Manufacturing in Calcasieu County, Louisiana

The Chemical Manufacturing industry has 58 facilities listed in the register in Calcasieu, Louisiana. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 182 establishments in Calcasieu in 2025. LAKE CHARLES CHEMICAL COMPLEX, located in Westlake, employed 787 people in 2025.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Lake Charles61 Sulphur53 Westlake47 Vinton5 Dequincy3 Carlyss3 Iowa2 Lunita1 Buhler1 Starks1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 182 manufacturing establishments in Calcasieu County in 2025, employing about 9,724 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 177, about 97% of that figure.

What Calcasieu County makes17 INDUSTRIES

Chemical Manufacturing58 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing35 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing18 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing14 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing12 Machinery Manufacturing11 Paper Manufacturing7 Food Manufacturing5 Miscellaneous Manufacturing4 Primary Metal Manufacturing3 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing3 Wood Product Manufacturing2 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing2 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing2 Printing and Related Support Activities2 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing1 Apparel 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 Louisiana — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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