United States

Capacity utilization

Name: Capacity utilization data for United States
Creator: FRED
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Share of installed productive capacity actually being used.

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FrequencymonthlyTransformlevel

Source: FRED · TCU

Stored official data

Capacity utilization - United States in United States was 76.2% on May 1, 2026, higher by 0.04% (+0.0%) from the prior observation. Charted from monthly observations in %.

Latest76.17%

MoM+0.05%

YoY+0.36%

10Y Avg76.60%

Latest observationMay 1, 2026

Model surprise-0.08%

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Min64.08%

Mean79.82%

Max89.39%

Latest observationMay 1, 2026

Source evidence

Tier 1 - critical

Source note Provider health

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TCU

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Stored · 2026-05-01

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Research notes

82 · Acceptable

ComparabilityAggregator is not the statistical authority: Use the source agency, source code, and methodology link when citing or reconciling with official releases.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.

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QualitySource authority: 82/100. Aggregator source: useful access layer, but official methodology remains with the originating agency.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 713 observations available; latest observation 2026-05-01; platform fetch 2026-06-18T22:40:23.438Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 100/100. Point-in-time data via the FRED ALFRED endpoint. Each request returns the values as they were published on the supplied vintage date.

4/6 strong

CitationCapacity utilization - United States (FRED (St. Louis Fed): TCU, United States, retrieved Jun 18, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 18, 2026

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Series details

SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

CategoryBusiness

FrequencyMonthly

Unit%

Latest observationMay 1, 2026

Platform last fetchJune 18, 2026

Transformslevel, mom, yoy, index 100

About this series

Capacity Utilization: Total Index

The reading right now

As of May 2026, Capacity utilization for United States stood at 76.2%. That is up 0.04 percentage points from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 77%, ranging from a low of 75.2% in November 2024 to a high of 79% in April 2022. The current reading sits 0.44 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 76.6%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.