Metal Valve Manufacturers
Industry Profile Report
Dive Deep into the industry with a 25+ page industry report (pdf format) including the following chapters
Industry Overview Current Conditions, Industry Structure, How Firms Operate, Industry Trends, Credit Underwriting & Risks, and Industry Forecast.
Call Preparation Call Prep Questions, Industry Terms, and Weblinks.
Financial Insights Working Capital, Capital Financing, Business Valuation, and Financial Benchmarks.
Industry Profile Excerpts
Industry Overview
The 900 metal valve manufacturers in the US produce devices that control, regulate, or isolate the flow of fluids and gases. Major valve categories include automated; ball; gate, global, and check; industrial butterfly; plug; and pressure relief. Large firms typically manufacture complementary products, such as pipes, fittings, instrumentation, control systems, and pumps. Customer industries include chemical; water and wastewater; petroleum production and refining; power generation; oil and gas transmission; pulp and paper; commercial construction; and food and beverage.
Dependence on the Health of Customer Industries
Demand for metal valves depends heavily on the health of end-use markets, such as the petroleum, chemical, and water/wastewater industries.
Foreign Production and Competition
Many large firms have operations and businesses in foreign countries, exposing them to changes in trade policy, fluctuations in currency rates, and uncertainty due to political instability.
Industry size & Structure
The average metal valve manufacturer employs between 44 and 152 workers and generates about $36 million annually.
- The metal valve manufacturing industry consists of about 900 firms that employ 89,000 workers and generate about $32.5 billion annually.
- The industry is concentrated; the top 50 companies account for about 66% of revenue.
- Large US firms include divisions of Emerson (Fisher), Parker Hannafin, and Crane, Mueller Water Products, and Watts Water Technologies. The industry also includes large multi-national conglomerates headquartered in foreign countries.
- The North American valve manufacturing industry supplies about 35% of worldwide valve demand, according to the Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA).
Industry Forecast
Metal Valve Manufacturers Industry Growth
Recent Developments
Feb 8, 2025 - New Highs for Prices and Wages
- Producer prices for metal valve manufacturers hit another new high in December, rising 4.2% compared to a year ago, according to the latest US Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Prices makers of metal valves receive for their products continue to rise amid falling sales for the broader fabricated metal products industry, which sank 19.7% in the third quarter compared to Q3 2023, and 2.7% from the previous quarter, according to the Census Bureau. Employment by metal valve manufacturing firms grew 2% year over year in November, while average wages at fabricated metal product manufacturers, which includes metal valve manufacturers, rose 4.9% over the same period to a new high of $26.68 per hour, BLS data show.
- While President Trump’s “Drill Baby Drill” mantra may be music to valve makers’ ears, another American oil boom isn’t in the cards soon, The Wall Street Journal reported in February. The nation’s oil and gas producers – a major customer industry for metal valve manufacturers – are pushing back against the president’s plans to boost drilling, focusing on controlling costs and returning cash to investors rather than ramping up production, according to WSJ. “Companies are no longer pursuing growth at all costs,” Kaes Van’t Hof, president of West Texas oil producer Diamondback Energy, told WSJ, adding “Shale is in a much different phase of its life cycle.” Fear of low oil prices – the result of previous booms in the US oil patch – is keeping producers from drilling more oil. US oil production is already at record high levels, shattering records in 2024 by surpassing the previous record set in 2023.
- US manufacturers have much to lose if a trade war erupts between the US and its largest trading partner Mexico, The New York Times reports. During his campaign, Donald Trump vowed to slap 25% tariffs (or higher) on all goods from Mexico unless it stopped the flow of migrants and drugs to the US. While Mexico depends heavily on trade with the US – exporting some 80% of its goods to America – it accounted for nearly 16% of overall US exports in 2022, according to the Office of the US Trade Representative. Tariffs on Mexico and China, another Trump target, would have widespread ramifications for US manufacturers, making it more expensive to produce goods that use foreign components. However, protectionist tariffs could benefit domestic producers that compete with foreign manufacturers of the same products. The US is a net importer of metal valves primarily from China and Mexico.
- The National Association of Manufacturers has launched a campaign to extend the pro-growth tax policies in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, set to expire at the end of 2025, according to a recent press release. The NAM campaign seeks to preserve 2017's tax reform to avoid economic damage to the manufacturing sector. Should Congress fail to extend the Act, the association says manufacturers would face tax increases that would cost jobs and stifle growth and innovation. Notably, small manufacturers organized as pass-through businesses that pay tax at the individual tax rates face increases in their income taxes and a loss of tax reform’s 20% pass-through deduction. Investments in manufacturing growth will be delayed without action to restore immediate R&D expensing, accelerated depreciation for capital equipment purchases, and a pro-growth interest deductibility standard.
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