2025 Mid-Market Manufacturing Outlook

Discover how manufacturers are navigating challenges and seizing opportunities in 2025.

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2025 Outlook: Key Findings

Our survey of 300-U.S.-based manufacturers and distributors highlights how manufacturers approach business growth, their technology investments, and the workforce trends impacting their operations.

  • 93%
    are optimistic about growth
  • 49%
    are facing supply chain, logistics, and transportation challenges
  • 85%
    expect production increases
  • 94%
    plan to increase investments in technology and automation
Manufacturers have a particular knack for solving problems and recognizing potential issues before they boil over into larger challenges.
Dave Glennon
Partner and Manufacturing Industry LeaderEide Bailly
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Optimizing Technology
Technology optimization and modernization is the key to increased visibility and supply chain efficiency. Ninety-four percent of manufacturers are increasing their investments in technology over the next three years.
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    Navigating Challenges
    Manufacturers are facing increasing competition for skilled workers, leading to a greater emphasis on wages and benefits packages, workforce training, and DEI initiatives in the workplace.
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      Achieving Sustainable Growth
      From adding new product lines and targeting niche markets to expanding into new geographic regions and exploring M&A opportunities, all respondents to our survey are confident in their organization’s ability to pursue growth opportunities.
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