Manufacturing in Oakland County, Michigan

The Oakland, Michigan register lists 1700 facilities. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2337 establishments were counted in Oakland in 2025. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing is an industry in Oakland with an annual payroll of about $2.5 billion.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Troy224 Auburn Hills180 Wixom141 Madison Heights123 Novi96 Rochester Hills95 Farmington Hills90 Southfield84 Ferndale62 Pontiac61 Waterford38 Lake Orion37

Federal labor statistics counted at least 2,337 manufacturing establishments in Oakland County in 2025, employing about 65,577 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 1,700, about 73% of that figure.

What Oakland County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing377 Machinery Manufacturing301 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing281 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing116 Chemical Manufacturing112 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing107 Miscellaneous Manufacturing81 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing62 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing56 Printing and Related Support Activities54 Primary Metal Manufacturing50 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing43 Food Manufacturing39 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing32 Paper Manufacturing20 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing17 Wood Product Manufacturing13 Apparel Manufacturing11 Textile Product Mills10 Textile Mills4 Leather and Allied Product 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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