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MDM Forecast: January Update Offers Our First Look at 2027

Our January update shows 2025 finishing up as a solid annual growth year for the industry. Get your product sector-specific forecasts here through 2027.

By Mike Hockett

January 20, 2026

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Though the U.S. Census Bureau's wholesale trade data is still several weeks behind schedule due to the Oct. 1-Nov. 13 government shutdown, data reflecting revenue through October is enough for us to provide our first forecast for 2027 alongside updating our full-year outlook for 2026 and firming up 2025's. The Bureau's October revenue data was originally scheduled to report out on Dec. 10, but was delayed to Jan. 8. Our latest monthly MDM Forecast reflected no change in the overall industry's 2025 revenue outlook with two months of data yet to come in, while 2026 moved positively vs. our…

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