Capacity Utilization Manufacturing

Measurement
Percent
Indicator Type or Source
Capacity Utilization
Period End Date
October 1, 2024
Clasification
Manufacturing
 
Embargo
 
Inflation
 
Black Monday
 
Oil Shock
 
Dot-com Bubble
 
Housing Crash
 
Credit Downgrade
 
Yuan Drop
 
Covid
Capacity Utilization Manufacturing is an economic indicator measured in Percent. It covers the period from Thursday, November 28, 1974, to Tuesday, October 1, 2024, and is updated monthly. Please note, explanatory notes (https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/About.htm) issued by the Board of Governors. For recent updates, see the announcements (https://www.federalreserve.gov/feeds/g17.html) issued by the Board of Governors.

Please view all Manufacturing indicators for more information or continue to All Top Economic Indicators.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (fred.stlouisfed.org)

50-Year History of Capacity Utilization Manufacturing

The above interactive chart and the table below show the 50-year history of capacity utilization manufacturing going back to Thursday, November 28, 1974. The current value is 76.10 which was updated on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Historical data enables economists and other stakeholders to identify patterns and trends over time. This can provide insights into how different sectors of the economy are likely to perform under similar conditions in the future.
Oct 1, 202476.1  
Sep 1, 202476.61  
Aug 1, 202476.96  
Jul 1, 202476.63  
Jun 1, 202477.15  
May 1, 202477.27  
Apr 1, 202476.84  
Mar 1, 202477.47  
Feb 1, 202477.39  
Jan 1, 202476.39  
Dec 1, 202377.55  
Nov 1, 202377.67  
Oct 1, 202377.33  
Sep 1, 202378.03  
Aug 1, 202378.03  
Jul 1, 202378.08  
Jun 1, 202377.95  
May 1, 202378.54  
Apr 1, 202378.71  
Mar 1, 202378.21  
Feb 1, 202378.77  
Jan 1, 202378.87  
Dec 1, 202277.53  
Nov 1, 202279.08  
Oct 1, 202279.72  
Sep 1, 202279.73  
Aug 1, 202279.64  
Jul 1, 202279.51  
Jun 1, 202279.46  
May 1, 202279.77  
Apr 1, 202279.96  
Mar 1, 202279.99  
Feb 1, 202279.28  
Jan 1, 202278.57  
Dec 1, 202179.07  
Nov 1, 202178.99  
Oct 1, 202178.24  
Sep 1, 202177.11  
Aug 1, 202177.84  
Jul 1, 202178.07  
Jun 1, 202177.37  
May 1, 202177.23  
Apr 1, 202176.3  
Mar 1, 202176.17  
Feb 1, 202173.75  
Jan 1, 202176.86  
Dec 1, 202076.04  
Nov 1, 202075.38  
Oct 1, 202074.82  
Sep 1, 202074.1  
Aug 1, 202074.06  
Jul 1, 202072.95  
Jun 1, 202070.4  
May 1, 202065.2  
Apr 1, 202062.38  
Mar 1, 202073.71  
Feb 1, 202077.17  
Jan 1, 202076.95  
Dec 1, 201977.18  
Nov 1, 201977.08  
Oct 1, 201976.36  
Sep 1, 201977.0  
Aug 1, 201977.57  
Jul 1, 201977.0  
Jun 1, 201977.54  
May 1, 201977.2  
