New pallets and skids in Alabama
Alabama is fifth in vehicle assembly, with 22,311 jobs, six times the national concentration, and its parts suppliers employ 29,218 more. Like Kentucky’s, those plants run on parts delivered to strict packaging requirements.
Poultry is the other big load. Meat and poultry processing employs 24,973 people, and Marshall County, in the north of the state, had 7,387 such jobs, among the most of any county in the country. Boxed poultry goes cold and needs dry, clean pallets; Alabama has 43 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space.
Jefferson County, Birmingham, leads in warehousing with 6,920 jobs, and Mobile, with its port, has 2,677. See automotive parts and meat and poultry for the builds those trades use.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Food manufacturing | 33,728 | 48 x 40 |
| Motor vehicle parts manufacturing | 29,218 | 48 x 45 |
| Meat and poultry processing | 24,973 | 48 x 40 |
| Motor vehicle manufacturing | 22,311 | 48 x 45 |
| Plastics product manufacturing | 14,217 | Sized to the bag |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in Alabama
Alabama’s vehicle plants and their suppliers set much of its pallet demand: 22,311 assembly jobs, 29,218 in parts, and motor vehicle manufacturing at 6.0 times the national share. Jefferson County, around Birmingham, leads warehousing with 6,920 jobs, and Mobile, with its port, follows at 2,677. Food manufacturing adds 33,728 jobs. Montgomery County adds 1,955 warehousing jobs near the capital, and pharmaceutical manufacturing employs 1,535. Alabama counts 306 warehousing establishments, which together employ 1.15% of the nation’s warehouse workers.
Alabama buyers split between parts pallets for assembly plants and one-way pallets for boxed poultry. The first is built to a plant document, the second to the cold chain. Both can be written down once and reordered.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a Alabama delivery ZIP. We write the build down as a spec, quote new pallets against it with delivery priced in, and reorders follow the same sheet.
Quote new pallets for Alabama
Every pallet is quoted to a written spec, wherever the dock is. Give the delivery ZIP with the size, load and quantity.
- Delivery
- ZIP code in Alabama
- Pallet size
- Stringer length first
- Load weight
- Per pallet, in pounds
Not sure of a line? Leave it blank. Size, load weight and quantity are enough to start a quote.
The builds Alabama’s trades use
- Food and groceryThe 48 x 40 at its home: distribution centers, food plants and store docks, and why dry, clean lumber matters.
- Automotive partsThe 48 x 45, plant packaging requirements, and standing orders matched line for line.
- Meat and poultryBoxed product into blast freezers: a close deck, dried lumber, one-way builds.
- Plastics and bulk bagsA full, smooth deck under resin bags that slump into any gap.