# Industrial machinery repair facts 2026

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- Author: Hudson Paul, Cofounder and research editor, Pipetidy
- Published: 2026-09-21
- Last updated: 2026-09-22
- Sources last checked: 2026-09-22

## Direct answer

Industrial machinery repair businesses manage installed assets, serial numbers, breakdown calls, inspections, parts, field technicians, estimates, downtime promises, and invoices. The United States has 22,907 employer establishments in commercial and industrial machinery repair, serving equipment across agriculture, construction, mining, refrigeration, and material handling.

## Headline facts

- **22,907** — U.S. commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance employer establishments in 2023. ([U.S. Census Bureau, 2023](https://data.census.gov/profile/811310_-_Commercial_and_Industrial_Machinery_and_Equipment_%28except_Automotive_and_Electronic%29_Repair_and_Maintenance?codeset=naics~811310))
- **$73.7B** — Australian estimate for equipment and machinery capital expenditure in 2024-25. ([Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2024-25](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/business-indicators/private-new-capital-expenditure-and-expected-expenditure-australia/sep-2024))
- **33.2M** — Micro and small enterprises in the EU business economy in 2024. ([Eurostat, 2024](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20251209-2))

## Regional context

### United States

All 50 states and the District of Columbia. The SBA counted 36.2 million U.S. small businesses in its 2025 profile release. Census includes repair of agricultural, construction, mining, forklift, machine-tool, and commercial refrigeration equipment within 22,907 establishments.

Source: [SBA Office of Advocacy, 2025](https://advocacy.sba.gov/2025/06/30/new-advocacy-report-shows-the-number-of-small-businesses-in-the-u-s-exceeds-36-million/)

### Southeast United States

Pipetidy's target states: Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia. These seven states contain about 5.49 million small businesses and roughly 8.8 million small-business employees. Manufacturing, ports, construction, forestry, mining, agriculture, and logistics create a broad installed-equipment service base.

Source: [SBA state profiles, 2025](https://advocacy.sba.gov/2025/06/30/2025-small-business-profiles-for-the-states-territories-and-nation/)

### United Kingdom

England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The UK had about 114,000 VAT/PAYE-registered transport and storage businesses and 141,000 agriculture, forestry, and fishing businesses in 2025. Manufacturing, construction, agriculture, warehousing, and rental fleets create recurring field and workshop service relationships.

Source: [Office for National Statistics, 2025](https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/2025)

### Northern Europe

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden for this factsheet series. Eurostat's structural business statistics cover detailed enterprise activity across EU and EFTA markets, including transport, storage, rental, repair, and trade. Forestry, marine, energy, mining, manufacturing, and remote sites make uptime, parts, and preventive work commercially critical.

Source: [Eurostat structural business statistics](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/structural-business-statistics)

### Central Europe

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary for this factsheet series. Central Europe contains several of the EU's largest freight and industrial markets; Germany and Poland together produced almost 35% of EU road-freight tonne-kilometres in 2024. A dense industrial and manufacturing base supports specialist repair companies serving multiple plants and countries.

Source: [Eurostat road freight, 2025](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250709-1)

### Australia & New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand, reported separately where official statistics differ. Australia had 261,109 transport, postal, and warehousing businesses in 2025-26; New Zealand transport, postal, and warehousing sales reached NZ$11.75 billion in the June 2026 quarter. Mining, agriculture, construction, ports, food processing, and logistics create long-distance field-service and parts workflows.

Source: [ABS and Stats NZ, 2026](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/business-indicators/counts-australian-businesses-including-entries-and-exits/latest-release)

## Methodology

Pipetidy Research selects primary government, statistical-agency, and publisher-original sources. Each figure retains its source period, geography, and classification; unlike measures are not combined into a synthetic global total.

## Limitations

Industry definitions differ by country and statistical system. Regional baselines describe the wider operating market and should not be read as a like-for-like market-size comparison or as evidence of Pipetidy customer outcomes.

## Suggested citation

Paul, Hudson. “Industrial machinery repair facts 2026.” Pipetidy Research, P101 LLC. Updated 2026-09-22. https://pipetidy.com/industry-facts/industrial-machinery-repair-statistics