Sell plastic pallets in Indiana
Indiana had 67,506 warehousing jobs in 2025, 9th among the states, and its most concentrated pallet-using industry is motor vehicle parts manufacturing. Send the lot with its ZIP; the desk reads size, style, grade and marks, and rules it sold, returned or scrapped.
Last reviewed November 12, 2026
Indiana in numbers
- Warehousing and storage jobs, 2025
- 67,506 (9th of 50 states)
- Warehousing establishments
- 539 (14th of 50); about 125 jobs each
- Share of US warehousing jobs
- 3.55%
- Food manufacturing jobs
- 46,474 (13th of 50)
- Most concentrated pallet-using industry
- motor vehicle parts manufacturing, 4.8x the national share of employment
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs
- 23,709
- Motor vehicle assembly jobs
- 21,069
- Auto parts jobs
- 52,146
- Refrigerated warehouse space, October 1, 2025
- 98 million cubic feet (13th of 50)
Reading an Indiana lot
Count the warehouses and Indiana comes 14th; count the jobs in them and it comes 9th. It sits in the upper third of the fifty by warehousing jobs. With about 125 people a site against a national 82, a single dock here can hold a truckload at once.
Indiana has 0.7 food manufacturing jobs for every warehousing job, against 0.9 across the fifty states. Distribution carries more weight than food production, and a dock that receives from many suppliers collects many marks. Among the other industries counted here, auto parts (52,146 jobs) is 2.5 times the size of motor vehicle assembly (21,069).
Boone County holds 18.6% of Indiana's warehousing jobs, and the top 3 listed hold 47.8%. The jobs are spread across the state, so no one county sets the route. The dossier follows one metro in Indiana: Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood.
USDA counted 98 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space in Indiana, 13th of 50 and about 1,452 cubic feet for each warehousing job, against 2,254 across the states it reports. Cold storage is a smaller part of the picture here, so most lots come off ambient docks.
Where Indiana's warehousing jobs sit
| County | Warehousing jobs | Share of the state's total |
|---|---|---|
| Boone | 12,552 | 18.6% |
| Hendricks | 11,774 | 17.4% |
| Marion | 7,943 | 11.8% |
What Indiana's industries put on the dock
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing: 52,146 jobs, 2025
- Motor vehicle manufacturing: 21,069 jobs, 2025
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing: 23,709 jobs, 2025
- Plastics product manufacturing: 33,122 jobs, 2025
- Chemical manufacturing: 38,178 jobs, 2025
By location quotient motor vehicle parts manufacturing leads in Indiana, with 4.8 times the national share of employment. The page on automotive parts plants shows what that industry sets down on a dock.
The metro that matters in Indiana
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood: 11 counties (Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson...). 41,067 private jobs in warehousing and storage in 2025 (2.16% of the US total; 4.2% of local private jobs), disclosed counties only. Largest warehousing counties: Boone (12,552), Hendricks (11,774), Marion (7,943). Most concentrated: pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing at 6.4x the national share of employment. ZIPs with the most warehousing establishments (Census ZBP 2023): 46168 Plainfield (39), 46268 Indianapolis (31), 46075 Whitestown (19), 46219 Indianapolis (14), 46052 Lebanon (13).
Where Indiana sits among the fifty
| Measure, 2025 | Indiana | Next state above | Next state below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warehousing jobs | 9th: 67,506 | New Jersey, 76,152 (+8,646) | New York, 55,371 (-12,135) |
| Warehousing establishments | 14th: 539 | Michigan, 576 (+37) | Virginia, 529 (-10) |
| Food manufacturing jobs | 13th: 46,474 | Minnesota, 47,829 (+1,355) | Missouri, 45,268 (-1,206) |
States next to Indiana
| State | Warehousing jobs | Largest county for warehousing | Food manufacturing jobs | Top concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 40,753 | Wayne (22,255) | 44,404 | motor vehicle parts manufacturing |
| Ohio | 98,354 | Franklin (18,179) | 66,120 | motor vehicle parts manufacturing |
| Kentucky | 38,281 | Boone (9,121) | 31,273 | motor vehicle manufacturing |
| Illinois | 80,071 | Will (25,357) | 98,300 | pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing |
Indiana has fewer warehousing jobs than 2 of these 4 and more than the rest. The largest of them, Ohio, has 1.5 times Indiana's 67,506. A lot near a state line can be read against either side, so give the exact ZIP.
