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Prefabricated Housing:
United States

Highlights

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Industry Overview
Market Size and Trends | Product Segmentation | Regional Segmentation
Regulatory Issues & Trends | Manufacturing Trends

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Industry Forecasts
Market Environment | Product Forecasts | Regional Forecasts

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Industry Structure
Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Companies Cited
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Prefabricated Housing: United States

ABOUT THIS REPORT

Scope & Method

This report forecasts US prefabricated housing shipments in units and US dollars at the
manufacturers level and demand in units to 2017. Total shipments in units are
segmented in terms of:

manufactured housing
modular housing
precut housing
panelized housing.

Traditional site-built homes using prefabricated building components are excluded from
the scope of this report, as are prefabricated structures used for nonresidential
purposes.
Total demand is segmented by region as follows:

Northeast
Midwest
South
West.

The terms demand and starts are used interchangeably in the context of prefabricated
housing.
To illustrate historical trends, prefabricated housing starts are provided in an annual
series from 2002 to 2012; the various segments are reported at five-year intervals for
2007 and 2012. Forecasts emanate from the identification and analysis of pertinent
statistical relationships and other historical trends/events as well as their expected
progression/impact over the forecast period. Changes in quantities between reported
years of a given total or segment are typically provided in terms of five-year compound
annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of brevity, forecasts are generally stated in
smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the forecast year, such as demand is projected
to rise 3.2% annually through 2017. The result of any particular year over that period,
however, may exhibit volatility and depart from a smoothed, long-term trend, as
historical data typically illustrate.
Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided at five-year intervals with CAGRs for
the years corresponding to other reported figures. Other various topics, including
profiles of pertinent leading suppliers, are covered in this report. A full outline of report
items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

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Prefabricated Housing: United States

Sources
Prefabricated Housing: United States is based on Prefabricated Housing, a
comprehensive industry study published by The Freedonia Group in February 2013.
Reported findings represent the synthesis of data from various primary, secondary,
macroeconomic, and demographic sources including:

firms participating in the industry

government/public agencies
national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations
trade associations and their publications
the business and trade press
The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated December 2012
the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group.

Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System

SIC
Standard Industry Codes

236115

1521

321991
321992

New Single-Family Housing

Construction (except Operative
Builders)
Manufactured Home (Mobile Home)
Manufacturing
Prefabricated Wood Building
Manufacturing

2451
2452

General Contractors Single Family

Houses (except remodeling contractors)
Mobile Homes
Prefabricated Wood Buildings and
Components

Copyright & Licensing

The full report is protected by copyright laws of the United States of America and
international treaties. The entire contents of the publication are copyrighted by The
Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Prefabricated Housing: United States

Table of Contents
Section

Page

Highlights....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Industry Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Market Size & Trends .............................................................................................................................. 2
Chart 1 | United States: Prefabricated Housing Demand, 2002-2012 ............................................... 3
Product Segmentation ............................................................................................................................. 4
Chart 2 | United States: Prefabricated Housing Shipments by Type, 2012 ....................................... 4
Manufactured Housing........................................................................................................................ 4
Modular Housing. ................................................................................................................................ 5
Precut Housing. .................................................................................................................................. 5
Panelized Housing. ............................................................................................................................. 6
Regional Segmentation............................................................................................................................ 7
Chart 3 | Prefabricated Housing Demand by Region, 2012 ............................................................... 7
Northeast. ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Midwest. .............................................................................................................................................. 8
South................................................................................................................................................... 8
West. ................................................................................................................................................... 8
Regulatory Issues & Trends .................................................................................................................. 10
Manufacturing Trends ............................................................................................................................ 12
Industry Forecasts ....................................................................................................................................... 13
Market Environment ............................................................................................................................... 13
Table 1 | United States: Key Indicators for Prefabricated Housing (billion 2005 dollars) ................. 13
Product Forecasts .................................................................................................................................. 14
Table 2 | United States: Prefabricated Housing Shipments by Type (thousand units) .................... 14
Manufactured Housing...................................................................................................................... 15
Modular Housing. .............................................................................................................................. 15
Precut Housing. ................................................................................................................................ 15
Panelized Housing. ........................................................................................................................... 16
Regional Forecasts ................................................................................................................................ 17
Table 3 | United States: Prefabricated Housing Demand by Region (thousand units) .................... 17
Northeast. ......................................................................................................................................... 17
Midwest. ............................................................................................................................................ 17
South................................................................................................................................................. 18
West. ................................................................................................................................................. 18
Industry Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 19
Industry Composition ............................................................................................................................. 19
Industry Leaders .................................................................................................................................... 20
Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated .................................................................................................... 20
Champion Home Builders Incorporated ........................................................................................... 21
Cavco Industries Incorporated .......................................................................................................... 22
Additional Companies Cited................................................................................................................... 23
Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 24
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