Manufacturing in Kent County, Michigan

The register lists 1219 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 Rapids636 Kentwood114 Wyoming99 Comstock Park48 Grandville45 Byron Center40 Walker39 Caledonia37 Rockford37 Sparta33 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 1,219, about 92% of that figure.

What Kent County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing219 Machinery Manufacturing164 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing148 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing101 Food Manufacturing92 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing91 Chemical Manufacturing66 Miscellaneous Manufacturing65 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing62 Wood Product Manufacturing51 Printing and Related Support Activities43 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing35 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing32 Primary Metal Manufacturing30 Paper Manufacturing29 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing14 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing7 Textile Product Mills6 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing5 Textile Mills4 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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