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Cans in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights
Cans include single-use containers, typically made of aluminum, tin, steel, or plastic, that are used to store food, beverages, paint, aerosol sprays, and other products. Cans are most commonly sold by can and container manufacturers, as well as food packaging wholesalers and retailers.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Cans procurement and pricing environment in the United States includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Cans market in the United States includes Safety Cans, Tin Utility Cans, Cone Top Cans, Unlined Paint Cans, Aerosol Cans, Lined Paint Cans, Aluminum Beverage Cans, Tin-Coated Steel (Tinplate) Metal Cans, Flat-Top Steel Cans and Plastic Paint Cans. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-2599-Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c., NACE-25.92-Manufacture Of Light Metal Packaging, NAICS-332431-Metal Can Manufacturing and UNSPSC-24121800-Packaging cans.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Cans procurement coverage includes Composite Cans (Cans made of a mix of paper, plastic and foil that are wound together.) and Aerosol Cans (Cans that use propellant gas to disperse a substance.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Cans procurement report as suppliers are Uline, Inc., W.W. Grainger, Inc., Anheuser-Busch Inbev Sa, Can-Pack Sa and Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Company.
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Cans market in the United States category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per 16-ounce can, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Cans market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Cans procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Cans market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Cans market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Cans?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Cans is $2.95 per 16-ounce can. Prices have declined at a CAGR of -1.85 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Cans market?
The top vendors in the Cans market include Uline, Inc., W.W. Grainger, Inc., Anheuser-Busch Inbev Sa, Can-Pack Sa and Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Company.
What industries supply the Cans market?
The top industries supplying the Cans market are Aluminum Manufacturing in the US, Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing in the US, Iron & Steel Manufacturing in the US, Iron Ore Mining in the US, Steel Rolling & Drawing in the US and Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing in the US.
What is the supply chain risk for Cans?
High supplier concentration gives suppliers leverage and demands regular competitive benchmarking. The can market is composed of a large number of suppliers, with a presence of large, diversified, and established players with recognized and trusted brands that command greater shares of business. While a large number of smaller suppliers compete primarily on price, there has been consolidation among major players. The overall high market share concentration detracts from buyers' negotiating power by reducing price competition among vendors and making it more difficult for buyers to secure favorable prices. Buyers should consider bundling goods with their can purchases to receive discounts, and aggressively negotiate with larger suppliers since they are typically more willing to negotiate with buyers on product prices and supply terms due to their higher profit margins.
What factors affect the price of Cans?
Quantity significantly affects the price of metal cans, as manufacturers often implement economies of scale; larger orders typically result in lower per-unit costs due to reduced production and distribution expenses. For example, a beverage company purchasing thousands of aluminum cans may receive a substantial discount compared to a small retailer ordering a few hundred.
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