Manufacturing in Howard County, Maryland

Howard, Maryland data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2024 shows an annual payroll of about $0.6 billion across the 15 of 21 manufacturing subsectors it publishes for this place. Listed in the register, there are 287 facilities across 19 cities, with 4 first seen this year. Columbia has the most facilities listed in the register, with 99 plants located there.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

Map, cities and benchmark

Biggest cities

Columbia101 Jessup57 Elkridge41 Laurel28 Ellicott City18 Savage8 Fulton8 Annapolis Junction6 Hanover5 Marriottsville2 Woodbine2 Glenelg2

Federal labor statistics counted at least 235 manufacturing establishments in Howard County in 2024, employing about 6,722 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 287.

What Howard County makes18 INDUSTRIES

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing75 Food Manufacturing44 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing28 Miscellaneous Manufacturing22 Chemical Manufacturing20 Machinery Manufacturing18 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing17 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing10 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing10 Printing and Related Support Activities9 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing9 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing9 Wood Product Manufacturing6 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing5 Textile Product Mills3 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing3 Apparel Manufacturing2 Paper 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 Maryland — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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