New pallets and skids in Tennessee
Tennessee is fourth in the country for auto parts, with 38,791 jobs, and it assembles vehicles too, with 19,453. Parts concentration is 3.5 times the national share, which makes it part of the corridor of supplier plants that runs south from Michigan.
Shelby County, Memphis, leads its warehousing with 11,727 jobs; Wilson and Rutherford counties, east of Nashville, add 9,641 and 5,778. Freight moving through those distribution centers is mostly retail and grocery on 48 x 40s.
Chemical plants employ 27,214 and food plants 40,320. A Tennessee buyer is likely to want a plant-specified parts pallet, a racking-grade 48 x 40, or a drum square, and each is covered on its own page: automotive parts, stringer pallets, drums and chemicals.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Warehousing and storage | 53,427 | 48 x 40 |
| Food manufacturing | 40,320 | 48 x 40 |
| Motor vehicle parts manufacturing | 38,791 | 48 x 45 |
| Chemical manufacturing | 27,214 | 48 x 48 |
| Motor vehicle manufacturing | 19,453 | 48 x 45 |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in Tennessee
Memphis, in Shelby County, is Tennessee’s largest warehousing center with 11,727 jobs; Wilson County, east of Nashville, has 9,641. Auto parts plants employ 38,791 people, 3.5 times the national concentration, and vehicle assembly 19,453, so 48 x 45s and plant-specified builds sit alongside the distribution centers’ 48 x 40s. Pharmaceutical plants employ 3,015 people statewide. Tennessee’s 642 warehousing establishments hold 2.81% of all US warehousing jobs, a large share for a state its size.
Memphis-area distribution centers handle freight that arrives from many directions by truck and rail. Pallets that go into their racking need a known strength across the beams, and conveyor systems need flat, consistent bottoms. Send the rack beam spacing and the conveyor type with the request.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a Tennessee 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 Tennessee
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 Tennessee
- 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 Tennessee’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.
- Drums and chemicalsFour drums on a 48 x 48, boards under every chime, and racking full containers safely.