New pallets and skids in Texas
Texas is second only to California for warehousing employment, with 175,579 jobs in 2025, and it leads the country in chemical manufacturing at 90,310. Those two numbers describe most of its pallet demand: distribution centers moving grocery and retail freight on 48 x 40s, and chemical plants shipping drums and pails on squares.
Dallas County alone counted 44,657 warehousing jobs, more than any county outside Southern California; Harris and Tarrant follow. Along the Houston Ship Channel, Port Houston’s public terminals handled a record 4.3 million TEUs in 2025, with petrochemical and industrial shipments among the growth. Freight on that scale needs a steady supply of new pallets of a known build.
The state also employs more people in meat and poultry processing than any other, 44,780, and assembles vehicles: 28,069 people worked in motor vehicle manufacturing. Each of those trades has its own footprint and handling, covered on the drum pallet, meat and poultry and automotive pages.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Warehousing and storage | 175,579 | 48 x 40 |
| Food manufacturing | 112,088 | 48 x 40 |
| Chemical manufacturing | 90,310 | 48 x 48 |
| Meat and poultry processing | 44,780 | 48 x 40 |
| Motor vehicle manufacturing | 28,069 | 48 x 45 |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in Texas
A Dallas County distribution center and a Harris County chemical plant want different pallets: the first a clean 48 x 40 that racks and runs on conveyors, the second a 48 x 48 with boards under every drum chime. Texas also builds vehicles and parts, with 23,517 auto parts jobs, so 48 x 45s for plant packaging requirements are a regular request too.
Distances inside Texas are long, and pallets bought for one plant are often trucked hundreds of miles before they are loaded. Ordering by the full truckload, one written build, keeps the freight per pallet down.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a Texas 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 Texas
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 Texas
- 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 Texas’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.
- Drums and chemicalsFour drums on a 48 x 48, boards under every chime, and racking full containers safely.
- 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.