Apr 1, 201977.13  
Mar 1, 201977.64  
Feb 1, 201977.79  
Jan 1, 201978.21  
Dec 1, 201878.92  
Nov 1, 201878.63  
Oct 1, 201878.82  
Sep 1, 201879.18  
Aug 1, 201879.16  
Jul 1, 201878.95  
Jun 1, 201878.91  
May 1, 201878.3  
Apr 1, 201878.92  
Mar 1, 201878.3  
Feb 1, 201878.28  
Jan 1, 201877.54  
Dec 1, 201777.73  
Nov 1, 201777.81  
Oct 1, 201777.64  
Sep 1, 201776.72  
Aug 1, 201776.57  
Jul 1, 201776.64  
Jun 1, 201776.84  
May 1, 201776.72  
Apr 1, 201776.78  
Mar 1, 201775.81  
Feb 1, 201776.01  
Jan 1, 201776.03  
Dec 1, 201675.85  
Nov 1, 201675.79  
Oct 1, 201675.84  
Sep 1, 201675.75  
Aug 1, 201675.61  
Jul 1, 201675.92  
Jun 1, 201675.94  
May 1, 201675.79  
Apr 1, 201675.9  
Mar 1, 201676.07  
Feb 1, 201676.18  
Jan 1, 201676.49  
Dec 1, 201576.22  
Nov 1, 201576.46  
Oct 1, 201576.68  
Sep 1, 201576.81  
Aug 1, 201576.98  
Jul 1, 201577.19  
Jun 1, 201576.61  
May 1, 201576.87  
Apr 1, 201576.8  
Mar 1, 201576.76  
Feb 1, 201576.44  
Jan 1, 201576.94  
Dec 1, 201477.33  
Nov 1, 201477.38  
Oct 1, 201476.76  
Sep 1, 201476.75  
Aug 1, 201476.63  
Jul 1, 201476.99  
Jun 1, 201476.58  
May 1, 201476.29  
Apr 1, 201476.03  
Mar 1, 201476.0  
Feb 1, 201475.29  
Jan 1, 201474.55  
Dec 1, 201375.37  
Nov 1, 201375.48  
Oct 1, 201375.46  
Sep 1, 201375.32  
Aug 1, 201375.27  
Jul 1, 201374.64  
Jun 1, 201375.31  
May 1, 201375.16  
Apr 1, 201374.96  
Mar 1, 201375.24  
Feb 1, 201375.34  
Jan 1, 201375.04  
Dec 1, 201275.29  
Nov 1, 201274.79  
Oct 1, 201274.41  
Sep 1, 201274.62  
Aug 1, 201274.83  
Jul 1, 201275.01  
Jun 1, 201275.24  
May 1, 201275.06  
Apr 1, 201275.37  
Mar 1, 201275.07  
Feb 1, 201275.56  
Jan 1, 201275.33  
Dec 1, 201174.74  
Nov 1, 201174.32  
Oct 1, 201174.55  
Sep 1, 201174.21  
Aug 1, 201174.06  
Jul 1, 201173.76  
Jun 1, 201173.37  
May 1, 201173.27  
Apr 1, 201173.26  
Mar 1, 201173.65  
Feb 1, 201173.11  
Jan 1, 201172.91  
Dec 1, 201072.76  
Nov 1, 201072.29  
Oct 1, 201072.11  
Sep 1, 201071.98  
Aug 1, 201071.8  
Jul 1, 201071.55  
Jun 1, 201071.04  
May 1, 201070.94  
Apr 1, 201069.91  
Mar 1, 201069.17  
Feb 1, 201068.15  
Jan 1, 201068.04  
Dec 1, 200967.17  
Nov 1, 200967.18  
Oct 1, 200966.39  
Sep 1, 200966.28  
Aug 1, 200965.5  
Jul 1, 200964.64  
Jun 1, 200963.45  
May 1, 200963.51  
Apr 1, 200964.09  
Mar 1, 200964.41  
Feb 1, 200965.45  
Jan 1, 200965.34  
Dec 1, 200867.47  
Nov 1, 200869.78  
Oct 1, 200871.5  
Sep 1, 200871.82  
Aug 1, 200874.4  
Jul 1, 200875.32  
Jun 1, 200876.11  
May 1, 200876.61  
Apr 1, 200877.01  
Mar 1, 200877.79  
Feb 1, 200878.13  
Jan 1, 200878.73  
Dec 1, 200778.98  
Nov 1, 200778.95  
Oct 1, 200778.63  
Sep 1, 200778.89  
Aug 1, 200778.81  
Jul 1, 200779.2  
