New pallets and skids in California
No state employs more people in warehousing. California counted 236,923 such jobs in 2025, an eighth of the national total, and San Bernardino and Riverside counties together held over 118,000 of them. The Inland Empire is where imports from the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are sorted, stored and sent on, and nearly every load in it sits on a pallet.
Long Beach moved a record 9.88 million TEUs in 2025; Los Angeles handled 9.45 million in the first eleven months. Inbound freight arrives on pallets of every origin, and distribution centers that repalletize onto new 48 x 40s want them consistent for racking and automation.
California is also the country’s largest food and beverage producer. Its 63,604 beverage jobs are 1.7 times its share of national employment, which puts the 42 x 42 and 36 x 36 in steady use, and fruit and vegetable preserving in the Central Valley adds 27,518 more jobs. USDA counted 400 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space in the state, the most anywhere.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Warehousing and storage | 236,923 | 48 x 40 |
| Food manufacturing | 166,660 | 48 x 40 |
| Beverage manufacturing | 63,604 | 42 x 42 |
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 42,575 | 48 x 40 |
| Fruit and vegetable preserving | 27,518 | 48 x 40 |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in California
Most California pallet demand sits in the Inland Empire: San Bernardino and Riverside counties together counted 118,368 warehousing jobs, and those buildings receive and ship on 48 x 40s by the truckload. Beverage manufacturing is 1.7 times its national concentration here, so smaller squares for route delivery come up, and 42,575 people make pharmaceuticals, whose warehouses want clean, dry, documented pallets.
Distribution centers in the Inland Empire run high racking and automated conveyors. Pallets for those buildings should be flat, square and identical, with bottom boards that suit the conveyor.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a California 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 California
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 California
- 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 California’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.
- BeverageDense cases and kegs on smaller squares, built for route trucks and hand jacks.
- PharmaceuticalClean, dry, documented pallets for audited warehouses.