noun

reshoring

/riːˈʃɔːrɪŋ/ · say it: ree·SHOR·ing

bringing work back to the home country

In more detail

1. (noun) the practice of moving manufacturing or business operations back to the company's home country, especially after having moved them abroad

2. (verb) to move manufacturing or business operations back to the home country

Examples

1. The company's reshoring strategy brought jobs back to the United States after years of overseas production.
2. The factory decided to reshore its production to reduce shipping costs and improve quality control.

How to use reshoring

Reshoring is a business and economics term that gained prominence during the 2010s, referring to the reversal of offshoring trends. It is used in formal corporate, policy, and journalistic contexts to describe strategic decisions to move production back to a company's home country, often motivated by supply chain concerns, rising labor costs abroad, or political pressure to create domestic jobs.

Common phrases

reshoring of manufacturing
reshoring strategy
reshoring initiatives
reshoring investments
reshoring jobs
reshoring decisions

Synonyms

repatriation · bringing back · insourcing · domestic relocation

Opposites

offshoring · outsourcing · relocation abroad

Word family

reshore (verb) · reshored (adjective/past participle) · reshoring (noun/gerund)

A common mistake

Learners sometimes confuse reshoring with insourcing; while related, insourcing refers broadly to bringing work in-house (from external contractors), whereas reshoring specifically means returning operations to the home country.

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