Number: RL34001
Title: U.S. Furniture Manufacturing: Overview and Prospects
Authors: Stephen Cooney, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: In terms of output and sales, the domestic U.S. furniture manufacturing industry has been a large and growing industry since 1990. The gross output of furniture and related products grew steadily from about $40 billion to $74 billion in the ten years between 1991 and 2001. Output fell with the recession in 2001, but buoyed by the boom in residential housing, furniture output growth soon resumed. By 2005, total furniture output had reached more than $85 billion. Household furnishings accounted for $48 billion, and office furniture and fittings another $26 billion.
Pages: 15
Date: May 14, 2007