The United States LMI Inventory Costs Current sub-index increased to 76.2 points in March 2026, the highest since August 2025, from 67.80 points in February. LMI Inventory Costs in the United States averaged 72.52 points from 2016 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 91.00 points in March of 2022 and a record low of 55.80 points in December of 2023. source: Logistics Managers' Index

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
LMI Inventory Costs	76.20	67.80	points	Mar 2026
LMI Logistics Managers Index	65.70	61.50	points	Mar 2026
LMI Logistics Managers Index Future	67.80	66.30	points	Mar 2026
LMI Transportation Prices	89.40	76.70	points	Mar 2026
LMI Warehouse Prices	67.40	62.60	points	Mar 2026

United States LMI Inventory Costs Current

The Logistics Managers Survey is a monthly study aimed a revealing the status of US logistics activity. The LMI score is a combination of eight unique components that make up the logistics industry, including: inventory levels and costs, warehousing capacity, utilization, and prices, and transportation capacity, utilization, and prices. The LMI is calculated using a diffusion index, in which any reading above 50 percent indicates that logistics is expanding; a reading below 50 percent is indicative of a shrinking logistics industry.