Manufacturing in Cook County, Illinois

The register lists 5,237 facilities in Cook, Illinois. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 5,415 establishments in Cook, Illinois, in 2025. Food Manufacturing accounts for about $3.3 billion of the annual payroll in Cook, Illinois, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Biggest cities

Chicago1,885 Elk Grove Village321 Franklin Park191 Wheeling142 Des Plaines139 Schaumburg131 Bedford Park127 Northbrook102 Alsip99 Melrose Park93 Chicago Heights92 Skokie91

Federal labor statistics counted at least 5,415 manufacturing establishments in Cook County in 2025, employing about 179,977 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 5,237, about 97% of that figure.

What Cook County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Miscellaneous Manufacturing1,122 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing856 Food Manufacturing654 Chemical Manufacturing424 Machinery Manufacturing299 Printing and Related Support Activities285 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing240 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing220 Primary Metal Manufacturing200 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing199 Paper Manufacturing137 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing128 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing123 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing109 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing105 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing89 Wood Product Manufacturing89 Apparel Manufacturing36 Textile Product Mills20 Textile Mills17 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing10

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

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