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Manufacturers in North Carolina

814 companies in North Carolina are listed in the Noramark directory, most often for CNC machining, finishing and heat treating and welding and fabrication. Browse by process below, or page through the full list.

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Manufacturing in North Carolina

Federal statistics for private manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 2024 annual averages, next to what the Noramark directory lists. North Carolina has about the national share of jobs in manufacturing (1.16x).

Manufacturing jobs

465,130

3.7% of U.S. · −0.9% year over year

Establishments

11,477

BLS QCEW 2024

Average annual pay

$74,559

−13% vs. U.S. manufacturing

In the Noramark directory

814

manufacturers listed below

Largest subsectors

  1. Food61,791 jobs · LQ 1.11
  2. Chemical46,476 jobs · LQ 1.64
  3. Fabricated metal product38,714 jobs · LQ 0.85
  4. Machinery38,357 jobs · LQ 1.10
  5. Plastics and rubber products35,733 jobs · LQ 1.57
  6. Transportation equipment35,151 jobs · LQ 0.63

Top counties

  1. Mecklenburg County34,613 jobs · LQ 0.53
  2. Guilford County31,087 jobs · LQ 1.31
  3. Wake County23,638 jobs · LQ 0.44
  4. Durham County23,508 jobs · LQ 1.21
  5. Catawba County23,353 jobs · LQ 3.18
  6. Forsyth County16,130 jobs · LQ 1.02

Top metro areas

  1. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC108,963 jobs · LQ 0.99
  2. Greensboro-High Point, NC48,061 jobs · LQ 1.64
  3. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC39,588 jobs · LQ 3.15
  4. Raleigh-Cary, NC34,530 jobs · LQ 0.58
  5. Winston-Salem, NC33,320 jobs · LQ 1.50
  6. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC28,238 jobs · LQ 1.00

Census County Business Patterns counts 8,664 manufacturing establishments with 472,162 employees in North Carolina (2023). The two federal counts differ because they define an establishment and its coverage differently.

LQ is the location quotient: the state's share of jobs in the industry divided by the U.S. share. BLS withholds some subsectors, counties and metros to protect confidentiality; those are left out of the lists above. Compare every state.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages; U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Noramark keeps each downloaded file with its checksum and retrieval date.

Processes in North Carolina

CNC Machining · 133Finishing & Heat Treating · 115Welding & Fabrication · 97Sheet Metal Fabrication · 47Laser Cutting · 36Metal Stamping · 243D Printing · 21Injection Molding · 20

Nearby states

Georgia · 672South Carolina · 328Tennessee · 433Virginia · 338