Corrugated & Paperboard Boxes: United States

Corrugated & Paperboard Boxes: United States

This report forecasts to 2026 US corrugated and paperboard box demand in nominal US dollars at the manufacturer level. Total demand is segmented by product in terms of: corrugated boxes, folding paperboard cartons, and set-up paperboard boxes. Total demand is also segmented by market as follows: food and beverages; nonfood nondurable goods; durable goods; and nonmanufacturing markets such as foodservice, e-commerce, and moving/storage.

To illustrate historical trends, total demand is provided in annual series from 2011 to 2021; production 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 cartons, composite 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