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Manufactured Home Dealers in the US - Market Research Report (2015-2030)

Jacob Posada Jacob Posada New York, United States Last Updated: June 2025 NAICS 45393

Revenue

$11.4bn

2025

$11.4bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$X.Xbn

Employees

12,430

Businesses

2,438

Wages

$X.Xbn

Manufactured Home Dealers in the US industry analysis

The manufactured home dealer industry has been navigating a dynamic landscape, influenced by volatile lending conditions and changing consumer preferences. In 2025, the industry’s revenue will stand at $11.4 billion, growing by 3.6% from the previous year. With a focus on affordability, the industry's appeal is growing as traditional housing becomes less accessible due to soaring prices and high mortgage rates. Recent trends highlight dealers' efforts to align with market shifts by investing in quality enhancements and strategic partnerships to bolster occupancy rates. As traditional homeownership becomes increasingly elusive, manufactured homes are emerging as an attractive alternative, catering to a widespread need for cost-effective housing solutions.

Trends and Insights

  • Volatile lending conditions have contributed to fluctuating revenue. Amid favorable economic conditions, the industry experienced strong growth, but less profitable dealers have continued to either leave the industry or consolidate.
  • Younger families are driving the growth in multisection homes due to their size and affordability. These homes offer modern amenities and cater to diverse family needs, eroding interest in used or smaller options.
  • A low average income and an aging population make the Southeast a strategically viable location for manufactured home dealers. Dealers will find success in areas with dense populations and consumers seeking out affordable housing alternatives.
  • Little product differentiation and high industry concentration lead to intense price-based competition. This industry is heavily sales-based with a focus on marketing.
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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 5.3 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $11.4bn in 2025.

Trends and Insights

Volatile lending conditions have impacted industry growth

  • The last five years have seen volatile lending conditions shake up the manufactured homes industry. Initially, post-pandemic, historically low interest rates fueled financing options, giving a much-needed boost to manufactured home dealers and enticing buyers with accessible credit.
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Manufactured Home Dealers in the US
Revenue (2015-2030)
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Industry outlook (2025-2030)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Competition from traditional houses dissipates

  • With the 30-year conventional mortgage rates remaining high, traditional site-built homes are becoming less affordable for many buyers. This shift reduces competition for manufactured home dealers, positioning them to capture a larger share of the housing market.

Biggest companies in the Manufactured Home Dealers in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($m)
2025
Profit ($m)
2025
Profit Margin (%)
2025
Clayton Homes Inc.
6,818.5
1,123.2
16.5
Cavco Industries Inc.
1,881.9
206.7
11.0
Skyline Champion Corporation
270.8
31.6
11.7

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Products & Services Segmentation

Manufactured Home Dealers in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including New multisection homes (two sections) , New multisection homes (3+ sections) and New single-section homes. New multisection homes (two sections) is the largest segment of the Manufactured Home Dealers in the US.

Trends and Insights

Younger families are increasingly drawn to multisection homes’ size and affordability

  • Multisection homes, which are prefabricated and transported to installation sites like building blocks, have become a cornerstone of the manufactured home industry. These homes offer versatility with a range from one to five bedrooms.
  • More insights available in the full report

Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

The Manufactured Home Dealers industry comprises retailers of new and used manufactured homes, parts and equipment in the United States. A manufactured home is a single-family home constructed entirely in a factory and then transported to the site and installed.

What's included in this industry?

Products and services covered in the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States include New single-section manufactured homes, New multisection manufactured homes (2 sections), New multisection manufactured homes (3+ sections), Used single-section manufactured homes, Used multisection manufactured homes and Other new homes, parts and accessories.

Companies

Companies covered in the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States include Clayton Homes Inc., Cavco Industries Inc. and Skyline Champion Corporation.

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Related Terms

Related terms covered in the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States include modular home, manufactured home and conventional housing.

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 45393 - Manufactured Home Dealers in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Volatile lending conditions have contributed to fluctuating revenue. Amid favorable economic conditions, the industry experienced strong growth, but less profitable dealers h...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Younger families are driving the growth in multisection homes due to their size and affordability. These homes offer modern amenities and cater to diverse family needs, erodi...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2025
  • Product innovation level

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2025
  • Major market segmentation in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

A low average income and an aging population make the Southeast a strategically viable location for manufactured home dealers. Dealers will find success in areas with dense p...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2025
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Little product differentiation and high industry concentration lead to intense price-based competition. This industry is heavily sales-based with a focus on marketing.

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

In 2020, Clayton Homes Inc. announced the beginning of a new business entitled HouseSmart Construction. The new company will oversee managing off-site home purchases and the ...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2021 through 2025
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2025
  • Overview of Clayton Homes Inc.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Cavco Industries Inc.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Skyline Champion Corporation's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Clayton Homes Inc., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Cavco Industries Inc., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Skyline Champion Corporation, and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Increases to the 30-year conventional mortgage rate benefit manufactured home dealers, as it makes them more competitive with traditional homes. High mortgage rates detract f...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Dealers benefit from high profit due to low barriers and the consistent need for affordable housing. The shift toward higher-end manufactured homes boosts sales values and pr...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Industry Multiples (2018-2023)
  • Industry Tax Structure (2018-2023)
  • Income Statement (2018-2023)
  • Balance Sheet (2018-2023)
  • Liquidity Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Coverage Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2018-2023)
  • Operating Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Average Wage (2015-2030)
  • Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
  • Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2015-2030)
  • IVA (2015-2030)
  • Establishments (2015-2030)
  • Enterprises (2015-2030)
  • Employment (2015-2030)
  • Exports (2015-2030)
  • Imports (2015-2030)
  • Wages (2015-2030)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States in 2025?

The market size of the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States is $11.4bn in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States in 2025?

There are 2,438 businesses in the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States, which has declined at a CAGR of 2.1 % between 2020 and 2025.

How may import tariffs affect the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States?

The Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States is unlikely to be materially impacted by import tariffs with imports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

How may export tariffs affect the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States?

The Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States is unlikely to be materially impacted by export tariffs with exports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

Has the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States has been growing at a CAGR of 5.3 % between 2020 and 2025.

What is the forecast growth of the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States?

The biggest companies operating in the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States are Clayton Homes Inc., Cavco Industries Inc. and Skyline Champion Corporation

What does the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States include?

New single-section manufactured homes and New multisection manufactured homes (2 sections) are part of the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States?

The company holding the most market share in the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States is Clayton Homes Inc..

How competitive is the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States?

The level of competition is high and steady in the Manufactured Home Dealers industry in the United States.

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