7 76.0 76.1 76.4 75.9 76.1
2016 76.0 75.6 75.5 75.4 75.3 75.4 75.4 75.1 75.3 75.4 75.3 75.4 75.7 75.4 75.3 75.4 75.4
2017 75.5 75.5 75.3 76.3 76.3 76.4 76.2 76.2 76.3 77.2 77.4 77.3 75.5 76.3 76.2 77.3 76.3
2018 77.1 77.9 77.9 78.5 77.9 78.4 78.5 78.8 78.8 78.5 78.3 78.5 77.6 78.3 78.7 78.4 78.3
2019 77.9 77.5 77.3 76.9 77.0 77.3 76.8 77.4 76.9 76.2 76.9 77.1 77.6 77.1 77.1 76.7 77.1
       
2020 76.9 77.1 73.6 62.2 65.0 70.1 72.7 73.8 73.9 74.6 75.2 75.7 75.9 65.8 73.5 75.2 72.6
2021 76.6 73.7 76.0 76.2 77.1 77.1 78.0 77.8 77.1 78.2 78.9 78.8 75.4 76.8 77.6 78.6 77.1
2022 78.4 79.3 79.9 79.9 79.6 79.2 79.3 79.4 79.5 79.5 78.9 77.3 79.2 79.6 79.4 78.6 79.2
2023 78.3 78.3                              
Note: Estimates from October 2022 through February 2023 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.
[1] See footnote 2 to table 2.
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Last Update: March 28, 2023