This month's Data Snapshot looks at the estimated size of the abrasives market, which includes product categories coated abrasives, bonded abrasives, grain grit shot abrasives and super abrasives. Industrial Market Information estimates this market at $4.8 billion in the U.S. IMI provides data on each of the product categories that make up this market across North America; in the U.S., we can provide data down to the postal code level.
Here's a look at the U.S. Abrasives market, based on estimated end-market consumption data from IMI in 2014: