Manufacturing in Stearns County, Minnesota

The register lists 292 facilities in Stearns, Minnesota. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 245 establishments in Stearns in 2025. Food Manufacturing accounts for 2775 jobs in Stearns, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Saint Cloud46 Saint Cloud36 Waite Park33 Melrose21 Saint Joseph17 Cold Spring16 Paynesville14 Albany12 St Joseph12 Sauk Centre12 Avon8 Brooten8

Federal labor statistics counted at least 245 manufacturing establishments in Stearns County in 2025, employing about 10,427 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 292.

What Stearns County makes19 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing51 Food Manufacturing38 Machinery Manufacturing34 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing31 Printing and Related Support Activities23 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing23 Miscellaneous Manufacturing22 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing18 Wood Product Manufacturing13 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing13 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing11 Paper Manufacturing7 Primary Metal Manufacturing6 Chemical Manufacturing6 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing3 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing2 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing1 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing1 Textile Mills1

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

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