Jun 1, 200779.4  
May 1, 200779.32  
Apr 1, 200779.59  
Mar 1, 200779.32  
Feb 1, 200778.85  
Jan 1, 200778.79  
Dec 1, 200679.29  
Nov 1, 200678.29  
Oct 1, 200678.37  
Sep 1, 200678.91  
Aug 1, 200679.0  
Jul 1, 200678.52  
Jun 1, 200678.89  
May 1, 200678.74  
Apr 1, 200679.04  
Mar 1, 200678.89  
Feb 1, 200679.07  
Jan 1, 200679.43  
Dec 1, 200578.96  
Nov 1, 200579.02  
Oct 1, 200578.44  
Sep 1, 200577.43  
Aug 1, 200578.5  
Jul 1, 200578.24  
Jun 1, 200578.69  
May 1, 200578.65  
Apr 1, 200578.61  
Mar 1, 200578.43  
Feb 1, 200578.96  
Jan 1, 200578.37  
Dec 1, 200477.99  
Nov 1, 200477.45  
Oct 1, 200477.54  
Sep 1, 200476.78  
Aug 1, 200476.75  
Jul 1, 200476.42  
Jun 1, 200475.76  
May 1, 200476.34  
Apr 1, 200475.76  
Mar 1, 200475.51  
Feb 1, 200475.51  
Jan 1, 200474.93  
Dec 1, 200374.97  
Nov 1, 200375.01  
Oct 1, 200374.31  
Sep 1, 200374.23  
Aug 1, 200373.57  
Jul 1, 200373.84  
Jun 1, 200373.54  
May 1, 200373.19  
Apr 1, 200373.15  
Mar 1, 200373.67  
Feb 1, 200373.58  
Jan 1, 200373.67  
Dec 1, 200273.03  
Nov 1, 200273.55  
Oct 1, 200273.16  
Sep 1, 200273.41  
Aug 1, 200273.35  
Jul 1, 200273.28  
Jun 1, 200273.39  
May 1, 200272.67  
Apr 1, 200272.29  
Mar 1, 200272.1  
Feb 1, 200271.59  
Jan 1, 200271.64  
Dec 1, 200171.24  
Nov 1, 200171.21  
Oct 1, 200171.57  
Sep 1, 200172.03  
Aug 1, 200172.48  
Jul 1, 200172.92  
Jun 1, 200173.54  
May 1, 200174.22  
Apr 1, 200174.94  
Mar 1, 200175.53  
Feb 1, 200175.95  
Jan 1, 200176.68  
Dec 1, 200077.29  
Nov 1, 200078.07  
Oct 1, 200078.6  
Sep 1, 200079.18  
Aug 1, 200079.1  
Jul 1, 200079.95  
Jun 1, 200080.21  
May 1, 200080.43  
Apr 1, 200080.72  
Mar 1, 200080.53  
Feb 1, 200080.32  
Jan 1, 200080.46  
Dec 1, 199980.75  
Nov 1, 199980.52  
Oct 1, 199980.34  
Sep 1, 199979.49  
Aug 1, 199980.21  
Jul 1, 199980.15  
Jun 1, 199980.12  
May 1, 199980.67  
Apr 1, 199980.37  
Mar 1, 199980.43  
Feb 1, 199980.84  
Jan 1, 199980.5  
Dec 1, 199880.68  
Nov 1, 199880.63  
Oct 1, 199880.96  
Sep 1, 199880.71  
Aug 1, 199881.24  
Jul 1, 199879.69  
Jun 1, 199880.61  
May 1, 199881.82  
Apr 1, 199881.95  
Mar 1, 199882.19  
Feb 1, 199882.98  
Jan 1, 199883.5  
Dec 1, 199783.44  
Nov 1, 199783.62  
Oct 1, 199783.37  
Sep 1, 199783.23  
Aug 1, 199783.07  
Jul 1, 199782.58  
Jun 1, 199782.51  
May 1, 199782.53  
Apr 1, 199782.43  
Mar 1, 199783.03  
Feb 1, 199782.67  
Jan 1, 199782.02  
Dec 1, 199682.39  
Nov 1, 199682.18  
Oct 1, 199681.91  
Sep 1, 199682.49  
Aug 1, 199682.27  
Jul 1, 199682.37  
Jun 1, 199682.46  
May 1, 199682.11  
Apr 1, 199681.91  
Mar 1, 199681.35  
Feb 1, 199682.02  
Jan 1, 199681.26  
Dec 1, 199582.23  
Nov 1, 199582.34  
Oct 1, 199582.67  
Sep 1, 199583.15  
