Manufacturing in Wayne County, Michigan

The register lists 1,404 facilities in Wayne, Michigan. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1,774 establishments were counted in Wayne in 2025. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing is an industry with 47,134 employees in Wayne, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Detroit439 Livonia161 Plymouth131 Romulus71 Taylor64 Dearborn62 Canton59 Westland49 Redford39 Belleville33 Wayne23 Trenton23

Federal labor statistics counted at least 1,774 manufacturing establishments in Wayne County in 2025, employing about 85,168 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 1,404, about 79% of that figure.

What Wayne County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing301 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing215 Machinery Manufacturing138 Chemical Manufacturing130 Food Manufacturing113 Primary Metal Manufacturing75 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing65 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing58 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing57 Miscellaneous Manufacturing49 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing48 Printing and Related Support Activities43 Paper Manufacturing32 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing31 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing27 Wood Product Manufacturing23 Apparel Manufacturing17 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing14 Textile Product Mills6 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing3 Textile Mills2

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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