More on Indiana from the sources
- Private employers in the US averaged 521,212 jobs across 6,414 establishments in motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Michigan (111,465), Ohio (62,025), Indiana (52,146), Tennessee (38,791), Kentucky (32,261). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 575,006 jobs across 12,344 establishments in plastics product manufacturing (NAICS 3261) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Ohio (42,286), Texas (40,945), California (35,933), Pennsylvania (34,094), Indiana (33,122). (data.bls.gov)
- Counties with the most private pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3254) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Lake County, Illinois (16,883), Marion County, Indiana (16,292), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (11,878), Suffolk County, New York (10,760), Los Angeles County, California (8,300), San Diego County, California (8,028). (data.bls.gov)
- The five states with the most warehousing and storage jobs held 39% of the national total in 2025, and the top ten held 58% (California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, Indiana, New York), BLS QCEW. (data.bls.gov)
Other pallet-using industries counted in Indiana
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Against warehousing jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 23,709 | 0.4 to 1 |
| Motor vehicle assembly | 21,069 | 0.3 to 1 |
| Auto parts | 52,146 | 0.8 to 1 |
Sending a lot from Indiana
Count the stacks, give the ZIP where they stand, and use the sorter or the form below. If the dock holds a size retired with a customer, say so in the message.
How many warehousing jobs does Indiana have?
67,506 private-sector jobs across 539 establishments in 2025, 3.55% of the US total, which ranks Indiana 9th of 50.
Do you take plastic pallets from Indiana?
Yes. The desk reads lots from every state, and the ZIP lets it read the route in Indiana. This site states no price or pickup date.
Which Indiana industry is most concentrated?
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing, at 4.8 times the national share of employment in the 2025 federal data used here.
What the sources say
- Counties with the most private pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3254) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Lake County, Illinois (16,883), Marion County, Indiana (16,292), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (11,878), Suffolk County, New York (10,760), Los Angeles County, California (8,300), San Diego County, California (8,028). (data.bls.gov)
- The five states with the most warehousing and storage jobs held 39% of the national total in 2025, and the top ten held 58% (California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, Indiana, New York), BLS QCEW. (data.bls.gov)
- PHS lists its EXP 100 nestable (48 x 40 x 5.2 in) at 78 pallets per stack and 2,340 per truckload, and its EXP 116 (48 x 40 x 5.75 in, 15,000 lb static) at 40 per stack and 1,260 per truckload: a higher static rating comes with fewer pallets per stack. (phsinc.com)
- Private employers in the US averaged 316,938 jobs across 16,316 establishments in beverage manufacturing (NAICS 3121) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (63,604), Texas (24,154), New York (13,802), Pennsylvania (13,207), Florida (12,661). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 575,006 jobs across 12,344 establishments in plastics product manufacturing (NAICS 3261) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Ohio (42,286), Texas (40,945), California (35,933), Pennsylvania (34,094), Indiana (33,122). (data.bls.gov)
- Nelson Company defines dynamic capacity as the load a pallet carries in motion, always below static; static as the load at rest and the bottom pallet's limit in a stack; racking as the load across an open rack span, often the lowest and given only for pallets designed for it. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Counties with the most private motor vehicle manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3361) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Wayne County, Michigan (24,188), Bexar County, Texas (6,165), Cook County, Illinois (5,473), Eaton County, Michigan (4,432), Oakland County, Michigan (735), Los Angeles County, California (643). (data.bls.gov)
- 43 x 43 in pallets are designed for bulk bags; 45 x 45 in is the CP9 chemical standard. (nelsoncompany.com)
- In 2011 a Quebec court ruled that CHEP's identified blue pallets belong to CHEP and cannot be sold. (palletenterprise.com)
- PHS Plastic lists 19 nestable 48 x 40 and other-footprint models with dynamic ratings from 1,102 to 3,500 lb and static ratings from 2,204 to 15,000 lb, so 'nestable' spans light export pallets to heavy-duty stackers. (phsinc.com)
- Private employers in the US averaged 1,901,976 jobs across 23,345 establishments in warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (236,923), Texas (175,579), Pennsylvania (123,481), Florida (105,401), Ohio (98,354). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 73,136 jobs across 1,811 establishments in refrigerated warehousing (NAICS 49312) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (9,969), Texas (6,638), New Jersey (5,388), Georgia (4,453), Pennsylvania (4,102). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 892,426 jobs across 25,801 establishments in chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Texas (90,310), California (75,499), Ohio (49,328), Illinois (48,745), New Jersey (47,966). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 288,633 jobs across 934 establishments in motor vehicle manufacturing (NAICS 3361) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Michigan (44,870), Texas (28,069), California (27,690), Kentucky (23,308), Alabama (22,311). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 521,212 jobs across 6,414 establishments in motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Michigan (111,465), Ohio (62,025), Indiana (52,146), Tennessee (38,791), Kentucky (32,261). (data.bls.gov)
- Warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) was 1.4% of the 133,160,274 private-sector jobs QCEW counted in the US in 2025. (data.bls.gov)
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