Manufacturing in Rowan County, North Carolina

The register lists 199 facilities in Rowan, North Carolina. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 143 establishments were counted in Rowan in 2025. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing is an industry with 2,722 employees in Rowan, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Salisbury125 Cleveland13 Mooresville12 Rockwell11 Kannapolis8 Gold Hill8 China Grove6 Landis5 Mount Ulla3 Woodleaf2 Granite Quarry1 Sailsbury1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 143 manufacturing establishments in Rowan County in 2025, employing about 6,096 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 199.

What Rowan County makes18 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing28 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing27 Chemical Manufacturing26 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing25 Wood Product Manufacturing22 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing17 Food Manufacturing8 Machinery Manufacturing8 Paper Manufacturing7 Miscellaneous Manufacturing6 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing5 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing5 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing5 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing4 Textile Mills4 Primary Metal Manufacturing3 Textile Product Mills1 Printing and Related Support Activities1

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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