The Logistics Manager’s Index in the US increased to 65.7 in March 2026, the highest since May 2022, from 61.5 in February, driven by continued expansion in the freight market. Transportation Prices skyrocketed (+12.7 to 89.4, a new high level since March of 2022), at least partially attributable to the start of the Iran conflict that has limited available oil supplies. This stands in contrast with the continued contraction of Transportation Capacity (-1.8 to 39.2), at least partially due to the reduction of fleet capacity of the last few years. The 50.2-point gap between these two metrics is the highest positive inversion since November 2021. Meanwhile, Inventory Levels expanded slightly faster (+1.0 to 54.8) and Inventory Costs also moved higher (+8.4 to 76.2, the highest since August 2025). Also, Warehousing Capacity contracted (-4 to 46) and Warehousing Utilization expansion slowed (-0.6 to 59.8) while Warehousing Prices increased (+4.8 to 67.4). source: Logistics Managers' Index

LMI Logistics Managers Index in the United States increased to 65.70 points in March from 61.50 points in February of 2026. LMI Logistics Managers Index in the United States averaged 61.75 points from 2016 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 76.20 points in March of 2022 and a record low of 45.40 points in July of 2023. This page provides - United States LMI Logistics Managers Index Current- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States LMI Logistics Managers Index - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2026.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-03-03 11:00 AM
LMI Logistics Managers Index
Feb 61.5 59.6
2026-04-07 09:30 AM
LMI Logistics Managers Index
Mar 65.7 61.5
2026-05-05 10:00 AM
LMI Logistics Managers Index
Apr 65.7

Components Last Previous Unit Reference
LMI Inventory Costs 76.20 67.80 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

Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Average Equipment Rate 2.97 2.63 $/mile Mar 2026
Dry-Van Rate 2.50 2.31 $/mile Mar 2026
LMI Logistics Managers Index 65.70 61.50 points Mar 2026


United States LMI Logistics Managers Index
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.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
65.70 61.50 76.20 45.40 2016 - 2026 points Monthly

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US Logistics Growth Highest Since 2022 on Soaring Prices
The Logistics Manager’s Index in the US increased to 65.7 in March 2026, the highest since May 2022, from 61.5 in February, driven by continued expansion in the freight market. Transportation Prices skyrocketed (+12.7 to 89.4, a new high level since March of 2022), at least partially attributable to the start of the Iran conflict that has limited available oil supplies. This stands in contrast with the continued contraction of Transportation Capacity (-1.8 to 39.2), at least partially due to the reduction of fleet capacity of the last few years. The 50.2-point gap between these two metrics is the highest positive inversion since November 2021. Meanwhile, Inventory Levels expanded slightly faster (+1.0 to 54.8) and Inventory Costs also moved higher (+8.4 to 76.2, the highest since August 2025). Also, Warehousing Capacity contracted (-4 to 46) and Warehousing Utilization expansion slowed (-0.6 to 59.8) while Warehousing Prices increased (+4.8 to 67.4).
2026-04-07
US Logistics Growth at 1-Year High
The Logistics Manager’s Index in the US increased to 61.5 in February 2026, the highest in a year, from 59.6 in January. The reading also breaks an eleven-month streak of readings below the all-time overall average of 61.3. This slightly above average yet steady rate of growth is consistent across supply chains, with no significant differences between Upstream and Downstream (56.2 and 59.2), early and late (55.2 and 58.1) or large and small (58.1 and 54.7) respondents. Inventory levels expanded at roughly the same pace as the previous period (53.8 vs 53.9), while inventory costs moderated (67.8 vs 71.3). Warehousing capacity remained unchanged (50 vs 50), but warehousing utilization rose (60.3 vs 54.4), and warehousing prices slowed (62.6 vs 64.8). Meanwhile, transportation utilization increased at a faster rate (61.9 vs 58.1), but transportation capacity declined further (41 vs 47.1), contributing to higher transportation prices (76.7 vs 71.4).
2026-03-03
US Logistics Growth Accelerates
The Logistics Manager’s Index in the US rose to 59.6 in January 2026, the highest in seven months, from 54.2 in December. The reading pointed to a faster rate of expansion in the logistics sector largely due to a shift back towards milder restocking to start the year. Inventory levels rebounded from contraction (+18.8 to 53.9) although the increase is relatively mild compared to what we often see in January when firms are engaged in restocking. This suggests that respondents kept with their future predictions from last year and running inventories relatively lean to start the year. This is possibly reflective of the continued high costs, with inventory costs increasing (+8.4 to 71.3). Meanwhile, warehousing capacity dropped (-11.2 to 50) and warehousing utilization bounced back from contraction (+11.6 to 54.4). Transportation is still tight (+10.9 to 47.1) which led to another increase in transportation prices (+4.8 to 71.4), the most since April 2022.
2026-02-03