ISA releases 2012 NAM Report

The Industrial Supply Association has released the 2012 North American Industrial Markets Report.

The comprehensive report provides detailed market size and segmentation data for 14 industrial product classes representative of ISA member markets. New to this year’s fifth edition is the inclusion of Mexico market size estimates, in addition to the United States and Canada.

The North American market size in 2011 for the combined 14 industrial product classes analyzed in the report is estimated at $187 billion, which includes the United States, Canada and Mexico. The U.S. market is estimated at $154 billion, Canada at $17 billion, and Mexico at $16 billion. The report provides customer segment detail for each of the 14 product classes for the major industry classifications, including mining, construction and manufacturing segments. There is additional geographic segmentation by U.S. state, metropolitan statistical area and county, as well as Canadian province.

The 14 industrial product classes included in this report are defined by aggregating more than 60 individual maintenance, repair, operating and production (MROP) industrial product categories typically sold by industrial supply distributors. The ISA product classes include abrasives, chemicals, cutting tools, fasteners, fluid power, hand tools, janitorial supplies, machine tool accessories, power tools, power transmission, rubber products, safety, saws and welding equipment. The report provides a complete definition of each product class.

This unique collection of data is designed to give ISA manufacturers and distributors a clearer picture of their existing markets, market potential and benchmarks for establishing sales and growth goals. It is presented in an online user-friendly format to give top-level estimates of market size, market share and market definition based on 14 product groups selected as representative of those sold by many ISA members.

Deeper-level industrial product analysis at the county and metropolitan statistical area (MSA) levels is available to ISA members in spreadsheet format for import, finer analysis and internal planning use. This includes data for 14 industrial product groups for 369 MSAs and 400 U.S. counties.

For more information, or to purchase the extended data set, visit http://access.isapartners.org/pages/ECommerce/2012-Industrial-Markets-Report.php or call 866-460-2360.