Utah

Utah Exports and Foreign Investment

In 2025, Utah exported a record $22.4 billion of goods to the world. In 2023, exports from Utah supported an estimated 47 thousand jobs (latest data available).

Exports from Utah and Jobs

• Utah was the 24th largest state exporter of goods in 2025.
• In 2025, Utah goods exports were $22.4 billion, an increase of 68 percent ($9.1 billion) from its export level in 2015.
• Utah goods exports in 2023 supported an estimated 47 thousand jobs (latest data available). Nationally, jobs supported by goods exports pay up to an estimated 18 percent above the national average.

Manufacturing Exports from Utah and Jobs

• In 2025, Utah exported $21.7 billion of manufactured products.
• Utah exports of manufactured products supported an estimated 45 thousand jobs in 2023 (latest data available).
• The state's largest manufacturing export category was primary metal manufacturing, which accounted for $11.0 billion of Utah total goods exports in 2025.
• Other top manufacturing exports were computer & electronic products ($3.3 billion), transportation equipment ($1.5 billion), miscellaneous manufactured commodities ($1.4 billion), and chemicals ($1.3 billion).

Exports Sustain Thousands of Utah Businesses many of which are SMEs

• A total of 3,801 companies exported from Utah locations in 2023 (latest data available). Of those, 3,233 (85 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 500 employees.
• Small and medium-sized firms generated 60.2 percent of Utah total exports of goods in 2023.

Utah's Largest Export Markets

• The state’s largest export market was the United Kingdom. Utah exported $10.8 billion in goods to the United Kingdom in 2025, representing 48 percent of the state’s total goods exports.
• The United Kingdom was followed by Mexico ($2.0 billion), Canada ($1.5 billion), China ($922 million), and Ireland ($839 million).
• Utah goods exports to major world areas included:

• 21 percent of Utah goods exports ($4.8 billion) in 2025 went to current FTA partners.

Utah's Top Agricultural Exports

• Utah was the country’s 38th largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $512 million in domestic agricultural exports abroad in 2024 (latest data available according to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture). 1
• Top agricultural exports were:

	2024 Value	2024 State Rank
other plant products	$159 million	32
beef and veal	$77 million	28
dairy products	$77 million	22
other poultry products	$55 million	13
other livestock products	$53 million	29

International Investment Creates Jobs in Utah

• In 2023 (latest data available), foreign-controlled companies employed an estimated 61 thousand Utah workers. Major sources of foreign investment in Utah included the United Kingdom, France, and Canada.

Utah’s Major Metropolitan Areas Benefit from Exporting

• In 2024 (latest data available), the following metropolitan areas in Utah recorded goods exports: Salt Lake City-Murray ($13.3 billion), Ogden ($1.6 billion), Provo-Orem-Lehi ($1.5 billion), Logan ($857 million), and St. George ($103.4 million).