Manufacturing in Johnston County, North Carolina

The register lists 110 facilities in Johnston, North Carolina. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 117 establishments were counted in Johnston in 2025. Machinery Manufacturing is an industry in Johnston with 1,907 employees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Clayton35 Smithfield20 Benson15 Selma12 Four Oaks8 Princeton5 Garner5 Kenly5 Wilsons Mills3 Pine Level1 Newton Grove1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 117 manufacturing establishments in Johnston County in 2025, employing about 3,789 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 110, about 94% of that figure.

What Johnston County makes19 INDUSTRIES

Wood Product Manufacturing17 Food Manufacturing15 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing10 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing9 Miscellaneous Manufacturing8 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing8 Chemical Manufacturing8 Machinery Manufacturing6 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing5 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing5 Printing and Related Support Activities4 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing4 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing2 Paper Manufacturing2 Textile Product Mills2 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing2 Textile Mills2 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing1 Leather and Allied Product 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 North Carolina — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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