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Plastics & Rubber

Leader: Amcor (incl. Berry) — 11.0% S1 · 16.5% CR3

S1
11.0%
leader
CR3
16.5%
top 3 combined
HHI
136
Unconcentrated
MARKET SIZE
$120B
US

How this is calculated

FORMULA
S1 = Amcor (incl. Berry) shipment value / total shipment value = 11.0%
CR3 = Amcor (incl. Berry) + Sealed Air + Sonoco Products = 16.5%
HHI = Σ(share²) = 136 (Unconcentrated (HHI < 1,500))
DENOMINATOR
Shipment Value — $120B (US)
US plastics and rubber manufacturing shipment value.
Size from: US Economic Census 2022 NAICS 326
TOP 3 PLAYERS
#1Amcor (incl. Berry)11.0%
#2Sealed Air3.0%
#3Sonoco Products2.5%
METHODOLOGY NOTE
Berry Global merged INTO Amcor on April 30, 2025; the combined entity Amcor plc is now ~$25B pro-forma annual revenue (Amcor standalone $13.6B + Berry $11.7B FY24). Refreshed May 2026 to reflect the merger — Amcor's US share roughly doubled from 6.5% to 11%, with CR3 jumping from 11.2% to 16.5%. Sealed Air ($5.4B) is the clear public pure-play #2; Sonoco Products edges out ProAmpac and AptarGroup for #3 in plastic packaging share specifically. Denominator: US NAICS 326 plastics + rubber manufacturing (~$120B per Census 2022). The Berry-Amcor merger is a textbook Aggregation Theory data point.
SOURCES
Year: 2022
Geo: US
Firms: 1,000+ globally (highly fragmented; top players follow)
NAICS: 326

Labor economics

REV / EMPLOYEE (leader)
$0.3M
industry avg $0.2M
SG&A % (leader)
9%
of revenue

Berry Global FY2024 SG&A 8.6% on $12.3B (Berry merged into Amcor April 2025)

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Source Quality Hierarchy

Every market has a primary source plus 1–3 validation sources. Revenue numerators come from SEC 10-K filings; denominators validated against the Economic Census where available.

TIER 1Authoritative anchorsGovernment data + SEC filings
US Economic Census (data.census.gov) · SEC EDGAR / Company 10-Ks · BEA Industry Value-Added (FRED) · BLS QCEW · USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · EIA Refinery Capacity Report · FDA device listings
TIER 2Leading commercial trackersIndustry-standard paid trackers
IDC Semiannual Software Tracker · Gartner Market Share & Magic Quadrant · IBISWorld NAICS reports · StatCounter Global Stats · eMarketer / Insider Intelligence · Synergy Research Group
TIER 3Category specialistsBest-in-class niche authorities
SIPRI (aerospace & defense) · IQVIA (pharma) · TrendForce (semiconductors) · CIMdata (CAD/PLM) · Nilson Report (payments) · Am Law 100 (legal) · ENR Top 500 (A&E) · AM Best (insurance) · SIA (staffing) · Ad Age (agencies) · Barron's / Cerulli (wealth) · Evaluate MedTech · Nielsen Gauge (streaming) · Gridwise (ride-hail) · Bloomberg Second Measure (delivery) · RC Top 100 (roofing) · SDM Top 100 (fire/safety) · Big 4 annual reports · ALM Intelligence (consulting)

Data vintage: Q2 2025 research compilation. Labels updated 2026-Q2. Tier 1 sources refreshed from FY2025 SEC filings where available. For full methodology see the Methodology page.