Drilling Rigs & Rock Drills
Manufacturers of rotary blast hole drills, DTH drills, and rock drilling systems.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Mining Equipment (5.6.11), the segment that Drilling Rigs & Rock Drills sits within — not Drilling Rigs & Rock Drills on its own.
- Market size
- ~$4B
- Growth
- ~-1.1%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
- Companies
- ~270
U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 333131 (mining machinery & equipment) — U.S. manufacturing only; the global market is far larger.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Mining-equipment sales plus aftermarket and service
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- Moderate–High
- EBITDA margin
- Highly cyclical; strong aftermarket
- Capex intensity
- High
recurring parts and service
Characteristics
- Concentrated around global mining-equipment majors.
- Highly cyclical with commodity prices and mining capex.
- Autonomous and electric mining equipment the frontier.
Geographic concentration
Mining equipment manufacturing concentrates in the coal and resource states — West Virginia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 County Business Patterns (employment by state), NAICS 333131. Concentration shown by location quotient.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
- Global mining-equipment majors
- Automation & electrification acquirers
- PE-backed component platforms
What’s driving deals
- Critical-minerals and electrification demand.
- Autonomous and electric mining technology.
- Aftermarket and component M&A.
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