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.
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Map, cities and product lines
Plants in North Carolina805 FACILITIES
| Facility | City | Employees | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Out - Cotton Grove Inc. | Lexington | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Cook Out, Inc | Greensboro | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Cook Out, Inc. | Kernersville | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Cool Springs Farm and Meat LLC | yadkinville | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Cruse Meat Processing, LLC. | Concord | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Custom Flavors - North Carolina Facility | Concord | 1–19 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Custom Quality Packers, LLC | Sims | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| D6 Processing LLC | iron Station | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Darling Ingredients Fayetteville Division | Fayetteville | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Darling Ingredients-Gastonia | Gastonia | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Day Day's Skins & Cracklings | Marietta | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Dean Street Processing | Bailey | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| DeOro Foods LLC | Reidsville | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Depalo Foods, Inc. | Belmont | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Dfa Fluid - Winston-salem Nc-2221 Patterson | Winston Salem | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Dinners On The Porch, LLC | Winston-Salem | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| D&M Packing | Albemarle | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Dobson Plant | Dobson | 500+ | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Drakes Fresh Pasta Company | High Point | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Dublin | Dublin | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| E2m Kitchen, LLC | Charlotte | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Ec Canada & Associates INC | Greensboro | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Edenton | Edenton | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Elizabethtown | Elizabethtown | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Elkin Feedmill | Elkin | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| FirstWave Innovations | Middlesex | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Fishel's Moravian Style Chicken Pies | Crumpler | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Flowers Baking Company | Jamestown | 100–499 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Flowers Slaughter House | Sims | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Foothills Country Hams & Fresh Meats | Jonesville | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Frank Corriher's Beef & Sausage, Inc. | China Grove | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Fresh Halal Meat, Inc. | Lexington | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Fuji Foods, Inc | Browns Summit | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Gardners BBQ | Rocky Mount | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Garysburg | Garysburg | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Goldsboro Feed Mill | Goldsboro | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Goodnight Brothers Produce Co., Inc. | Boone | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Halal Meat Slaughter House | Norwood | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Hans Kissle | Bessemer City | 20–99 | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Hardison's Carolina Barbecue, Inc. | Jamesville | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Harpley's Meat Packing Inc. | Asheboro | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Harpley's Meat Packing INC | Asheboro | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Hopkins Poultry Co., Inc. | Browns Summit | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| House Of Raeford Farms | Rose Hill | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Hursey's BBQ Wholesale, Inc. | Elon | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Integra Foods, LLC | Bladenboro | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| International Blessed Foods, Inc. | Winston-Salem | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Jennette Brothers, Inc. | Elizabeth City | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Jive Turkey's LLC | Greensboro | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
| Joe's Beef Jerky | Statesville | — | LIKELY ACTIVE |
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