Manufacturing in Catawba County, North Carolina

The city of Catawba, North Carolina, is listed in the register as having 425 facilities. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 23,118 people were employed in Catawba in 2025. Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing is an industry with 137 facilities listed in the register.

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Federal labor statistics counted at least 387 manufacturing establishments in Catawba County in 2025, employing about 23,118 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 425.

What Catawba County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing137 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing40 Textile Mills29 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing27 Wood Product Manufacturing23 Paper Manufacturing20 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing19 Chemical Manufacturing17 Miscellaneous Manufacturing15 Machinery Manufacturing15 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing15 Food Manufacturing15 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing11 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing11 Apparel Manufacturing7 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing7 Primary Metal Manufacturing6 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing6 Printing and Related Support Activities5 Textile Product Mills5 Leather and Allied Product 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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