Manufacturing in Lake County, Illinois

The register lists 881 facilities in Lake, Illinois. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 999 establishments were counted in Lake, Illinois, in 2025. Chemical Manufacturing accounts for 18,538 jobs in Lake, Illinois, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Waukegan108 Libertyville66 Buffalo Grove64 Lake Zurich64 Mundelein60 Gurnee58 Wauconda49 Vernon Hills44 Antioch36 Lake Forest34 North Chicago32 Lincolnshire31

Federal labor statistics counted at least 999 manufacturing establishments in Lake County in 2025, employing about 48,223 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 881, about 88% of that figure.

What Lake County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Miscellaneous Manufacturing234 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing122 Chemical Manufacturing98 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing66 Machinery Manufacturing53 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing45 Food Manufacturing43 Printing and Related Support Activities39 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing35 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing31 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing29 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing27 Primary Metal Manufacturing20 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing19 Wood Product Manufacturing17 Paper Manufacturing14 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing8 Textile Product Mills4 Textile Mills4 Apparel Manufacturing1 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 Illinois — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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