Manufacturing in Wilkes County, North Carolina

The register lists 95 facilities in Wilkes, North Carolina. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 38 establishments in Wilkes employed 1,592 people in 2025. Wood Product Manufacturing is an industry with 26 facilities listed in the register.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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North Wilkesboro33 Wilkesboro33 N Wilkesboro6 Ronda5 Roaring River4 Moravian Falls3 Elkin3 Millers Creek2 Thurmond2 Purlear1 North Wilksboro1 Traphill1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 38 manufacturing establishments in Wilkes County in 2025, employing about 1,592 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 95.

What Wilkes County makes14 INDUSTRIES

Wood Product Manufacturing26 Food Manufacturing16 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing15 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing11 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing9 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing6 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing4 Miscellaneous Manufacturing3 Machinery Manufacturing3 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing2 Printing and Related Support Activities1 Apparel Manufacturing1 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing1 Paper 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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