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Packaging Services in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights
Packaging service suppliers provide both manual and machine-assisted packaging of client-owned materials or products on a contract or outsourced basis. The wide range of items suppliers handle includes food, agricultural products, pharmaceuticals, and other manufactured goods. The key buyers in this market include retailers and manufacturers.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Packaging Services 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 Packaging Services market in the United States includes Machine-Assisted Packaging of Client-Owned Products, Manual Packaging of Client-Owned Products, 100 Unit Order, 1,000 Unit Order, 15,000 Unit Order and 20,000 Unit Order. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-8292-Packaging activities, NACE-82.92-Packaging Activities, NAICS-561910-Packaging and Labeling Services and UNSPSC-73151600-Packaging services.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Packaging Services procurement coverage includes Flexible Packaging (A package or container made of materials that can readily change shape. This packaging includes bags, pouches, shrink sleeves, stretch film, or rollstock.), Paperboard (Heavyweight paper that is typically used as a packaging material.) and Kitting (A process in which contract packagers group and package related individual items to sell as one unit directly to retailers.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Packaging Services procurement report as suppliers are PCI Pharma Services, Hearthside Food Solutions, Llc, Aaron Thomas Company Inc., Xpo Logistics, Inc. and Sonoco Products Company.
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Packaging Services 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 unit order, 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 Packaging Services market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Packaging Services 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 Packaging Services 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 Packaging Services 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 Packaging Services?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Packaging Services is $27.65 per unit order. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 1.08 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Packaging Services market?
The top vendors in the Packaging Services market include PCI Pharma Services, Hearthside Food Solutions, Llc, Aaron Thomas Company Inc., Xpo Logistics, Inc. and Sonoco Products Company.
What industries supply the Packaging Services market?
The top industries supplying the Packaging Services market are Glass Product Manufacturing in the US, Sand & Gravel Mining in the US, Industrial Machinery & Equipment Wholesaling in the US, Packaging Machinery Manufacturing in the US, Paperboard Mills in the US, Wood Pulp Mills in the US, Plastic & Resin Manufacturing in the US and Gasoline & Petroleum Wholesaling in the US.
What is the supply chain risk for Packaging Services?
Fragmented supplier base enables buyers to leverage competition for favorable pricing. The modular packaging services market is characterized by a large number of small and mid sized vendors, creating strong competition and limiting any single supplier's pricing influence. This fragmentation enables buyers to frequently rebid contracts, benchmark rates across multiple qualified providers, and pressure incumbents to improve service levels. Buyers should maintain a multi supplier sourcing strategy, avoid long lock in periods, and use competitive tension to push for lower rates, value added services, and enhanced performance commitments.
What factors affect the price of Packaging Services?
Orders with more intricate packaging designs or special requirements, such as custom shapes or intricate labeling, tend to cost more due to the increased labor and material handling involved. The complexity of the packaging process often requires more time and specialized resources, leading to higher overall costs.
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