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Manufacturers in South Dakota

133 companies in South Dakota are listed in the Noramark directory, most often for welding and fabrication and CNC machining. Browse by process below, or page through the full list.

Listings come from each company’s public information and may be incomplete, so confirm capabilities, materials and certifications with the shop before you commit. The fastest way to get quotes is one request: attach your drawing (PDF or STEP) or describe the part, and Noramark routes it to U.S. shops that fit.

Manufacturing in South Dakota

Federal statistics for private manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 2024 annual averages, next to what the Noramark directory lists. South Dakota has 1.20x the national share of jobs in manufacturing.

Manufacturing jobs

45,087

0.4% of U.S. · −0.5% year over year

Establishments

1,044

BLS QCEW 2024

Average annual pay

$63,416

−26% vs. U.S. manufacturing

In the Noramark directory

133

manufacturers listed below

Largest subsectors

  1. Food11,091 jobs · LQ 2.12
  2. Machinery6,101 jobs · LQ 1.86
  3. Miscellaneous4,749 jobs · LQ 2.62
  4. Fabricated metal product4,410 jobs · LQ 1.04
  5. Transportation equipment3,792 jobs · LQ 0.72
  6. Furniture and related product2,065 jobs · LQ 2.03

Top counties

  1. Minnehaha County12,279 jobs · LQ 1.08
  2. Brookings County4,386 jobs · LQ 2.77
  3. Yankton County3,408 jobs · LQ 3.17
  4. Codington County3,374 jobs · LQ 2.38
  5. Lincoln County2,650 jobs · LQ 1.09
  6. Brown County2,611 jobs · LQ 1.60

Top metro areas

  1. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD15,215 jobs · LQ 2.48
  2. Rapid City, SD2,926 jobs · LQ 0.49

Census County Business Patterns counts 1,034 manufacturing establishments with 47,333 employees in South Dakota (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 South Dakota

Welding & Fabrication · 37CNC Machining · 30

Nearby states

Iowa · 340Minnesota · 793Montana · 95North Dakota · 92Nebraska · 189Wyoming · 78