Sell plastic pallets in Virginia
Virginia had 51,123 warehousing jobs in 2025, 14th among the states, and its most concentrated pallet-using industry is warehousing and storage. 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
Virginia in numbers
- Warehousing and storage jobs, 2025
- 51,123 (14th of 50 states)
- Warehousing establishments
- 529 (15th of 50); about 97 jobs each
- Share of US warehousing jobs
- 2.69%
- Food manufacturing jobs
- 32,684 (23rd of 50)
- Most concentrated pallet-using industry
- warehousing and storage, 1.1x the national share of employment
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs
- 2,939
- Motor vehicle assembly jobs
- 3,460
- Auto parts jobs
- 3,859
- Refrigerated warehouse space, October 1, 2025
- 72 million cubic feet (17th of 50)
Reading a Virginia lot
Count the warehouses and Virginia comes 15th; count the jobs in them and it comes 14th. It sits in the upper third of the fifty by warehousing jobs. With about 97 people a site against a national 82, a single dock here can hold a truckload at once.
Virginia has 0.6 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 (3,859 jobs) is 1.3 times the size of pharmaceutical manufacturing (2,939).
Suffolk city County holds 13.2% of Virginia's warehousing jobs, and the top 3 listed hold 28.0%. The jobs are spread across the state, so no one county sets the route. None of the metros in the dossier sits inside Virginia, so a lot is read by its ZIP.
USDA counted 72 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space in Virginia, 17th of 50 and about 1,408 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 Virginia's warehousing jobs sit
| County | Warehousing jobs | Share of the state's total |
|---|---|---|
| Suffolk city | 6,757 | 13.2% |
| Chesapeake city | 3,851 | 7.5% |
| Chesterfield | 3,728 | 7.3% |
What Virginia's industries put on the dock
- Warehousing and storage: 51,123 jobs, 2025
- Food manufacturing: 32,684 jobs, 2025
By location quotient warehousing and storage leads in Virginia, with 1.1 times the national share of employment. The page on distribution centers shows what that industry sets down on a dock.
Where Virginia sits among the fifty
| Measure, 2025 | Virginia | Next state above | Next state below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warehousing jobs | 14th: 51,123 | Arizona, 52,054 (+931) | Nevada, 42,113 (-9,010) |
| Warehousing establishments | 15th: 529 | Indiana, 539 (+10) | South Carolina, 527 (-2) |
| Food manufacturing jobs | 23rd: 32,684 | Alabama, 33,728 (+1,044) | Kentucky, 31,273 (-1,411) |
States next to Virginia
| State | Warehousing jobs | Largest county for warehousing | Food manufacturing jobs | Top concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 29,966 | Harford (3,435) | 19,600 | pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing |
| West Virginia | 3,631 | Wood (684) | 3,636 | chemical manufacturing |
| Kentucky | 38,281 | Boone (9,121) | 31,273 | motor vehicle manufacturing |
| Tennessee | 53,427 | Shelby (11,727) | 40,320 | motor vehicle parts manufacturing |
| North Carolina | 54,551 | Mecklenburg (12,290) | 61,441 | pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing |
Virginia has fewer warehousing jobs than 2 of these 5 and more than the rest. The largest of them, North Carolina, has 1.1 times Virginia's 51,123. A lot near a state line can be read against either side, so give the exact ZIP.
Other pallet-using industries counted in Virginia
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Against warehousing jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 2,939 | 0.1 to 1 |
| Motor vehicle assembly | 3,460 | 0.1 to 1 |
| Auto parts | 3,859 | 0.1 to 1 |
Sending a lot from Virginia
Count the stacks, give the ZIP where they stand, and use the sorter or the form below. If the dock holds strays and a mixed dock, say so in the message.
How many warehousing jobs does Virginia have?
51,123 private-sector jobs across 529 establishments in 2025, 2.69% of the US total, which ranks Virginia 14th of 50.
Do you take plastic pallets from Virginia?
Yes. The desk reads lots from every state, and the ZIP lets it read the route in Virginia. This site states no price or pickup date.
Which Virginia industry is most concentrated?
Warehousing and storage, at 1.1 times the national share of employment in the 2025 federal data used here.
