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2025 U.S. Industry Statistics & Market Forecast - Paper Mills
Market Size & Industry Statistics
The total U.S. industry market size for Paper Mills:
Industry statistics cover all companies in the United States, both public and private, ranging in size from small businesses to market leaders.
In addition to revenue, the industry market analysis shows information on employees, companies, and average firm size.
Investors, banks, and business executives use growth rates and industry trends to understand the market outlook and opportunity.

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Market Forecast
Market forecasts show the long term industry outlook and future growth trends. The following extended five-year forecast projects both short-term and long-term trends.

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U.S. Geographic Distribution: Revenue Statistics by State
Market Size by State ($ millions) indicates how the industry's competition is distributed throughout the country. State-level information can identify areas with higher and lower industry market share than average.
Income Statement (Average Financial Metrics)
Financial metrics provide a snapshot view of a benchmark "average" company. Key business metrics show revenue and operating costs. The data collected covers both public and private companies.Industry Average | Percent of Sales (Industry Benchmark) |
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Financial Ratio Analysis
Financial ratio information can be used to benchmark how a Paper Mills company compares to its peers. Accounting statistics are calculated from the industry-average for income statements and balance sheets.Profitability & Valuation Ratios | Industry Average |
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Company valuation can be measured based on the firm's own performance, as well as in comparison against its industry competitors. These metrics show how the average company in the Paper Mills industry is performing. | |
Profit Margin Gross Profit Margin, Operating Profit Margin, and Net Profit Margin. Show company earnings relative to revenues. |
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Return on Equity (ROE) Return on Equity (ROE) is net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Shareholders' Equity is defined as the company's total assets minus total liabilities. ROE shows how much profits a company generates with the money shareholders invested (or with retained earnings). |
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Return on Assets (ROA) Return on Assets (ROA) is net income relative to total assets. The market research on Paper Mills measures how efficiently the company leverages its assets to generate profit. ROA is calculated as Net Income divided by Total Assets. |
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Bankers and suppliers use liquidity to determine creditworthiness and identify potential threats to a company's financial viability. | |
Current Ratio Measures a firm's ability to pay its debts over the next 12 months. |
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Quick Ratio (Acid Test) Calculates liquid assets relative to liabilities, excluding inventories. |
Efficiency Ratios - Key Performance Indicators | Industry Average |
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Measure how quickly products and services sell, and effectively collections policies are implemented. | |
Receivables Turnover Ratio If this number is low in your business when compared to the industry average in the research report, it may mean your payment terms are too lenient or that you are not doing a good enough job on collections. |
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Average Collection Period Based on the Receivables Turnover, this estimates the collection period in days. Calculated as 365 divided by the Receivables Turnover |
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Inventory Turnover A low turnover rate may point to overstocking, obsolescence, or deficiencies in the product line or marketing effort. |
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Fixed-Asset Turnover Generally, higher is better, since it indicates the business has less money tied up in fixed assets for each dollar of sales revenue. |
Compensation & Salary Surveys for Employees
Compensation statistics provides an accurate assessment of industry-specific jobs and national salary averages. This information can be used to identify which positions are most common, and high, low, and average annual wages.Title | Percent of Workforce | Bottom Quartile | Average (Median) Salary | Upper Quartile |
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Management Occupations | 4% | Order at top of page |
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General and Operations Managers | 1% | |||
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations | 15% | |||
Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations | 12% | |||
Industrial Machinery Installation, Repair, and Maintenance Workers | 10% | |||
Industrial Machinery Mechanics | 7% | |||
Production Occupations | 54% | |||
Other Production Occupations | 44% | |||
Miscellaneous Production Workers | 33% | |||
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 27% | |||
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations | 10% | |||
Material Moving Workers | 9% | |||
Laborers and Material Movers | 6% |
Paper Mills Competitor Landscape & Key Companies [PREMIUM]
The most influential companies in the Paper Mills industry and adjacent industries either have large market share or are developing new business models and methods that could disrupt the status quo. We look at leading and emerging companies in the Paper Mills industry and adjacent sectors:Market Leaders: Direct Competitors Companies with the largest market share, focused in this industry |
Market leaders: Diversified Competitors Largest companies that have diversified operations in this and other industries |
Innovators: Direct Competitors Innovative, Emerging, and Disruptive Companies that may influence the future direction of the industry. |
Innovators: Diversified Competitors Innovators and Disruptors in adjacent industries that may also affect the Paper Mills industry. |
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Latest Industry News
- 'Purpose in suffering': How a former Georgetown mill worker turned trauma into tool to help others - Tripp Cooper lost most of his fingers in an accident at International Paper. Now he helps trauma survivors at the Medical University of South Carolina. (07/08/2025)
- Kinleith Mill closure: Workers gather for farewell in Tokoroa as 71-year chapter closes - Workers have gathered to mark the closure of the Kinleith paper mill. While the wider Kinleith site continues to operate, about 150 people lost their jobs. To mark the closure of Paper Machine 6 last week and to farewell those departing the mill, (07/07/2025)
- Best paper stocks to buy today, 7 July, recommended by NeoTrader's Raja Venkatraman - The policy shift is already reflecting in stock performance, with several paper stocks rallying 10-35% in anticipation of improved domestic competitiveness. Capacity expansion: Companies such as JK Paper and Tamil Nadu Newsprint are investing in capacity upgrades to meet growing domestic demand. (07/07/2025)
- Study: Paper mill closure a $52 million impact on the local community - With the closure of the Chillicothe Paper Mill just about a month away, Ross County Commissioner Jack Everson has some answers about what is next. (07/07/2025)
- Boyer Paper Mill close to shutting down on clean energy power shortage - Australia’s last remaining industrial paper mill is teetering under shock power shortages, with the owner warning that 340 jobs could disappear without any stabilisation in prices. (07/02/2025)
- Kinleith pulp and paper mill falls silent - The Kinleith pulp and paper mill in South Waikato was opened by Prime Minister Sidney Holland in 1954. On Monday, 71 years later, the last functional paper-making machine falls silent, with the loss of about 150 jobs. (06/29/2025)
- Hold Maine’s paper mills to higher standards | Editorial - Paper mills’ generation of “biogenic” emissions (from wood and wood byproducts, ethanol, biodiesel and biomass waste) aren’t tracked by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Since July of 2022, thankfully, Maine has been tracking those emissions. Now we just need our leaders to act on the data. (06/29/2025)
- Paper mills in Maine release above average levels of greenhouse gas - As the Trump administration eyes rollbacks on industrial emissions limits, a new report claims that paper mills are already dirtier than they appear. (06/28/2025)
- A Natchitoches paper mill closed and left Louisiana's forestry industry 'in chaos' - Before shuttering in April, International Paper’s Red River mill in Natchitoches Parish purchased 1.6 million tons of pulpwood per year. Now, according to loggers, foresters and industry leaders, there’s nowhere for that type of forestry product to go, (06/26/2025)
- 'It doesn't come as a shock'. State and city officials comment on closure of paper mill - CHILLICOTHE ? After over 200 years of business, the Chillicothe paper mill will stop production by Aug. 10, according to an announcement put out by Pixelle Specialty Solutions on June 10. This comes after an April 18 announcement by Senator Bernie Moreno stating the closure of the mill would be paused till the end of the year. (06/10/2025)


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