The Northeast's share of US manufacturing construction fell from 13.1% to 2.9% in four years

The Northeast's share of US manufacturing construction spending fell from 13.1% in 2021¹ to 2.9% in 2025¹. Spending there fell outright, from US$10.7 billion² to US$6.1 billion³, while it rose in the other three Census regions.

The figures are the Census Bureau's annual value of private construction put in place at manufacturing sites, in current dollars. Over the same period the West's share rose from 16.8%¹ to 25.1%¹.

Within regions the shifts were uneven. Spending in the South Atlantic division in 2025 was 5.6 times its 2021 level¹, and in the Mountain division 4.8 times¹. In the West South Central division, the largest in 2021, spending rose but its share of the national total fell by 8.6 percentage points¹.

Our reading, as interpretation rather than finding: over these four years the build-out shifted toward the South Atlantic and Mountain divisions while the Northeast declined.

Two limits. These are estimates from a sample survey, and regional and divisional figures carry more sampling error than national ones. The measure covers buildings and structures and excludes production equipment, so it is not total plant investment. The data show where construction took place, not why.

From Constarium research project CR-MFG-2026-002, US manufacturing construction spending since 2021.