Manufacturing in Cook County, Illinois

The register lists 5,215 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

Chicago1,875 Elk Grove Village319 Franklin Park191 Wheeling141 Des Plaines139 Schaumburg130 Bedford Park126 Northbrook102 Alsip99 Chicago Heights92 Melrose Park92 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 5,215, about 96% of that figure.

What Cook County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Miscellaneous Manufacturing1,115 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing852 Food Manufacturing652 Chemical Manufacturing423 Machinery Manufacturing297 Printing and Related Support Activities283 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing238 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing220 Primary Metal Manufacturing200 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing198 Paper Manufacturing137 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing129 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing122 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing110 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing105 Wood Product Manufacturing89 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing88 Apparel Manufacturing35 Textile Product Mills19 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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