Fastest Growing Industries by Exports in United States in 2025

• 1. Oil and Gas Drilling Equipment Manufacturing in the US

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 486.1%

  Major global events, like the pandemic and the Ukraine war, have greatly impacted machinery manufacturers by creating significant volatility in commodity prices. Major production and travel slowdowns harmed demand for oil and gas, resulting in fewer extraction projects and lowering the need for machinery. Still, Russia's invasion of Ukraine led to sanctions placed on Russia by various countries, which led to surging oil and gas prices. This uptick in prices led to strong US oil and gas produc...

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• 2. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Manufacturing in the US

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 82.1%

  UAV manufacturers face significant volatility across commercial and military markets, grappling with unique regulations, emerging and disruptive innovations and complex commercial trade conditions. Companies have especially dealt with major contract cancellations as the DoD moves toward modernization and modularity, prioritizing the CCA program and tactical versatility over single-job drones. However, greater drone integration across both military doctrine and commercia...

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• 3. Ship Building in the US

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 45.6%

  Shipbuilders design, build and repair ships and other vessels for military and commercial clients. Long project lead times, primarily for defense contracts, have led to a consistent flow of revenue, keeping shipyard revenue stable despite supply chain disruptions, climbing interest rates, geopolitical uncertainty and other exogenous shocks. Major protectionist policies in both commercial and military markets also create steady domestic growth. In particular, rebounding defense spending, stron...

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• 4. Automatic Fire Sprinkler System Manufacturing in the US

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 35.4%

  Growth in the Automatic Fire Sprinkler System Manufacturing industry is being driven by several converging trends, including robust non-residential construction activity, stringent municipal safety codes and increased insurance incentives for fire suppression installations in commercial premises. Mandated compliance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards has increased the required system complexity, thereby expanding the addressable market for advanc...

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• 5. Aircraft, Engine & Parts Manufacturing in the US

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 31.9%

  Despite collapsing demand for air travel and new airplanes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, pent-up demand in its aftermath brought a surge of air transit, boosting revenue as airlines sought replacements for planes and plane parts. Similarly, new global conflicts and rising world tensions have spurred US, NATO and major non-NATO ally (MNNA) spending, supporting revenue for defense contractors despite strict export guidelines and regulations. Overall, revenue is expected to climb at a CAGR of 9.7%...

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• 6. Fiber-Optic Cable Manufacturing in the US

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 30.0%

  Fiber-optic cable manufacturers have benefited from the growing reliance on services offered online, including Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices and rising demand for high-speed internet from households and businesses. Telecommunications companies have invested heavily in improving their digital infrastructures and giving customers advantages in terms of speed, reliability and cost savings. Similarly, manufacturers have benefited from growing spending on infrastructure from the Infra...

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• 7. Natural Gas Liquid Processing in the US

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 18.2%

  Natural gas liquid (NGL) production proportionally grows with natural gas extraction. The popularity of advanced extraction techniques like hydraulic fracturing has bolstered shale gas production, giving processors a steady revenue flow. The pandemic weakened industrial production and residential and commercial construction, leading to an oversupply of NGLs and causing prices to plummet. This quickly reversed as the economy reopened and natural gas prices surged, spiking production. This grow...

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• 8. Gold & Silver Ore Mining in the US

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 14.7%

  The Gold and Silver Ore Mining industry explores and develops land to extract precious metals for sale in concentrate, dore and bullion form. Revenue is largely a function of mine output and the world prices of gold and silver. Thanks to rising gold and silver prices, overall industry revenue has been on the rise, in spite of reduced gold mine output and only modestly increasing silver mine output over the past five years. Gold and silver prices saw significant growth at the beginning of this...

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• 9. Wood Flooring Manufacturing in the US

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 14.5%

  Wood flooring manufacturing has struggled in recent years. Following a rise in the residential construction market as pandemic-era rock-bottom interest rates prompted homeowners to increase spending on home improvements, the industry has been challenged by a tepid construction market. Rising borrowing costs slammed housing markets as Federal Reserve rate hikes pushed mortgage rates to multi-decade highs, discouraging new homebuyers and reducing demand for wood flooring tied to new housing sta...

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• 10. Farm Animal Feed Production in the US

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 12.5%

  The animal feed industry has experienced a turbulent ride to 2025, shaped by an extraordinary period of commodity price spikes, volatile crop yields and erratic shifts in domestic and export demand. Feed producers rode an early surge as corn and soybean prices climbed, spurring nominal revenue growth and boosting tonnage for those able to manage evolving contract terms and forward purchases. Yet these windfalls were often fleeting. Fast-shifting weather and uneven grain quality forced quick p...

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