Manufacturing in Santa Barbara County, California

The register lists 891 facilities in Santa Barbara, California. Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing accounts for 315 facilities in Santa Barbara. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 588 establishments in Santa Barbara in 2025.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Goleta195 Santa Maria191 Santa Barbara164 Buellton108 Lompoc107 Carpinteria45 Solvang27 Santa Ynez22 Los Olivos9 Los Alamos7 Guadalupe4 Vandenberg Afb3

Federal labor statistics counted at least 588 manufacturing establishments in Santa Barbara County in 2025, employing about 11,826 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 891.

What Santa Barbara County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing315 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing133 Machinery Manufacturing59 Miscellaneous Manufacturing54 Chemical Manufacturing54 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing53 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing53 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing44 Food Manufacturing35 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing24 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing23 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing19 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing18 Paper Manufacturing10 Apparel Manufacturing7 Primary Metal Manufacturing6 Printing and Related Support Activities5 Textile Product Mills4 Wood Product Manufacturing4 Textile Mills3 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing1

Bars are drawn against the largest subsector listed; the figure is the facility count in this county. Each row links to that industry across all of California — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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