Manufacturing facilities in Illinois
The register lists 17,215 facilities in Illinois. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 19,263 establishments were counted in Illinois in 2025. Food Manufacturing accounts for 7.7 billion dollars in annual payroll in Illinois.
SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE
Map, counties and cities
Biggest counties
Cook5,236DuPage1,621Kane955Lake887Will829Winnebago578McHenry472Madison340All 102 counties
Cook 5,236DuPage 1,621Kane 955Lake 887Will 829Winnebago 578McHenry 472Madison 340St. Clair 319Champaign 287Peoria 228LaSalle 216Rock Island 212DeKalb 169McLean 167Tazewell 164Sangamon 162Kankakee 152Vermilion 147Macon 145Adams 126Whiteside 119Marion 108Effingham 104Kendall 102Boone 100Ogle 97Clinton 90Henry 81Williamson 79Coles 79Livingston 79Grundy 79Stephenson 68Jefferson 64Lee 63Iroquois 62Morgan 61Macoupin 58Woodford 56Bureau 56Douglas 53Montgomery 53Franklin 52Knox 52Edgar 51McDonough 51Fayette 50Jo Daviess 47Jackson 46Carroll 45Randolph 44Christian 43Ford 40Fulton 39Saline 36Marshall 35Hancock 35De Witt 34Washington 33Richland 32Logan 31Crawford 31Clay 30Moultrie 29Bond 29Clark 28Monroe 28Pike 28Shelby 28Perry 24Cass 24Jasper 23Mason 23Piatt 23Wayne 22White 22Johnson 20Massac 19Warren 19Lawrence 19Union 18Mercer 16Greene 15Putnam 15Cumberland 15Wabash 15Hamilton 15Stark 13Henderson 13Jersey 12Menard 12Alexander 12Edwards 11Schuyler 11Gallatin 8Hardin 7Pulaski 7Scott 7Brown 6Calhoun 3Pope 1
Biggest cities
Chicago1,908Rockford361Elk Grove Village352Aurora256Elgin254Addison212Franklin Park196Peoria160Wheeling148Joliet148Schaumburg140Bensenville140
Federal labor statistics counted at least 19,263 manufacturing establishments in Illinois in 2025, employing about 569,734 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 17,215, about 89% of that figure.
What Illinois makes21 INDUSTRIES
Miscellaneous Manufacturing4,363Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing2,454Food Manufacturing1,551Chemical Manufacturing1,333Machinery Manufacturing1,153Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing1,050Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing809Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing702Printing and Related Support Activities697Primary Metal Manufacturing551Transportation Equipment Manufacturing532Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing449Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing434Wood Product Manufacturing362Paper Manufacturing358Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing350Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing281Apparel Manufacturing72Textile Product Mills53Textile Mills30Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing18
Bars are drawn against the largest subsector listed; the figure is the facility count.

