Manufacturing in Steele County, Minnesota

The Steele, Minnesota register lists 89 facilities. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 43 establishments were counted in Steele in 2025. Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing is an industry with 20 facilities listed in the register.

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Owatonna68 Blooming Prairie12 Medford5 Ellendale3 Hope1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 43 manufacturing establishments in Steele County in 2025, employing about 2,571 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 89.

What Steele County makes14 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing20 Machinery Manufacturing15 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing9 Food Manufacturing8 Miscellaneous Manufacturing7 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing7 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing6 Wood Product Manufacturing6 Chemical Manufacturing5 Printing and Related Support Activities5 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing3 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing2 Primary Metal Manufacturing2 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing1

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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