New pallets and skids in Mississippi
DeSoto County, just south of Memphis, had 11,634 warehousing jobs in 2025, almost half of Mississippi’s 25,454. It is part of the Memphis distribution market, and its freight is the retail and grocery mix that rides on 48 x 40s. Madison and Marshall counties add 4,239 and 3,876.
Poultry is the state’s other large pallet user. Meat and poultry processing is 2.0% of all private jobs, one of the five highest shares in the country, and 4.7 times the national concentration, with 18,648 jobs.
Vehicle assembly employs 5,745 and parts suppliers 4,926. See meat and poultry and automotive parts for those builds.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Warehousing and storage | 25,454 | 48 x 40 |
| Food manufacturing | 24,727 | 48 x 40 |
| Meat and poultry processing | 18,648 | 48 x 40 |
| Motor vehicle manufacturing | 5,745 | 48 x 45 |
| Auto parts manufacturing | 4,926 | 48 x 45 |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in Mississippi
DeSoto County, just south of Memphis, has 11,634 warehousing jobs, far more than any other Mississippi county; Madison, near Jackson, has 4,239. Meat and poultry processing is 4.7 times the national concentration, and vehicle assembly employs 5,745, so requests run from 48 x 40s for poultry to plant-specified parts pallets. Marshall County, also near Memphis, adds 3,876 warehousing jobs, and auto parts plants employ 4,926, shipping to their customers on footprints those customers set. Drug makers employ 1,138 people in Mississippi, a small trade by comparison, and the state’s 305 warehousing establishments account for 1.34% of national warehousing jobs.
Distribution buildings serving the Memphis market run racking and conveyors, and poultry plants run freezers. The first wants a known racking strength and a flat bottom; the second wants dried lumber and a close deck. Send the handling and storage with the load, and each build is drawn to it. Exporting poultry abroad adds the ISPM 15 treatment to the spec.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a Mississippi 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 Mississippi
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 Mississippi
- 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 Mississippi’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.
- Meat and poultryBoxed product into blast freezers: a close deck, dried lumber, one-way builds.
- Automotive partsThe 48 x 45, plant packaging requirements, and standing orders matched line for line.