Aug 1, 199582.8  
Jul 1, 199582.2  
Jun 1, 199583.12  
May 1, 199583.1  
Apr 1, 199583.16  
Mar 1, 199583.74  
Feb 1, 199583.86  
Jan 1, 199584.42  
Dec 1, 199484.61  
Nov 1, 199484.01  
Oct 1, 199483.65  
Sep 1, 199483.13  
Aug 1, 199483.13  
Jul 1, 199482.76  
Jun 1, 199482.7  
May 1, 199482.69  
Apr 1, 199482.42  
Mar 1, 199481.93  
Feb 1, 199481.09  
Jan 1, 199481.18  
Dec 1, 199381.3  
Nov 1, 199380.96  
Oct 1, 199380.77  
Sep 1, 199380.23  
Aug 1, 199379.8  
Jul 1, 199380.06  
Jun 1, 199379.99  
May 1, 199380.26  
Apr 1, 199380.47  
Mar 1, 199380.2  
Feb 1, 199380.52  
Jan 1, 199380.47  
Dec 1, 199279.91  
Nov 1, 199280.17  
Oct 1, 199280.05  
Sep 1, 199279.76  
Aug 1, 199279.85  
Jul 1, 199280.45  
Jun 1, 199279.93  
May 1, 199279.9  
Apr 1, 199279.65  
Mar 1, 199279.42  
Feb 1, 199278.78  
Jan 1, 199278.22  
Dec 1, 199178.82  
Nov 1, 199179.16  
Oct 1, 199179.44  
Sep 1, 199179.67  
Aug 1, 199178.92  
Jul 1, 199178.95  
Jun 1, 199178.59  
May 1, 199177.91  
Apr 1, 199177.42  
Mar 1, 199177.16  
Feb 1, 199177.78  
Jan 1, 199178.44  
Dec 1, 199079.03  
Nov 1, 199079.79  
Oct 1, 199080.88  
Sep 1, 199081.56  
Aug 1, 199081.8  
Jul 1, 199081.66  
Jun 1, 199082.02  
May 1, 199081.93  
Apr 1, 199081.89  
Mar 1, 199082.41  
Feb 1, 199082.19  
Jan 1, 199081.28  
Dec 1, 198981.58  
Nov 1, 198981.76  
Oct 1, 198981.81  
Sep 1, 198982.25  
Aug 1, 198982.65  
Jul 1, 198982.05  
Jun 1, 198983.27  
May 1, 198983.31  
Apr 1, 198984.18  
Mar 1, 198984.21  
Feb 1, 198984.46  
Jan 1, 198985.48  
Dec 1, 198884.87  
Nov 1, 198884.56  
Oct 1, 198884.31  
Sep 1, 198884.02  
Aug 1, 198883.81  
Jul 1, 198883.71  
Jun 1, 198883.77  
May 1, 198883.59  
Apr 1, 198883.81  
Mar 1, 198883.06  
Feb 1, 198882.86  
Jan 1, 198882.63  
Dec 1, 198782.94  
Nov 1, 198782.47  
Oct 1, 198782.19  
Sep 1, 198781.09  
Aug 1, 198780.68  
Jul 1, 198780.44  
Jun 1, 198780.03  
May 1, 198779.94  
Apr 1, 198779.6  
Mar 1, 198779.33  
Feb 1, 198779.51  
Jan 1, 198778.53  
Dec 1, 198679.0  
Nov 1, 198678.39  
Oct 1, 198678.24  
Sep 1, 198678.07  
Aug 1, 198677.96  
Jul 1, 198677.82  
Jun 1, 198677.46  
May 1, 198677.83  
Apr 1, 198677.79  
Mar 1, 198677.65  
Feb 1, 198677.98  
Jan 1, 198678.45  
Dec 1, 198577.61  
Nov 1, 198577.45  
Oct 1, 198577.02  
Sep 1, 198577.31  
Aug 1, 198577.39  
Jul 1, 198577.17  
Jun 1, 198577.68  
May 1, 198577.88  
Apr 1, 198577.91  
Mar 1, 198578.43  
Feb 1, 198578.08  
Jan 1, 198578.68  
Dec 1, 198479.14  
Nov 1, 198479.16  
Oct 1, 198479.18  
Sep 1, 198479.0  
Aug 1, 198479.52  
Jul 1, 198479.59  
Jun 1, 198479.46  
May 1, 198479.27  
Apr 1, 198479.2  
Mar 1, 198478.95  
Feb 1, 198478.74  
Jan 1, 198478.0  
Dec 1, 198376.7  
Nov 1, 198376.52  
Oct 1, 198376.2  
