Manufacturing in Wayne County, Michigan

The register lists 1,414 facilities in Wayne, Michigan. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1,774 establishments in Wayne employed 85,168 people in 2025. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing is an industry in Wayne with 47,134 employees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Detroit442 Livonia163 Plymouth132 Romulus72 Taylor65 Dearborn63 Canton60 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 1,414, about 80% of that figure.

What Wayne County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing303 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing216 Machinery Manufacturing138 Chemical Manufacturing130 Food Manufacturing113 Primary Metal Manufacturing75 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing66 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing58 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing57 Miscellaneous Manufacturing50 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing50 Printing and Related Support Activities43 Paper Manufacturing32 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing31 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing29 Wood Product Manufacturing23 Apparel Manufacturing18 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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