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2026 U.S. manufacturing sales study · November 2025 – October 2026

Minnesota Manufacturing Sales 2026: Quotes & Purchase Orders

What share of manufacturing quotes in Minnesota become purchase orders? 22%. In the 12 months to October 2026, Minnesota accounts produced 7 purchase orders from 32 manufacturing quotes (−16% on a year earlier) worth $307K, close to the 21% national quote-to-PO rate.

22%became a PO (U.S. 21%)
32quotes (−16% on last year)
$307Kquoted
7purchase orders

Quote → PO: Minnesota against the other top-15 states

Ohio35%Michigan35%Indiana31%Missouri31%Pennsylvania23%Massachusetts22%Minnesota22%U.S. overall21%Wisconsin20%Illinois19%California18%Texas17%Florida17%New Jersey16%New York15%North Carolina4%
Source: Factur 2026 U.S. Manufacturing Sales Study, November 2025 – October 2026.
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The numbers

MeasureMinnesotaYear beforeChangeU.S. overallU.S. change
Quotes32—−16%1,271−30%
Quote amount$307K——$127.3M−2%
Purchase orders7——268+4%
PO amount$53K——$6.3M+86%
Quote → PO22%——21.1%+6.8 pts

Download the data (CSV): Quotes and purchase orders by state. Notes on the files are on the findings page.

Minnesota’s business base

Factur’s directory holds 1,186,201 business records in Minnesota, 1,874 of them for companies with 500+ employees: 2.7 quotes per 100,000 records and 17 per 1,000 large-company records (section 16). Minnesota business by the numbers on Insights breaks the companies down by city, industry and size.

Minnesota is in the Midwest, where 28% of 408 quotes became purchase orders: manufacturing sales by region.

How we measured it

From Factur’s outbound prospecting for U.S. manufacturing suppliers: every opportunity that reached a quote, its amount, and whether it became a purchase order, plus the calls, emails and texts logged against it, over the 12 months November 2025 – October 2026 compared with the 12 before. Counts are from the CRM; see section 14, Quotes and orders by state, section 16 and Appendix A in the full study, which also explains what is and isn’t counted.

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Questions

What share of manufacturing quotes in Minnesota become purchase orders?

22%. In the 12 months to October 2026, Minnesota accounts produced 7 purchase orders from 32 manufacturing quotes (−16% on a year earlier) worth $307K, close to the 21% national quote-to-PO rate.

How many manufacturing quotes came from Minnesota in 2026?

32 quotes worth $307K in the 12 months to October 2026, −16% on a year earlier, and 7 purchase orders ($53K recorded).

How does Minnesota compare with the rest of the Midwest?

The Midwest as a whole produced 408 quotes and 116 purchase orders, converting 28%; Minnesota converted 22%.

How many businesses are there in Minnesota?

Factur’s directory lists 1,186,201 business records in Minnesota, 1,874 of them for companies with 500+ employees; the Minnesota page on Factur Insights breaks them down by city and industry.

Cite this

Factur (2026). Minnesota Manufacturing Sales 2026: Quotes & Purchase Orders. 2026 U.S. Manufacturing Sales Study. https://data.facturmfg.com/reports/findings/minnesota-manufacturing-sales-2026.html

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