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2025 U.S. Industry Statistics & Market Forecast - Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers
Market Size & Industry Statistics
The total U.S. industry market size for Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers:
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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Industry Insights
Major trends affect the Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers industry include:- Increased global demand for recyclable materials
- Stringent environmental regulations
- Advancements in recycling technologies
- Growth in the circular economy model
- Rising raw material costs
- Growing consumer awareness towards sustainability
- Impact of international trade policies
- Shift towards single-stream recycling systems
- Expansion in the use of recycled materials in manufacturing
- Evolving waste management policies
- Fluctuations in commodity prices
- Increased investment in waste sorting and processing technology
- Growth in e-commerce and packaging waste
- Local government initiatives promoting recycling programs
- Pressure from environmental groups and non-profits
Product & Services Breakdown
Research products and services in the Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers industry generating sales. Note that products are broken into categories with different levels of classification.| Product Description | Number of Companies | Sales ($ millions) | Percent of Total Sales |
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Used Automotive Parts, Accessories, And Equipment |
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Semi-Finished Iron And Steel Products |
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Flat Iron And Steel Products |
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Iron And Steel Pipes And Tubing |
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Other Iron And Steel Products |
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Stainless Steel |
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Copper And Brass |
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Aluminum Shapes And Forms, Including Pipes And Tubing |
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Other Nonferrous Metals, Including Magnesium, Nickel, Tin, Lead, And Zinc, Excluding Gemstones |
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Recyclable Ferrous Metal Scrap |
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Recyclable Prepared Ferrous Metal Scrap Processed By This Establishment |
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Recyclable Prepared Ferrous Metal Scrap Not Processed By This Establishment |
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Unprepared Recyclable Ferrous Metal Scrap, Including Bi-Metal Cans |
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Recyclable Nonferrous Metal Scrap |
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Recyclable Aluminum Scrap |
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Recyclable Copper And Copper Alloy Scrap |
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Recyclable Lead Scrap |
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Other Recyclable Nonferrous Metallic Scrap, Including Nickel, Zinc, And Precious Metals |
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Recyclable Paper And Paperboard |
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Recyclable Materials, Excluding Metals And Paper |
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Recyclable Textiles, Including Rags And Textile Scraps |
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Recyclable Plastics |
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Recyclable Glass |
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Other Recyclable Materials |
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Recyclable Rubber |
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Paper And Plastic Products |
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Service Receipts And Labor Charges, Including Installed Parts |
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Other Service Receipts And Labor Charges |
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Miscellaneous Commodities |
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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 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 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 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 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 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 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. |
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| 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. |
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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 | 10% | Order at top of page |
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| Chief Executives | 0% | |||
| General and Operations Managers | 5% | |||
| Business and Financial Operations Occupations | 7% | |||
| Business Operations Specialists | 5% | |||
| Sales and Related Occupations | 23% | |||
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing | 16% | |||
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing | 16% | |||
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 13% | |||
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | 16% | |||
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations | 11% | |||
| Production Occupations | 6% | |||
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations | 20% | |||
| Motor Vehicle Operators | 6% | |||
| Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers | 6% | |||
| Material Moving Workers | 12% | |||
| Laborers and Material Movers | 11% | |||
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 6% | |||
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers Competitor Landscape & Key Companies [PREMIUM]
The most influential companies in the Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 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 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 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 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers industry. |
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Latest Industry News
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- Pac Tech unveils packaging with 25% recycled resin, creating 500 new jobs - Pac Tech International, a bottled water producer with two decades of operations in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, distributes its flagship Cristalia brand through major retailers such as Costco, Sam’s Club, Walmart, Walgreens, Econo, Selectos and Pueblo. According to the company, Cristalia is the best-selling bottled water brand in Puerto Rico. (07/04/2025)
- Life on the street at the foot of the 'Mount Everest of rubbish' - “With the new plans, if they’re going to be recycling more material rather than putting it in the landfill, that would be better," Andy told the M.E.N. (06/30/2025)
- How to recycle Amazon Prime Day packages | Mashable - The reality of Amazon recycling According to a 2024 report from ocean conservancy organization Oceana, Amazon generated 208 million pounds of plastic packaging waste from U.S. transactions in 2022 ... (06/25/2025)
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- Chain Store Age: Retail News - Chain Store Age is the nation’s leading provider of retail news and analysis for retail headquarters executives across all sectors of the industry, both in print and online. (06/20/2025)
- Reuse, reduce, and recycle: How Enstrom Candies turned its trash into treasure - MSN - GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - On June 18, the first Western Slope pickup for the Circular Transportation Network took place. Enstrom Candies gave nearly 1600 pounds of hard-to-recycle materials ... (06/19/2025)
- EU's €20M Plastic Tax Sparks Investment Boom: Yazan Al Homsi Reveals How New Regulations Are Reshaping Recycling Industry - MENAFN.COM - The UAE plastic recycling market is positioned for substantial growth, with projections showing expansion from 0.84 million tonnes in 2020 to 1.44 million tonnes by 2030, representing a compound ... (06/17/2025)
- Researchers develop recyclable & healable electronics - The vitrimer and liquid metal-composite provide a pathway toward fully recyclable, mechanically robust, and reconfigurable electronics, thus advancing the field of electronic materials. (06/13/2025)
- Cyclic Materials and Lime Announce Pioneering Partnership to Recycle Electric Motors from North American Micromobility Fleet - TORONTO — Cyclic Materials (“Cyclic”), a pioneer in the circular supply of rare-earth elements (REEs), and Lime, the world’s largest provider of shared micromobility electric vehicles, announce a strategic agreement to recycle magnets from retired ... (05/19/2025)
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