New pallets and skids in Utah
Utah’s dairy plants employ 4,388 people, 2.4 times the national concentration, and its pharmaceutical makers 7,842. Food manufacturing as a whole employs 23,423, much more than the state’s 13,683 warehousing jobs.
Salt Lake County leads warehousing with 6,623 jobs; Washington County, St. George, has 1,676 and Davis County 1,373. The state has 65 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space.
Dairy loads suit the 40 x 40 and go straight into coolers; pharmaceutical loads want clean, dry, consistent pallets. See dairy and pharmaceutical.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Food manufacturing | 23,423 | 48 x 40 |
| Warehousing and storage | 13,683 | 48 x 40 |
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 7,842 | 48 x 40 |
| Dairy product manufacturing | 4,388 | 40 x 40 |
| Auto parts manufacturing | 3,691 | 48 x 45 |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in Utah
Salt Lake County holds most of Utah’s warehousing, with 6,623 jobs. Dairy product manufacturing is 2.4 times the national concentration, so 40 x 40s and other squares for crates and cases are common, and pharmaceutical manufacturing employs 7,842. Washington County, in the south-west, has 1,676 warehousing jobs. Davis County, north of Salt Lake City, adds 1,373 warehousing jobs, and food manufacturing employs 23,423. The state has 65 million cubic feet of refrigerated space for its dairy and food plants, and Salt Lake distribution centers buy 48 x 40s for regional freight heading across the Mountain West. Auto parts makers add 3,691 jobs, and their customers’ packaging manuals set the footprint, deck coverage and marking. Utah’s warehousing runs through 290 establishments.
Dairy and pharmaceutical plants both want clean, dry pallets, for different reasons: one for the cooler, the other for the quality audit. Both are new-lumber builds, specified dry and repeated on every order. Distribution buildings around Salt Lake want racking-grade 48 x 40s. Send whichever loads apply, each with its weight and handling. If your pallets also leave the state on long truck routes, say how they are stacked and secured in transit.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a Utah 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 Utah
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 Utah
- 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 Utah’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.
- DairyCrates and cases on the 40 x 40, straight into coolers or aging rooms.
- Automotive partsThe 48 x 45, plant packaging requirements, and standing orders matched line for line.