Manufacturing in Santa Cruz County, California

The register lists 347 facilities in Santa Cruz, California. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 312 establishments in Santa Cruz employed 7,141 people in 2025. Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing is an industry with 106 facilities listed in the register.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Santa Cruz120 Watsonville92 Scotts Valley46 Los Gatos19 Aptos16 Soquel13 Capitola11 Felton6 Davenport5 Boulder Creek5 Corralitos4 Ben Lomond4

Federal labor statistics counted at least 312 manufacturing establishments in Santa Cruz County in 2025, employing about 7,141 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 347.

What Santa Cruz County makes20 INDUSTRIES

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing106 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing43 Food Manufacturing34 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing24 Miscellaneous Manufacturing22 Chemical Manufacturing21 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing19 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing17 Machinery Manufacturing16 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing10 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing8 Wood Product Manufacturing6 Apparel Manufacturing5 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing5 Printing and Related Support Activities4 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing3 Primary Metal Manufacturing2 Paper Manufacturing2 Textile Product Mills1 Textile Mills1

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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