Capacity utilization: Electrical equipment, appliance, and component (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 335) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: US industrial capacity utilization (FED Board)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent data on industrial capacity utilization in the United States, the production of electrical equipment, appliances and components stood at 77.76 percent of total available capacity in August 2025, versus 79.01 in the previous month.
Sample. The monthly series displayed in the figure has 644 observations in total. The time span covered by the series goes from January 1972 to August 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: capacity utilization had a mean value of 81.83 percent of productive capacity; it hit a peak of 99.29 in October 1973; it recorded a minimum of 64.94 in December 1982.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 78.5992 |
| 2025-07-31 | 79.0117 |
| 2025-08-31 | 77.7625 |
Heads-up. A benefit of our data visualization and download service is that we publish complete metadata. Find it below to delve deeper into the attributes of the indicators that you analyze.
Not for investment purposes. Information shared on FetchSeries is not suitable for investment purposes or any other financial decision. Users should obtain expert advice and perform their own independent due diligence before taking any financial risk.
Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Capacity utilization: Electrical equipment, appliance, and component (NAICS = 335) |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Actual production divided by production capacity |
| Data type | Capacity utilization |
| Deflation method | Real |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Licence to copy and distribute without permission |
| Measure type | Level |
Series in the same data set
Discover the other time series included in this data set.
Main index
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity utilization: Total index (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 704 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
Main industry groups
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity utilization: Durable manufacturing (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 704 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Capacity utilization: Nondurable manufacturing (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 704 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Capacity utilization: Other manufacturing (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 644 | 1972-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Capacity utilization: Mining (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 21) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 704 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Capacity utilization: Electric and gas utilities (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 2211,2) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 704 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Utilities
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity utilization: Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 2211) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 704 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Capacity utilization: Natural gas distribution (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 2212) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 704 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |