Press Brakes & Sheet Metal Forming
Manufacturers of hydraulic and servo-electric press brakes and punching machines.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Metalworking Machinery & Machine Tools (5.6.10), the segment that Press Brakes & Sheet Metal Forming sits within — not Press Brakes & Sheet Metal Forming on its own.
- Market size
- ~$34B
- Growth
- ~0.9%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
- Companies
- ~5,900
U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 333511/333514/333515/333517/333519 (molds, dies, tools, machine tools, and metalworking machinery).
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Machine-tool, tooling, and precision-component sales
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- Moderate
- EBITDA margin
- Specialty- and precision-driven
- Capex intensity
- Moderate
recurring tooling and replacement
Characteristics
- Most fragmented heavy-equipment segment.
- CNC, automation, and additive manufacturing reshaping it.
- Tool-and-die ownership transition drives M&A supply.
Geographic concentration
Metalworking machinery and machine-tool production concentrates in the Great Lakes precision-manufacturing belt — Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin — with a Vermont machine-tool cluster.
U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 County Business Patterns (employment by state), NAICS 333511/333514/333515/333517/333519. Concentration shown by location quotient.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
- PE-backed precision-machining platforms
- Machine-tool & tooling strategics
- Specialty consolidators
What’s driving deals
- Roll-up of fragmented tool-and-die shops.
- Reshoring and manufacturing-capex demand.
- Automation and additive-manufacturing adoption.
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