Primary Metal Manufacturing
8,651 FACILITIESAll Census product lines →NAICS 331
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Other metal processing and metalworking contract manufacturing…Manufacturing of aluminum ingotManufacturing of steel investment castingsHeat treating of metal for the tradeMachined metal, plastic, or other composite parts on a job…Manufacturing of alloy steel
These are counts by industry: the Economic Census records what establishments in primary metal manufacturing reported producing, and never names a plant.
Plants in this industry8,651 FACILITIES
| Facility | City | State | Employees | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materion Brush INC | Elmore | OH | 500+ | ACTIVE |
| Matthews International Corporation | Searcy | AR | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Matthews International Corporation | Pittsburgh | PA | — | ACTIVE |
| Maynard Steel Casting CO | Milwaukee | WI | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Mcwane Ductile - New Jersey | Phillipsburg | NJ | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| M-d Building Products, INC. | Oklahoma City | OK | 500+ | ACTIVE |
| M E Global INC | Tempe | AZ | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Meloon Foundries, LLC | Syracuse | NY | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Merit Steel Company | Kouts | IN | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Metallic Resources INC | Twinsburg | OH | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Metal Technologies Auburn LLC | Auburn | IN | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Metalx Aluminum Conversions LLC | Wabash | IN | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Metglas, INC | Conway | SC | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Michigan Seamless Tube, LLC | South Lyon | MI | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Micro-tek Corporation | Cinnaminson | NJ | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Miller Castings INC | Whittier | CA | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Minalex CORP | Whitehouse Station | NJ | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Minnesota Wire & Cable CO | Saint Paul | MN | — | ACTIVE |
| Morgan Advanced Ceramics, INC. | Hayward | CA | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Mueller Brass CO. | Port Huron | MI | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Mueller CO | Albertville | AL | 500+ | ACTIVE |
| Mueller Impacts Co, INC | Marysville | MI | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Mws Precision Wire Industries, INC. | Oxnard | CA | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Nathan Trotter and Co., INC | Coatesville | PA | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| New England Wire Technologies CORP. | Lisbon | NH | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Ngk Metals Corporation | Sweetwater | TN | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Nielsen Moulding, LLC | Gainesboro | TN | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Nj Shell Casting Corp/ Marietta | Marietta | PA | 1–19 | ACTIVE |
| North American Stainless | Ghent | KY | 500+ | ACTIVE |
| Northlake Steel CORP | Valley City | OH | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| North Star Bluescope Steel LLC | Delta | OH | 500+ | ACTIVE |
| Novamet Specialty Products Corporation | Lebanon | TN | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Nucor Steel | Crawfordsville | IN | 500+ | ACTIVE |
| Nucor Steel- Berkeley | Huger | SC | 500+ | ACTIVE |
| Nucor Steel Decatur | Trinity | AL | 500+ | ACTIVE |
| Nucor Steel Memphis, INC | Memphis | TN | 500+ | ACTIVE |
| Ohio Star Forge CO. | Champion | OH | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Oil City Iron Works, INC | Corsicana | TX | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Olympic Industries, LLC | Cordova | TN | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Omaha Steel Castings | Wahoo | NE | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Omega Castings, INC | Battle Creek | MI | — | ACTIVE |
| Optical Cable CORP | Roanoke | VA | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Oregon Steel Mills LLC | Portland | OR | — | ACTIVE |
| Osco Industries INC - Jackson Div | Jackson | OH | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Padgett INC | New Albany | IN | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Parmatech Corporation | Petaluma | CA | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
| Pcc Airfoils LLC Smp INC | Wickliffe | OH | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Pcc Airfoils Mentor | Mentor | OH | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
| Pcc Structurals, INC. | Portland | OR | — | ACTIVE |
| Pcc Structurals - San Leandro | San Leandro | CA | 100–499 | ACTIVE |
Common questions
How many primary metal manufacturing facilities are in the United States?
As of AUG 2026, FactoryRegistry lists 8,651 primary metal manufacturing facilities (NAICS 331) across 53 states, compiled from EPA, OSHA and Census records.
Which state has the most primary metal manufacturing facilities?
California, with 877 facilities listed.
How many primary metal manufacturing facilities are still operating?
3,820 of the 8,651 listed carry a recent operating signal in federal data — the register's Active or Likely active status. The rest are listed from their filings alone, which is a gap in the federal record rather than evidence that a plant has closed.

