Manufacturing in Manatee County, Florida

Manatee, Florida, covers 18 of 21 manufacturing subsectors as counted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2024. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an annual payroll of about $0.7 billion for Manatee’s manufacturing sector in 2024, with 9110 employees across 557 establishments. Listed in the register, there are 350 facilities across 16 cities in Manatee.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

Map, cities and benchmark

Biggest cities

Bradenton140 Sarasota118 Palmetto57 Myakka City7 Lakewood Ranch6 Parrish5 Ellenton4 Duette4 Anna Maria2 Tallevast1 Bradenton Beach1 Brandenton1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 557 manufacturing establishments in Manatee County in 2024, employing about 9,110 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 350, about 63% of that figure.

What Manatee County makes20 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing60 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing47 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing32 Machinery Manufacturing31 Miscellaneous Manufacturing26 Chemical Manufacturing23 Food Manufacturing22 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing20 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing18 Printing and Related Support Activities17 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing14 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing12 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing11 Wood Product Manufacturing7 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing7 Textile Product Mills6 Paper Manufacturing5 Primary Metal Manufacturing3 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing2 Textile Mills2

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 Florida — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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