Food Manufacturing in North Carolina
NAICS 311 · NC
North Carolina is home to Food Manufacturing, industry NAICS code 311. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 1,204 establishments in North Carolina in 2024, with an annual payroll of about $3.2 billion. Listed in the register are 805 facilities in 238 cities across North Carolina as of 2026.
SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE
Map, cities and product lines
Plants in North Carolina805 FACILITIES
| Facility | City | Employees | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pender Packing Company, Inc. | Rocky Point | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Perdue Foods, LLC. | Rockingham | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Perdue Foods, LLC. | Concord | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Phillips Brothers Country Hams, Inc. | Asheboro | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Pickles Manufacturing LLC | Faison | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Piedmont Candy Company | Lexington | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Piedmont Custom Meats, Inc. | Gibsonville | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Piedmont Custom Meats, Inc. | Asheboro | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Pies & Sides | Mount Holly | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Pilgrims Pride Feed Mill | Staley | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Pineville Bakery | Pineville | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Pinnacle Foods Co. | High Point | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Plantation Processing LLC | Marshville | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Prestage Foods | Saint Pauls | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Prestage Foods, Inc. | St Pauls | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Quality Foods From The Sea | Elizabeth City | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Ramdin | Concord | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| RC Creations dba Acme Smoked Fish of NC | Wilmington | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Reser's Fine Foods | Halifax | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Reser's Fine Foods, Inc - Don Pancho East | Halifax | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. - Waste Water | Halifax | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Rhlc Investments LLC | Greensboro | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Ric | Raleigh | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Riverside Meats | Trenton | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Roaring River Feed Mill | Roaring River | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Robert Rust Foods | Winston-Salem | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Rockingham Plant | Rockingham | 500+ | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Rose Hill Transload | Rose Hill | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Rudolph Foods - Henderson | Henderson | 20–99 | REPORTED CLOSED |
| RVI-Harmony | Harmony | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Salisbury Branch | Salisbury | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Sanderson Farms, Inc. | Kinston | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Sanderson Farms, Inc. | St Pauls | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| San Guiseppe Salami Co. by Giacomo | Elon | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. | Biscoe | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Scott's Sauce Company, INC | Goldsboro | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| SCR International Corp. | Fairmont | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Seaside Enterprises and Holdings, LLC | Charlotte | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Select Meats, Inc. | Kannapolis | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Severn Hampton Farms | Severn | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Severn Peanut CO INC | Severn | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Shiners Stash Inc | North Wilkesboro | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Shuler Meats, Inc. | Thomasville | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Siler City Processing | Siler City | 500+ | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| SLFB - Tarboro | Tarboro | 500+ | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. | Clinton | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | Kinston | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| South Mountain Farms | Lawndale | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Statesville | Statesville | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Statesville Feed Mill | Statesville | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
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