New Jersey manufacturing fact sheet
THE FACTORY CENSUS, Q3 2026 · FACTORYREGISTRY RESEARCH · SNAPSHOT JUL 2026
As of JUL 2026, FactoryRegistry lists 5,294 manufacturing facilities in New Jersey, of which 2,715 (51.3%) carry a recent operating signal. That is 55.72 facilities per 100,000 residents.
Top counties
| COUNTY | FACILITIES |
|---|---|
| Middlesex | 634 |
| Bergen | 610 |
| Morris | 406 |
| Essex | 397 |
| Union | 357 |
| Passaic | 307 |
| Somerset | 281 |
| Camden | 277 |
| Burlington | 258 |
| Hudson | 217 |
Leading industries
| SUBSECTOR | FACILITIES |
|---|---|
| 325 Chemical Manufacturing | 1,109 |
| 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | 703 |
| 334 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing | 517 |
| 311 Food Manufacturing | 487 |
| 339 Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 332 |
Largest listed employers
| FACILITY | CITY | EMPLOYEES |
|---|---|---|
| 151 Foods LLC | Bellmawr | 500+ |
| Abbvie - Branchburg | Branchburg | 500+ |
| American Spraytech L.L.C. | Branchburg | 500+ |
| Aspire Bakeries - Swedesboro | Swedesboro | 500+ |
| BAE Systems Electronic Systems WNJ | Wayne | 500+ |
| Bayway Refinery | Linden | 500+ |
| Bonduelle Group Americas (Ready Pac) Swedesboro | Swedesboro | 500+ |
| Bristol Myers Squibb - Summit West Cell Therapy Manufacturing | Summit | 500+ |
| Broadridge Investor Communications | Newark | 500+ |
| Colgate-Palmolive Global Technology Center | Piscataway | 500+ |
Ranked by reported employment band. Facilities whose sources report no band are not listed here.
Coverage
The registry lists 5,294 facilities in New Jersey against a BLS QCEW benchmark of 9,809 manufacturing establishments (2024) — coverage of 54.0%. The benchmark is a floor: QCEW counts establishments covered by unemployment insurance and so excludes most sole proprietors and some contract operations. The real number of manufacturing sites is therefore higher than the benchmark, and this percentage overstates coverage rather than understating it. Where it exceeds 100%, the registry lists more sites than QCEW counts establishments — which is expected in states with many small or single-person operations, and is also where duplicate listings would show up first.
Full census, Q3 2026 · New Jersey in the registry
FactoryRegistry Research, The Factory Census, Q3 2026 — factoryregistry.com/census/2026-q3/nj · press@factoryregistry.com