Manufacturing Report 2025

Gross Regional Product (GRP)

Manufacturing GRP in Greater Grand Rapids increased $2.4 billion from 2019 to 2024, while job levels have remained below pre-pandemic levels, highlighting ongoing productivity gains among regional manufacturing companies. From 2023 to 2024, manufacturing GRP contracted 0.3% . This marks the first decline in manufacturing GRP growth since 2021 and the first contraction since 2020. This contraction was likely a market correction following high GRP growth post-pandemic. The region’s manufacturing GRP, which measures the total value of goods and services, mirrors a national declination trend. Nation-wide manufacturing GRP contracted 0.2% from 2023 to 2024. Michigan’s manufacturing GRP increased 0.4% during the same period.

$14.4B 24% 2015

Share of Greater Grand Rapids gross regional product associated with manufacturing

2024

GRP Growth

$18.4B 28%

Manufacturing GRP Year-Over-Year Change

GGR

MI

US

15%

10%

5%

0%

-5%

-10%

-15%

2022

2023

2024

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020 2021

Source: Lightcast

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