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

North Carolina Manufacturing Sales 2026: Quotes & Purchase Orders

What share of manufacturing quotes in North Carolina become purchase orders? 4%. In the 12 months to October 2026, North Carolina accounts produced 1 purchase orders from 23 manufacturing quotes (−28% on a year earlier) worth $2.4M, below the 21% national quote-to-PO rate.

4%became a PO (U.S. 21%)
23quotes (−28% on last year)
$2.4Mquoted
1purchase orders

Quote → PO: North Carolina 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

MeasureNorth CarolinaYear beforeChangeU.S. overallU.S. change
Quotes23—−28%1,271−30%
Quote amount$2.4M——$127.3M−2%
Purchase orders1——268+4%
PO amount$2K——$6.3M+86%
Quote → PO4%——21.1%+6.8 pts

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

North Carolina’s business base

Factur’s directory holds 1,948,277 business records in North Carolina, 2,382 of them for companies with 500+ employees: 1.2 quotes per 100,000 records and 10 per 1,000 large-company records (section 16). North Carolina business by the numbers on Insights breaks the companies down by city, industry and size.

North Carolina is in the South, where 17% of 271 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 North Carolina become purchase orders?

4%. In the 12 months to October 2026, North Carolina accounts produced 1 purchase orders from 23 manufacturing quotes (−28% on a year earlier) worth $2.4M, below the 21% national quote-to-PO rate.

How many manufacturing quotes came from North Carolina in 2026?

23 quotes worth $2.4M in the 12 months to October 2026, −28% on a year earlier, and 1 purchase orders ($2K recorded).

How does North Carolina compare with the rest of the South?

The South as a whole produced 271 quotes and 47 purchase orders, converting 17%; North Carolina converted 4%.

How many businesses are there in North Carolina?

Factur’s directory lists 1,948,277 business records in North Carolina, 2,382 of them for companies with 500+ employees; the North Carolina page on Factur Insights breaks them down by city and industry.

Cite this

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

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