Manufacturing in New Castle County, Delaware

The Chemical Manufacturing industry has 148 facilities listed in the register. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2,331 people are employed at 94 establishments in Chemical Manufacturing. The city of Newark has 148 facilities listed in the register.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Biggest cities

Wilmington166 Newark151 New Castle89 Middletown31 Bear21 Claymont17 Newport14 Delaware City11 Hockessin5 Townsend4 Historic New Castle3 Elsmere2

Federal labor statistics counted at least 381 manufacturing establishments in New Castle County in 2025, employing about 8,204 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 522.

What New Castle County makes20 INDUSTRIES

Chemical Manufacturing148 Miscellaneous Manufacturing83 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing56 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing43 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing30 Machinery Manufacturing26 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing21 Food Manufacturing19 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing16 Printing and Related Support Activities15 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing15 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing11 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing11 Primary Metal Manufacturing10 Textile Mills7 Paper Manufacturing7 Wood Product Manufacturing6 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing6 Textile Product 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 Delaware — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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