Manufacturing in Kent County, Michigan

The register lists 1227 facilities in Kent, Michigan. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 1319 establishments in Kent in 2025. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing accounts for about $0.8 billion of the annual payroll in Kent.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Biggest cities

Grand Rapids642 Kentwood113 Wyoming99 Comstock Park48 Grandville45 Byron Center41 Walker39 Rockford38 Caledonia37 Sparta34 Lowell23 Cedar Springs22

Federal labor statistics counted at least 1,319 manufacturing establishments in Kent County in 2025, employing about 62,081 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 1,227, about 93% of that figure.

What Kent County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing219 Machinery Manufacturing167 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing148 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing102 Food Manufacturing92 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing91 Chemical Manufacturing68 Miscellaneous Manufacturing64 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing62 Wood Product Manufacturing52 Printing and Related Support Activities43 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing35 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing32 Primary Metal Manufacturing30 Paper Manufacturing29 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing15 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing7 Textile Product Mills6 Textile Mills5 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing5 Apparel Manufacturing2

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 Michigan — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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