Words you will meet
- FM 4996
- FM Approvals standard that rates a pallet as equal to wood in fire tests.
- GMA pallet
- The 48 x 40 in North American standard footprint.
- Static load
- Weight a pallet carries at rest, or the bottom pallet carries when stacked. The highest of the three ratings.
- ISPM 15
- The international standard for treating wood packaging against pests. Plastic pallets are outside it.
- Multi-trip pallet
- A pallet designed to be returned and reused many times.
- RFID
- Radio tag moulded or fixed into a pallet so it can be tracked.
- Injection moulding
- Pallet made by forcing molten resin into a mould at high pressure.
- Structural foam
- Low-pressure moulding where a blowing agent expands the resin in the mould.
- Compression moulding
- Moulding by pressing resin in a closed mould; one of six processes in use.
- CP9
- A chemical-industry pallet standard, 1140 x 1140 mm.
- Euro pallet
- 800 x 1200 mm footprint.
- HDPE
- High-density polyethylene, resin code 2. The most common resin in plastic pallets; tough and moisture resistant.
- Dynamic load
- Weight a pallet carries while moving on a forklift, pallet jack or conveyor.
- Racking load
- Weight a pallet carries bridging an open span in unsupported racking. Often the lowest rating.
- Nest ratio
- How many empty pallets fit in the height of one.
- Heat treated (HT)
- ISPM 15 treatment for wood: core at 56 C for 30 minutes. Not needed for plastic.
Who asks, and what they need
- Distribution centres with surplus pallets
- Sell or recycle excess lots, mixed makers and colours, broken pallets.
- Closed-loop and captive pallet users
- Large uniform lots of one size and style; repair and replacement parts.
- Retailers that collect pooled or one-way pallets
- Stacks of marked and unmarked pallets left by suppliers; need to know which can be sold and which belong to a pool.
What the sources say
- Private employers in the US averaged 350,886 jobs across 7,786 establishments in pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (42,575), New Jersey (30,062), North Carolina (26,998), New York (25,087), Illinois (24,257). (data.bls.gov)
- ISO 6780 lists 1016 x 1219 mm for North America, 1000 x 1200 mm for Europe and Asia and 800 x 1200 mm for Europe. (en.wikipedia.org)
- In April 2017, HDPE HMW regrind from drums and IBCs was 24 to 27 cents per pound picked up in the US South (historical, not current). (resource-recycling.com)
- 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)
- Cabka says plastic export pallets are exempt from ISPM-15 treatment, that there is no single export size, and that its nestable export designs include extra-lightweight and air-freight versions. (cabka.com)
- 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)
- Fastmarkets estimates 3.7 billion pallets were in circulation in the US in 2025, and that annual pallet production rose from about 800 million before the pandemic to nearly one billion afterward. (fastmarkets.com)
- Steel, aluminum, plastic and engineered-wood pallets are exempt from ISPM 15; wood must reach a core temperature of 56 C for at least 30 minutes for heat treatment. (en.wikipedia.org)
- PHS lists a 56 x 44 beverage pallet (STK 285) at 2,500 lb dynamic and 30,000 lb static. (phsinc.com)
- PHS lists a 48 x 32 stackable pallet (STK 783) at 3,500 lb dynamic and 15,000 lb static. (phsinc.com)
- Plastic pallets weigh about 3 to 15 lb when light and up to 300 lb when heavy; a typical GMA wood pallet weighs about 37 lb. (en.wikipedia.org)
- NFPA requires wood and plastic pallets to be stored outdoors or in a detached structure unless sprinklers protect them. (en.wikipedia.org)
- The International Fire Code permits pallets listed and labeled under FM 4996 or UL 2335 to be treated as wood pallets for sprinkler design. (iccsafe.org)
- HDPE is the most common resin in plastic pallets; PP is more rigid and the page recommends it for unsupported racking. (nelsoncompany.com)
- HDPE has resin identification code 2, a density of 930 to 970 kg/m3, melts at 131.8 C and is hard to glue, so joints are usually welded. (en.wikipedia.org)
- Rehrig Pacific says its reusable products are designed to be recyclable at end of life and run a buyback program. (rehrigpacific.com)
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