Sep 1, 198375.47  
Aug 1, 198374.1  
Jul 1, 198373.52  
Jun 1, 198372.46  
May 1, 198371.88  
Apr 1, 198371.04  
Mar 1, 198370.21  
Feb 1, 198369.57  
Jan 1, 198369.64  
Dec 1, 198268.09  
Nov 1, 198268.37  
Oct 1, 198268.86  
Sep 1, 198269.84  
Aug 1, 198270.07  
Jul 1, 198270.87  
Jun 1, 198271.08  
May 1, 198271.27  
Apr 1, 198271.55  
Mar 1, 198272.22  
Feb 1, 198272.93  
Jan 1, 198271.05  
Dec 1, 198173.04  
Nov 1, 198174.52  
Oct 1, 198175.72  
Sep 1, 198176.7  
Aug 1, 198177.22  
Jul 1, 198177.46  
Jun 1, 198177.51  
May 1, 198178.1  
Apr 1, 198177.97  
Mar 1, 198177.76  
Feb 1, 198177.73  
Jan 1, 198178.33  
Dec 1, 198078.87  
Nov 1, 198078.78  
Oct 1, 198077.58  
Sep 1, 198076.32  
Aug 1, 198075.18  
Jul 1, 198074.8  
Jun 1, 198075.82  
May 1, 198077.24  
Apr 1, 198079.87  
Mar 1, 198081.74  
Feb 1, 198082.58  
Jan 1, 198082.88  
Dec 1, 197982.64  
Nov 1, 197982.57  
Oct 1, 197983.08  
Sep 1, 197982.86  
Aug 1, 197982.98  
Jul 1, 197984.32  
Jun 1, 197984.52  
May 1, 197984.68  
Apr 1, 197983.77  
Mar 1, 197985.47  
Feb 1, 197985.34  
Jan 1, 197985.36  
Dec 1, 197886.26  
Nov 1, 197885.93  
Oct 1, 197885.4  
Sep 1, 197885.07  
Aug 1, 197884.9  
Jul 1, 197884.7  
Jun 1, 197885.02  
May 1, 197884.64  
Apr 1, 197884.46  
Mar 1, 197883.4  
Feb 1, 197882.19  
Jan 1, 197882.13  
Dec 1, 197783.67  
Nov 1, 197782.99  
Oct 1, 197783.01  
Sep 1, 197783.07  
Aug 1, 197783.32  
Jul 1, 197783.13  
Jun 1, 197783.36  
May 1, 197782.86  
Apr 1, 197782.42  
Mar 1, 197781.81  
Feb 1, 197780.85  
Jan 1, 197779.6  
Dec 1, 197680.1  
Nov 1, 197679.43  
Oct 1, 197678.57  
Sep 1, 197678.88  
Aug 1, 197678.87  
Jul 1, 197678.57  
Jun 1, 197678.2  
May 1, 197678.29  
Apr 1, 197678.08  
Mar 1, 197677.82  
Feb 1, 197677.74  
Jan 1, 197676.68  
Dec 1, 197575.89  
Nov 1, 197574.98  
Oct 1, 197574.95  
Sep 1, 197574.67  
Aug 1, 197573.51  
Jul 1, 197572.86  
Jun 1, 197571.93  
May 1, 197571.43  
Apr 1, 197571.69  
Mar 1, 197571.8  
Feb 1, 197572.93  
Jan 1, 197575.17  
Dec 1, 197476.94  
Nov 1, 197480.83  
Oct 1, 197483.57  
Sep 1, 197484.36  
Aug 1, 197484.45  
Jul 1, 197485.47  
Jun 1, 197485.72  
May 1, 197485.92  
Apr 1, 197485.57  
Mar 1, 197486.2  
Feb 1, 197486.53  
Jan 1, 197487.17  
Dec 1, 197388.2  
Nov 1, 197388.48  
Oct 1, 197388.17  
Sep 1, 197387.61  
Aug 1, 197387.17  
Jul 1, 197387.7  
Jun 1, 197387.6  
May 1, 197387.86  
Apr 1, 197387.58  
Mar 1, 197387.99  
Feb 1, 197388.11  
Jan 1, 197387.0  
Dec 1, 197286.6  
Nov 1, 197285.63  
Oct 1, 197284.78  
Sep 1, 197283.77  
Aug 1, 197283.4  
Jul 1, 197282.53  
Jun 1, 197282.77  
May 1, 197282.74  
Apr 1, 197282.8  
Mar 1, 197282.09  
Feb 1, 197281.76  

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