# United States Capacity Utilization

United States Capacity Utilization was 76.9% in September 2026, up 0.4 percentage points from August 2026 and up 0.8 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since December 2023.
Among the 4 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 2nd highest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 64.1% (Apr 2020) to 79.9% (Aug 2018), averaging 76.6%.

- Source agency: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Makrognosis code: `US.CAPUTIL.M.SA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1967-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (717 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/capacity-utilization

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 76.9% |
| August 2026 | 76.4% |
| July 2026 | 76.4% |
| June 2026 | 76.3% |
| May 2026 | 76.2% |
| April 2026 | 76.2% |
| March 2026 | 75.6% |
| February 2026 | 75.8% |
| January 2026 | 75.2% |
| December 2025 | 75.6% |
| November 2025 | 75.4% |
| October 2025 | 75.6% |
| September 2025 | 76.0% |
| August 2025 | 76.1% |
| July 2025 | 76.4% |
| June 2025 | 76.2% |
| May 2025 | 75.9% |
| April 2025 | 76.1% |
| March 2025 | 76.1% |
| February 2025 | 76.3% |
| January 2025 | 75.6% |
| December 2024 | 75.9% |
| November 2024 | 75.2% |
| October 2024 | 75.4% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.CAPUTIL.M.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.CAPUTIL.M.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```