Manufacturing in Burke County, North Carolina

The register lists 146 facilities in Burke, North Carolina. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 97 establishments were counted in Burke in 2025. Textile Mills in Burke employed 984 people, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Morganton80 Valdese25 Hildebran17 Connelly Springs11 Connellys Springs5 Hickory4 Drexel2 Connelly Spg1 Rutherford College1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 97 manufacturing establishments in Burke County in 2025, employing about 6,751 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 146.

What Burke County makes17 INDUSTRIES

Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing32 Textile Mills20 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing12 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing12 Wood Product Manufacturing12 Food Manufacturing10 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing9 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing8 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing7 Chemical Manufacturing5 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing5 Paper Manufacturing4 Machinery Manufacturing3 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing3 Printing and Related Support Activities2 Miscellaneous Manufacturing2 Apparel 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 North Carolina — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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