Commercial Printing Industry Overview

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Industry Description

Companies that print books, periodicals, newspapers, newsletters, pamphlets, financial documents, catalogs, direct mail, advertising inserts, labels, packaging, posters, calendars, and custom publications.

Industry Trends

Transition to Digital Technology

Digital presses have become the norm in commercial printing; industry growth is coming almost entirely from digital printing. The commercial printing industry is shifting to faster production of smaller order quantities with more color, the major benefit of digital printing over offset and other printing methods. While digital inkjet printers began at the small end of printers, technology is increasingly able to make digital printers with greater capacity.

Industry Competitors

Industry Codes

Hoover's has developed its own industry classifications to better serve its customers. These classifications are mapped to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the older U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The Commercial Printing maps to a number of NAICS codes including:

NAICS
NAICS Title
Paper (except Newsprint) Mills
Newsprint Mills
Paperboard Mills
Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing

Industry Associations & Organizations

Related Industries

Industry Financials

Using the 2002 Census Bureau Economic Census, Hoover's has generated an industry financial summary for the Commercial Printing industry.

Indicator
Total
NAICS Codes
33
Establishments
60,439
Sales, receipts or shipments ($1,000)
$248,712,595
Annual Payroll ($1,000)
$49,297,364
Paid Employees
1,255,409

Industry People



Industry Jobs

Printing Company - Atlanta.GA
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Staples - Lenexa.KS
From Staples
- San Diego.CA
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