New pallets and skids in New York
New York’s largest pallet-using industry is food manufacturing, with 60,316 jobs. It is third in dairy products, at 11,603, and third in beverages, at 13,802. Grocery wholesale is fourth nationally with 50,594 jobs, feeding the densest market in the country.
The warehousing is spread across upstate: Onondaga County, around Syracuse, had 6,329 jobs, Monroe, around Rochester, 5,986, and Erie, around Buffalo, 3,237. Suffolk County on Long Island is fourth in the country for pharmaceutical jobs, with 10,760, part of a state total of 25,087.
Dairy and beverage plants use the smaller squares, the 40 x 40 and 42 x 42; grocery distribution uses the 48 x 40. See dairy and beverage for the builds.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Food manufacturing | 60,316 | 48 x 40 |
| Warehousing and storage | 55,371 | 48 x 40 |
| Grocery wholesale | 50,594 | 48 x 40 |
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 25,087 | 48 x 40 |
| Beverage manufacturing | 13,802 | 42 x 42 |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in New York
New York’s warehouses are spread across the upstate cities: Onondaga County, Syracuse, has 6,329 warehousing jobs, Monroe, Rochester, 5,986, and Erie, Buffalo, 3,237. Food manufacturing employs 60,316 people and pharmaceutical manufacturing 25,087, so requests run from food-grade 48 x 40s to clean pallets for medicine warehouses. Auto parts plants add 8,145 jobs, mostly asking for 48 x 45s or their customer’s own footprint. Deliveries upstate run between Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse along the Thruway, so a single truckload can serve several docks on one route if the quantities line up. New York counts 833 warehousing establishments and 2.91% of the nation’s warehousing jobs; vehicle assembly is small, at 452.
Upstate dairy and food plants and downstate distribution buildings want quite different things. A cooler pallet should be dried lumber with boards under every crate corner; a distribution pallet should be racking-grade with sound lead boards. Name the use, the load and the handling, and each is drawn to suit.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a New York 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 New York
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 New York
- 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 New York’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.
- PharmaceuticalClean, dry, documented pallets for audited warehouses.
- BeverageDense cases and kegs on smaller squares, built for route trucks and hand jacks.