According to the MDM/Industrial Market Information MRO Market Analysis, the U.S. market size in 2008 for the 126 MRO industrial product groups is $XXX.X billion. (Some prior-year data available at www.mdm.com/databank are not directly comparable due to slight variations in product groups included.)
Estimates are based on data compiled by Industrial Market Information, Minneapolis, MN, and analyzed by MDM. Definitions for the 126 individual product categories used to estimate the market size are on p. 7 of this section.
Two aggregate subgroups were measured as well (see charts on next page). Manufacturing & Utilities sectors consumed $XXX.X billion in MRO products across these 126 product groups.
Construction & Mining sectors consumed $XXX.X billion in these MRO products. The …