The Top Glass Fabricators report is a comprehensive industry ranking and market report. Make sure your company is part of this editorial feature and complete your survey by the deadline Jan. 14. Contact Norah Dick, Associate Editor, at ndick@glass.org with questions.
Reduced Sales Growth
Top Glass Fabricators’ reported sales numbers reflect the starkly different reality of 2020. In last year’s report, only 4 percent of companies reported a year-over-year sales decrease; in contrast, 29 percent of this year’s listed fabricators said sales were lower in 2020 compared to the previous year. Only 26 percent of companies, a distinct minority, reported sales increases year-over-year, suggesting the very limited growth of the market during the pandemic.
Looking at geographic trends, fabricators point to the Southeast as an area of growth. Fifty-three percent of respondents identified it as a strong market in 2020, and 57 percent predict growth in the region in 2021. The Northeast also continued to be a region of growth for fabricators, with half of reporting fabricators predicting it as a strong market in 2021.